A panel set up by Enugu State government to conduct staff
audit biometric capturing exercise in the 17 local government councils in the
state has discovered a total of 3,916 ghost workers in the system. Presenting
the report to the governor Wednesday, the chairman of the panel and the
Speaker, Enugu State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Edward Ubosi also disclosed
that a total of N161, 494, 570 only, found to be the difference in the wage
bill after the exercise, has been saved.
Giving a breakdown of the figures, Ubosi said; "from the
above, the sum of N64, 882, 033 and N96, 612, 337.20) from local government
staff gross salaries and teacher salaries respectively should be regarded as
monthly savings."
Governor Ugwuanyi who received the report commended the
audit panel for a job well done saying it will go a long way in helping the
state government in the on-going efforts to track down ghost workers in the
state public service.
The committee made a total of 26 recommendations for
consideration by the government among which is the removal of all those staff
in the system found out to have falsified their ages those incapacitated by
ill-health, those employed contrary to the rule of civil service and those
found to be impersonators in the system.
It also recommended that more teachers be engaged in the
primary schools in the state.
The committee also suggested general posting of local
government staff after the biometric capturing exercise to re-engineer more
discipline in the system.
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