Jigawa Government Cleaning Own From 7,000 Ghost Workers

In what officials mentioned a big breakthrough in dealing with payroll fraud, the government of the State Jigawa has found and removing around 7,000 ghost workers from its civil service system after extensive verification training in all ministries, departments and institutions.

This disclosure came from the State Commissioner for Finance, Hannatu Sabo, during the press briefing on Wednesday in Dutse, as part of the event that marked the second year of Governor Umar Namadi in the office.

According to Sabo, ghost workers were found after they failed to appear for physical verification, encouraging their direct transfer from state payroll.

“Fake employees were expelled from the payroll because they failed to report for verification training,” he said.

The commissioner underlined that the government’s goal was not only to eliminate fraud but also to strengthen the culture of transparency in public finance.

“The government’s commitment to transparency and accountability has also been shown through verification and elimination of ghost workers from salary lists,” he stressed.

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He praised the success of the operation for the government of Governor Namadi, which he said was focused on cleaning the state workers and reacting resources more effectively.

“The efforts of the state government to eliminate ghost workers and streamline their workforce show their commitment to transparency and accountability,” Sabo repeated.

Outside Purge, verification exercises create space for new and achievement-based recruitment under the employment initiative targeted by the government-especially J-Health, J-Teach, and J-AGRO.

“This exercise also causes the recruitment of new employees under the J-Health, J-Teach and J-AGRO programs,” he added.

He further announced an increase in federal allocation, which stated that the flow of entry would help the encouragement of government development.

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