8 directors sacked for collecting ghost workers salaries

Eight local government council directors have been removed from office in Taraba State for allegedly cornering salaries of ghost workers.

The Permanent Secretary, Bureau for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the state, Alhaji Bello Yero disclosed this during a press briefing in Jalingo yesterday, saying the sacked directors and several other staff of local government council areas were involved in offering fake appointment letters and promoting ghost workers.

Alhaji Bello Yero stated that the illegal activities of such staff were exposed during a local government staff auditing.

He said it was discovered that many directors, heads of units as well as account staff were collecting salaries of several workers who were either retired, dead or simply not existing.

The permanent secretary said such staff who formed themselves into a cartel had made several attempts to frustrate the staff audit exercise.

“The activities of such staff were investigated and a report submitted to the state government and very soon measures will be taken against all the people involved. The allocation from the federation account for the state has dropped drastically and the government must block all forms of leakages in the salary system, ‘’ Bello Yero stated.