Nigeria: 36 Govt Organisations Had 43,000 Ghost Workers - Aganga

11 July 2011

Lagos — Former Minister of Finance who has been reappointed minister, Dr Olusegun Aganga, weekend, disclosed that about 43,000 ghost workers were on the payroll of Ministries, Department and Agencies, MDAs, of the Federal Government before the last cabinet was dissolved.

He said as a result of the biometric audit of 36 MDAs, the Federal Ministry of Finance fished out the names of former employees of the Federal Government who were either retired or dead but were still receiving salaries, thus adding to the cost of governance in the country.

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