FG WITHDRAWS 25,000 GHOST WORKERS FROM ITS PAYROLL
The Federal Government has withdrawn over 25,000 ghost workers from its payroll.
The ghost workers were removed from the Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) of Government under its whistle blower policy.
Hajiya Zainab Ahmed, Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, who made this disclosure on Tuesday, September 29, 2020, at the national conference on whistleblower policy held in Abuja.
However, the Minister did not reveal how the ghost workers were discovered and weeded out.
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The whistleblower policy is the one of the Federal Government’s measures to tackling the scourge of corruption in Nigeria.
The policy is designed to strengthen the fight against financial crimes and corruption by increasing exposure of crimes and rewarding whistleblowers.
Zainab stated that the Federal government was committed to bringing an end to corruption and also enact the principles of integrity, openness, and transparency.
She said; “The federal government had constituted a committee with representatives from anti-graft and security agencies chaired by a representative of the ministry of justice to draft a whistleblower Bill.
“The draft bill was subjected to a validation exercise with stakeholders including non-state actors like MacArthrur Foundation, Afrimill and others.
“We hope to develop a robust draft bill for the consideration and approval of FEC and eventually the National Assembly.”
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