Following the discovery of ‘ghost’ workers in government MDAs, the list of those suspected to be involved has been sent to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for investigation and prosecution.
This was made known by the Media Adviser to the Minister of Finance, Festus Akanbi on Sunday.
Although, some of those indicted in the ‘ghost’ workers scam were already charged to court, their prosecution is being delayed due to the ongoing court recess.
Akanbi stated, “The ministry has sent the list of those involved in the ‘ghost’ workers scam to the EFCC and they (EFCC’s operatives) are the ones investigating the matter.”
Recall that the Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit had, last week, said it found discrepancies on the payroll of the Federal Government’s Ministries, Agencies and Departments to the tune of N6.4bn.
The Head of the Continuous Audit Team, Mohammed Dikwa, had told journalists in Kano on the sidelines of the two-day National Revenue Retreat, organised by the Ministry of Finance that the amount was the true state of their findings as of June 30, 2016.
Dikwa had said, “The Continuous Audit Team plans to conduct regular checks on the control and risk assessment of MDAs. We look at the records that are being kept to ensure transparency and accountability of the financial transactions carried over time.
“In terms of ‘ghost’ workers, we have found about 43,000 ghost workers so far and as of May 30, we had N4.2bn that is saved on a monthly basis.
“But as of June 30, we were able to make more recoveries of N2.2bn, which has led to an additional savings of N6.4bn monthly.”
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