Governor Bello Matawalle has said administration found 199 ghost doctors on the payroll of the Zamfara State government. He said the state government was paying salaries for “280 doctors but there are 81 medical doctors” in the state in reality. Matawalle made the disclosure in a chat with newsmen in his residence in Maradun town, the headquarters of Maradun Local Government Area of the state, adding that the situation made it difficult to pay their monthly salary.
January 15, 2023He said the state government was paying salaries for “280 doctors but there are 81 medical doctors” in the state in reality.
Matawalle made the disclosure in a chat with newsmen in his residence in Maradun town, the headquarters of Maradun Local Government Area of the state, adding that the situation made it difficult to pay their monthly salary. “I have paid both November and December salaries to all the health workers but unfortunately we discovered discrepancies on the way the salaries are being paid,” Matawalle said.
“I am not going to retrench any worker who is genuinely employed by the state government in that regard. In fact, I have built 450 houses for the state civil servants and I will hand over the houses to them on Sunday.
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