FG removes 23,846 ghost workers from payroll
The Federal Government says it has removed
23,846 non-existent workers from its payroll.
Consequently, the salary bill for February 2016
has reduced by N2.293 billion when compared
to December 2015 at which time the BVN audit
process commenced.
A statement from the Federal Ministry of
Finance on Sunday said “this figure represents a
percentage of the number of non-existent
workers who had hitherto been receiving salary
from various ministries, departments and
agencies.”
The statement added that further investigation
of other suspected cases will continue in
conjunction with the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC).
” The removal of non existent workers from
federal payroll and the savings on salaries was
made possible because of the ongoing BVN-
based staff audit and enrolment to the
Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information
System (IPPIS)”, the statement said.
The Federal Government is also making efforts
to recover “salary balances in bank accounts as
well as any pension contributions in respect of
the deleted workers. This involves active
collaboration with the concerned banks and the
National Pension Commission (Pencom)
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