The Federal Government says it has removed 23,846
non-existent workers from its payroll.
Consequently, the salary bill for February 2016 has
reduced by N2.293 billion when compared to
December 2015 at which time the BVN audit process
commenced.
A statement from the Federal Ministry of Finance on
Sunday said “this figure represents a percentage of
the number of non-existent workers who had
hitherto been receiving salary from various
ministries, departments and agencies.”
The statement added that further investigation of
other suspected cases will continue in conjunction
with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC).
” The removal of non existent workers from federal
payroll and the savings on salaries was made
possible because of the ongoing BVN-based staff
audit and enrolment to the Integrated Payroll and
Personnel Information System (IPPIS)”, the statement
said.
The Federal Government is also making efforts to
recover “salary balances in bank accounts as well as
any pension contributions in respect of the deleted
workers. This involves active collaboration with the
concerned banks and the National Pension
Commission (Pencom).”
The Nation
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