FG Saves $550m from Removing Ghost Employees

President Muhammadu Buhari has said nearly $550 million has been saved from identifying ghost employees from the federal government’s payroll.

The president revealed this in a special write-up, which he released in Abuja yesterday.

He said more ghost workers would be removed.

Buhari also expressed optimism that more money could be recovered through the whistle-blower policy as over $370 million had been returned since its launch in 2016.

“More ghost workers must be removed from government payroll (almost $550 million has been saved from identifying phantom employees),” he said.

“More can be recovered through our whistle-blower policy ($370 million has been returned since its launch in 2016).

“More is still to come. But, together, we shall prevail over corruption.”

He, therefore, enjoined Nigerians, particularly the electorate to make a wise choice in the forthcoming presidential election by way of re-electing the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) to sustain and improve on the ongoing crusade on corruption.

He reassured that due process would continue to be followed in the fight against corruption even though his administration had changed the way of tackling corruption in the country.