Niger loses N682m Monthly to Ghost Workers
The Chairman of the Niger State’s Salary Management Committee Mr. Ibrahim Panti, has disclosed that the state has been losing more than N682 million to “ghosts” workers every month for many years.Panti, who is also the Commissioner for Works, said on Crystal Radio 91.3 FM personality programme monitored in Minna on Sunday that the state also loses millions of Naira to fictitious salary earners in the civil service.
Panti said that at least 30 per cent of those the committee invited for screening failed to show up while “some of those that appeared came with fake certificates.” Panti disclosed that about 36,000 names on the salary payment vouchers that were presented to the committee were later brought down to 27,000 and again to 25,000. “We later discovered different serial numbers with the same BVN, repeated names with different bank accounts and fictitious allowances and salaries,” he said.
Panti said himself and other members of the committee have been receiving series of threats. “Some are death threats, but we will not be deterred from doing our work. Some of the civil servants have been going to traditional rulers to ask us to stop the exercise but we have said the interest of the state is more important than any other interest.
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