Adamawa uncovers 3,000 fake workers

The Adamawa State Government on Tuesday announced that it had uncovered about 3,000 ghost workers following the introduction of e-payment salary system in the state.
Musa Kaibo, the state Head of Civil Service, announced this during a news conference in Yola.
Kaibo also confirmed that N200 million was being saved monthly to government coffers since the introduction of the electronic pay roll system in 2014.
“Following the introduction of e-payment salary systemic on state civil servants, government has been able to block and detect about 3,000 fake workers and save N200 million monthly into its coffer,” Kaibo said.
He said before the implementation of the electronic pay roll, the total workforce of the state government was 15,000, adding that after the verification it dropped to 13,000.
The head of the civil service commended the entire workers in the state for their patience and perseverance during the trying period.

He said the current administration in the state would soon implement the new salary payroll based on the last screening.
Kaibo said the state government would fully implement the new payroll in the August 2015 salary.
He added that following the successful introduction of the system, the state government had now extended the verification to the local government levels.
He said: “Governor Muhammadu Jibrilla, having seen the advantage of e-payment in the payment of workers’ salary in the state, has approved that this should be extended to our workers at the local governments.”
He said the introduction of the e-payment was in the interest of the workers .
Kaibo expressed optimism that the payroll system would solve many problems affecting the state workforce .
He expressed delight that the payment had completely eliminated fake workers, delay or non-payment of their salaries among others.