Kano Govt. discovers 7, 629 ghost workers in its payroll

Kano - The Kano State Government says
it has discovered 7, 629 ghost workers in
the ongoing biometrics verification
exercise for civil servants in the state.
The state’s Head of Service, Alhaji
Muhammad Na’iya, made the disclosure
while briefing newsmen in Kano on
Tuesday, saying that following the
discovery, the state government will
save over N283.5 million monthly.
According to him, the state government
had concluded arrangements to delete
their names from its payroll as from this
month (April).
``We have given them ample time to
appear before the verification
committee but they failed to do so.
``This is something we started in
February and we are now in April. So we
cannot continue to pay workers that are
not in existence,” he said.
The HOS said that the committee also
discovered 17 newly-recruited workers
who had been collecting double salaries,
amounting to N1.01 million monthly.
According to him, the affected workers
would soon be prosecuted and
dismissed from the service.
He said as soon as the exercise was
completed, the state government would
compile the total number of such
workers with a view to prosecuting
them.
``After the exercise, all those found to
be involved in the shady deal will be
prosecuted, in addition to recovering the
money,’’ he said.
The HOS explained that the verification
exercise was initiated by the government
to have in place a robust, integrated and
comprehensive human resource and
payment data base.
``In this interim exercise, a total of 86,
373 civil servants have so far been
captured out of the over 150, 000
workers that are on the government’s
payroll,” Na’iya added.