Abia Govt. sacks 2,300 ghost workers

Following an ongoing verification of civil officials and other public employees that removed over 2,300 ghost workers from the state’s payroll, the Abia State Government claims that it has saved over N200 million on the monthly salary bill.

The state Accountant General, Njum Onyemenam, disclosed that the savings were made via a single payment system, according to a statement released on Monday by Kazie Uko, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Alex Otti.

She attested to the fact that both June pensions for retirees and April salary had been paid to employees.

See the full statement below:

PRESS RELEASE

ABIA IDENTIFIES 2,300 GHOST NAMES ON PAYROLL, SAVES OVER N200 MILLION MONTHLY

The Abia State Government says it has saved over N200 million on monthly wage bill following ongoing verification of civil servants and other public workers in the state.

State Accountant General, Deaconess Njum Onyemenam, said the huge savings was made using a unified payment system.

Onyemenam, who spoke Monday after a meeting with the state Governor, Dr. Alex Otti, OFR, said the verification exercise was still ongoing and that the government hopes to make more savings.

“So far, we have been able to save N220 million from the ongoing verification of workers in the state, local governments and pensioners.

“Not less than 2,300 ghost names have been weeded out of the payrolls, using the unified payment system and we hope to still identify more as we continue with the exercise,” the Accountant General said.

She confirmed that following Governor Otti’s directive, government had last week paid the arrears of April salaries, left behind by the immediate past administration and also June pensions to retirees.

Also, local government staff, who had been skipped when the June salaries were paid, due to their failure to submit their verified payment schedule, will receive their salaries this week, Onyemenam said.

KAZIE UKO
Chief Press Secretary to the Governor
Abia State
July 17, 2023

Leave A Reply

Your email address will not be published.