The Jigawa State government says it has uncovered 6,348 ghost workers in its staff verification exercise in the State.
Mr Sagir Musa, Commissioner for Infomation, Youths, Sports and Culture, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Dutse.
He said the report of the Statewide Staff Audit Biometric Data Capture and Validation Exercise, showed that 6,348 ghost workers had been detected and saved over N314 monthly.
Musa said the State Excutive Council had studied the report and approved establishment of the Continuous Capture Centre (CCC) at the Office of the Head of Civil Service.
This, he said, would fasttrack completion of the data capture and validation exercise, as part of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Management System (IPPMS).
“The exercise resulted in detection of 6,348 ghost workers and significantly saved cost with an average of N314,657,342.06 per month and N3,775,888,809.72 per annum,” he said.
Musa said the council approved contract for the rehabilitation of roads damaged by floods, including Andaza – Gadewa – Aujara; Unguwar Mani – Korayel – Rorau and Tsamiya – Yalwan Damai – Litinin Tudu in Roni, Gwiwa and Birnin Kudu Local Government Areas of the state.
He said the council also approved N254.8 million for the completion of community-based integration into the state’s Social Register Data Management Information System.
“This is in line with the Umar Namadi administration’s effort to expand social security coverage to communities left out in the social register,” he said.
The commissioner said the SEC further endorsed the implementation of the recommendations of the Committee for the Retrieval of Farmlands Allocation across the state.
“This is in line with the committee’s implementation roadmap recommended for promoting peaceful co-existence between farmers and herders across the state”.