The Abia State government says it has discovered and removed 2,300 ghost workers from the state’s payroll which saved the state over N200 million on the monthly wage bill following an ongoing verification of civil servants and other public workers.
This was disclosed in a statement on Monday by the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Alex Otti, Kazie Uko, who said the state was able to eliminate the ghost workers as well as the saving which was made using a unified payment system.
The statement commended the state Accountant General, Njum Onyemenam, for the initiative which revealed the ghost workers.
