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We Have Helped FG To Save N4.5bn Monthly From Ghost Workers – EFCC

David Folami — Sat, 12 Oct 2019 12:19:33 +0000

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has come out to say that its intervention has helped Nigeria save N4.5 billion monthly from ghost workers working for the Federal Government. According to a statement on by EFCC Spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, Acting Chairman, Mr Ibrahim Magu said this as he delivered a lecture yesterday at the [...]

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Electronic System Has Also Eliminated Ghost Workers – Kwara State

David Folami — Sun, 18 Feb 2018 11:48:17 +0000

The Kwara State government has denied claims by a group that workers in the State Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) are paid in cash. The state government said all categories of workers in the state are paid through electronic means into individual bank accounts. The statement said with reference to the State Ministry of Justice [...]

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My Ghost Registered For PVC Twice – Yahaya Bello

David Folami — Sat, 03 Jun 2017 10:50:01 +0000

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi state has denied allegations of registering twice as a voter by the National Electoral Commission (INEC). INEC had in a statement accused Bello of registering for the Permanent Voters Card (PVC) in Abuja and Lokoja. Reacting to the allegation, Bello said it might be his ghost that must have done [...]

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Sokoto State Recovers N278m From Ghost Workers

David Folami — Sun, 14 May 2017 22:49:12 +0000

Sokoto State Government says it has recovered over N278 million paid to ghost workers on the payrolls of local governments in the past four months. Gov. Aminu Tambuwal disclosed this on Sunday during a stakeholders’ meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) held in Gwadabawa Local Government Area. Tambuwal said the money was paid to [...]

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PMB Should Prosecute All Ghost Workers In The Country – NLC

David Folami — Fri, 26 Aug 2016 17:58:29 +0000

The Akwa Ibom chapter of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has urged the federal government to prosecute all perpetrators of ghost workers syndrome in the nation’s public service. Chairman of the council in the state, Mr Etim Ukpong, made the call in Uyo on Friday in an interview with newsmen.Ukpong decried that over the years, different [...]

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Kogi State Discover 9,720 Ghost Workers

David Folami — Tue, 05 Jul 2016 18:41:53 +0000

The committee on staff screening and verification in Kogi has discovered 9,720 ghost workers in the payroll of the state government. The Chairman of the committee, Mr Jerry Agbaji, announced the development during a stakeholders meeting in Lokoja. Agbaji said that the figures represented the number of workers in ministries and local governments who did [...]

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We Will Discover Ghost Workers – Kogi State

David Folami — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 10:20:09 +0000

The Kogi Government said on Sunday, June 26, that it had the best interest of its workers and the entire state at heart. This is contained in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mohammed Imam. He said it was for that reason that the state government began payment of salary [...]

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Adamawa State Uncover 12,000 Ghost Workers

David Folami — Thu, 02 Jun 2016 17:14:28 +0000

The Adamawa Government says it has uncovered 12,609 ghost workers in the state’s local government payroll. Mr Maurice Vunobolki, the Chairman of the Local Government Staff Verification Committee in the state, disclosed this on Thursday while presenting the committee’s report to Gov. Muhammadu Jibrilla in Yola. Vunobolki said that 38,760 workforce was cleared and migrated [...]

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FG Saves N2.29bn Monthly After Eliminating Ghost Workers

David Folami — Sun, 28 Feb 2016 20:04:27 +0000

The Federal Ministry of Finance says it saves the Federal Government N2.29 billion monthly since December 2015 by eliminating 23,846 ghost workers from its payroll. This is contained in a statement on Sunday in Abuja by Mr Festus Akanbi, Special Adviser, Media, to the Minister of Finance. It stated that the salary bill for February [...]

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Kano State Government Pays 18m Naira Monthly To 1,830 Ghost Street Cleaners

Wale Adebayo — Sun, 27 Sep 2015 09:51:23 +0000

The Kano State Government has uncovered 1,830 ghost workers out of the 2,490 casual workers engaged as street cleaners by the state Refuse Management and Sanitation Board, resulting in the loss N18.1m to the state government. Kano State Commissioner for Information, Malam Garba Mohammed, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria [...]

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Don’t Let Officials Behind Ghost Workers Go Scot-free, CAN Advises Governor El-Rufai | #Nigeria

Wale Adebayo — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 13:30:11 +0000

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Kaduna state chapter, on Tuesday called on the state government not to spare any public official found culpable in stealing government money through use of “ghost workers”. CAN Secretary, Rev. Sunday Ibrahim, was speaking against the backdrop of the ongoing verification of workers by the state government. The CAN [...]

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