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The Zamfara state government has discovered 2,363 ghost workers after the conclusion of civil and public servants in the state.
The Dauda Lawal Governor constituted a committee headed by the State Head of Service in August 2024 with the mandate of carrying out the workers' verification exercise.
A statement on Thursday by the governor's spokesman Sulaiman Bala Idris, revealed that the verification process discovered 220 minors who received monthly wages as public officials.
The statement noted that the exercise was necessary due to government efforts to implement the minimum salary N70,000.
The statement said: “As part of the measures to improve the efficiency of the civil and public service of the State of Zamfara, the Governor Dauda Lawal formed a high -level committee responsible for verifying the payroll of the government.
“The Verification Committee, led by the Head of Service, included the Finance Commissioner, the president of the Labor Union, the General Accountant, the General Auditor and the General Statistics as Members, and the Executive Secretary of Zitda as Secretary.
“The main responsibility of the Committee meant verifying and integrating nominal and payroll systems and creating electronic employee files.
“The final report of the Committee presented to the Dauda Lawal Governor stressed that 27,109 permanent workers were authorized while workers with questionable employment include 2,363 ghost workers, 1082 public officials who must retire, 395 contractual employees, 261 not in the nominal list, 213 in Study study, 213 in study. Exit 220 minors in employment and 67 workers in the secuma.
“The report stressed that the first date of the workers' appointment does not comply with the issuance date and all of them were minor at the time of employment.
“During verification, 2,363 ghost workers were exposed. They were paid a total of N193,642,097.19 each month, while 1082 workers had to retire, and collected a total sum of N80,542,298.26 monthly.
“At the same time, five workers who are in high school were paid N354,927.60 monthly.
“The verification committee recommended suspending 207 workers who were not authorized. They are paid a total salary of N16,370,645.90 monthly.
“The committee found 12 workers in the payroll but not in the database and collected a monthly salary of N726,594.
“These verification exercises are continuous efforts to monitor Zamfara's workforce and guarantee transparency and responsibility for service, especially as minimum wage payments begin in March this year.”
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