The Gombe State Government on Thursday said the salaries of another 431 ghost workers had being suspended following the biometric screening by Integrated Payroll Payment Gateway and Human Resource Information Management System.
The suspension of the 431 worker salary in two local governments of Kwami, Gombe and the state Specialist Hospital has saved the state the sum of N27,114,679.
Recall that in March, salaries of alleged 668 ghost workers were suspended in two local government area, which has saved the state government the sum of N38.3m.
The Head of Service, Bapayo Yahaya; and Commissioner for Finance, Muhammad Magaji, made this disclosure in a press briefing, revealing that in Kwami Local Government Area, 44 workers did not show up for enrolment with their salaries amounting to N704,488.
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