Again, EFCC discovers ghost workers in Kwara
said it has discovered 400 ghost workers in Kwara State, revealing how some state officials are beneficiaries of the corrupt scheme.
According to the media officer of the anti-graft commission, Dele Oyewale, on Friday, the Ilorin Zonal Office of the commission discovered that N31 million, meant for the payment of salaries of the 400 ghost workers, was allegedly shared some of the state officials. Also, the commission listed the director of finance, SUBEB, Ahmed Husain, coordinator, Nigerian Union of Journalists , Kwara State, Tijani Idris and controller of finance, SUBEB, Omole John, among the beneficiaries.Revealing how the money was shared, the NUT Chairman, was quoted to have told EFCC that sum of N12 million was paid into an account operated by himself and others.
“We also received another N19 million. I withdrew N4 million from it, I used N1.5 million for clearing and interlocking of our quarters, the remaining N2.5 million is still with me,” the suspect reportedly said.
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