Kano Govt To Save N27 million Monthly After Deleting 239 Ghost Workers From State Payroll
A sum of N27 million is expected to be saved after a successful deletion of some ghost workers from its payroll; the Kano State government has revealed.
This is as the chairman of the Local Government Payroll Committee, Umar Idris disclosed that an update of a biometric data capture exercise conducted by the government to cleanse the payroll system exposed 239 ghost workers who were fraudulently inserted into the payroll.
According to Idris, the recovery amount will be put back into the coffers of the state government, allowing for more effective allocation of resources.
The Pendulum Media gathered that although the state government removed 239 ghost workers from its payroll, 1,334 workers are yet to be identified.
Alhaji Umar Faruk Ibrahim, the Secretary to the State Government, SSG, stated that efforts are underway to sanitise the system at the State local government areas.
Ibrahim, alongside Suleiman Wali, Special Adviser on Civil Service Matters, explained that the government’s decision to conduct a biometric capture and pay parade was aimed at addressing corrupt practices within the civil service.
“The exercise was part of the government’s efforts to plug loopholes that allowed for the payment of salaries to ghost workers,” he said.
Umar Idris, the chairman of the Local Government Payroll Committee, revealed that the committee was established to scrutinise and correspond salary vouchers before effecting payment.
“The committee’s efforts led to the discovery of the 239 ghost workers who were fraudulently inserted into the payroll,” he stated.
The governor of Kano State, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf, has directed that the names of the ghost workers be deleted from the payroll. The decision aligns with the governor’s promise to close loopholes that facilitated corrupt practices in the payment of salaries.
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