It has been revealed how 43,000 “ghost soldiers” made Nigeria bleed to the tune of N50billion yearly. The Head of the Continuous Audit team of the Federal Government, Mohammed Dikwa yesterday disclosed in Abuja how the nation saved N50 billion so far under the Buhari government, following the audit of security agencies payroll.
He gave the hint during a meeting between the Continuous Audit team, Minister of Finance and Heads of Para-Military agencies, NAN reports.
President Mohammadu Buhari had set up the Continuous Audit team to scrutinize the payroll of all Federal Government’s Ministries, Departments and Agencies.
The audit team had already embarked on the audit of the Military payroll and united it with the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).
“Since we started the continuous audit programme, we have saved about N50 billion and over 43,000 ghost workers have been removed from the payroll of the federal government.
“And as we go on, we are very sure that we will continue to reduce the cost of federal government payroll.
“Please note the cost is not related to ghost workers alone but with allowances which we believe have to be trimmed down so that we can manage the cost of governance,’’ Dikwa said.
The heads of Customs, Immigration, Prisons, Police, Fire Service and Civil Defence were present at the meeting.
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