The
Kogi State Auditor General, Alhaji Yusufu Okala, has said that the state lost
roughly N213,034,857,280.44, to a category of persons he called “Ghost
Workers/Unintended Beneficiaries” in the last 16 years.
The
Auditor stated this when the Staff Screening and Validation Committee, jointly
led by himself and the Auditor General of the Local Governments Areas, Mallam
Usman Ahmed Ododo, submitted their reports to the State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya
Bello, at a Stakeholders Forum held in Government House, Lokoja, yesterday.
The
committee was set up by the Governor with the mandate to review and
authenticate the report earlier submitted by the Staff Screening and
Verification Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. Jerry Agbaji.
According
to Alhaji Okala, “As at the time of inaugurating the Staff Screening and
Verification Committee on February 22, 2016, the total staff on the nominal
payroll of the State (State MDAs and Local Governments) was 88, 973 with
monthly wage bill of N 5,809,578,703.72. However, after the conclusion of this
exercise on July 24, 2016, the cleared and validated workforce is 63, 870.”
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