11,000 ghost workers to be probed by the Federal Government

Kemi Adeosun, Minister of Finance, on Wednesday March 9, 2016, publicized that 11,000 potential ghost workers have been recognized in the payroll of the Federal government and are now being investigated. Adeosun made the revelation while talking to state house correspondents after the Federal Executive Counsil meeting in Abuja.

According to Adeosun, this revelation was made possible by the routine audit of all ministries, agencies and parastatals ordered by President Buhari.

This discovery comes after 23,000 ghost workers were discovered in February, saving the Federal government N2.29 Billion in salary

"On the issue of the ghost workers, of the 23,000 that we have removed from our payroll, we are now investigating another potential 11,000. Again we are using computer techniques to identify those who we need to investigate, so we are now looking at the second batch and as we resolve those cases we would inform you of the amount saved and the number of people removed”she said