The Jigawa State Government has uncovered 6,348 ghost workers through its staff verification exercise, saving the state over N314 million monthly or N3.7 billion annually. The Commissioner for Information, Youth, Sports, and Culture, Mr. Sagir Musa, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Dutse. According to Musa, the Statewide Staff Audit Biometric Data Capture and Validation Exercise revealed the …

The Anambra State Local Government Service Commission said it has discovered over 427 ghost workers earning salaries from the state government without being staff members. The Chairman of the Commission, Vin Ezeaka, disclosed this to journalists in Awka, the Anambra state capital, on Friday. Ezeaka said the commission also discovered that six senior employees at the various local government areas …

The Abia State Government said it has discovered 2,300 ghosts in its payroll system and weeded them out, thus saving over N220 million on monthly wage bill. The state said the ghost workers were detected following ongoing verification of civil servants in the state. At meeting on Monday with the state Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, in Umuahia, the state capital, …

The Anambra State Government has unveiled an electronic identification card scheme for civil servants and other government employees in the state. During the unveiling at the state secretariat conference hall in Awka, the state capital, on Friday, the Head of Service, Theodora Igwegbe said the programme – described as “the first of its kind in Nigeria” – would enable the …

Zamfara State Governor, Alhaji Bello Mohammed Matawalle has said that his administration has found 199 ghost doctors on the payroll of the state government. He said the state government was paying salaries for “280 doctors but there are 81 medical doctors” in the state in reality. In a chat with newsmen at his residence in Maradun town, the headquarters of …