60,000 Ghost Workers Uncovered

In previous report no fewer than 150 ghost workers have been discovered at the National assembly.

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has said that since the introduction of the Bank Verification Number (BVN), at least 60,000 ghost workers have been uncovered. Osinbajo gave the update on the federal government’s war on corruption at the 5th Annual Christopher Kolade Lecture on Business Integrity in Lagos on Thursday, June 29.

However the acting president did not say how much government now saves with the uncovering of the 60,000 ghost workers. Osinbajo also said the closure of over 20, 000 government bank accounts and the introduction of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) has brought a great deal of sanity into handling of public funds.

He said the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration would not relent in the anti- corruption war. He said: "In our investigations into defence spending, we discovered $15 billion unaccounted for, with no guarantee that we will ever be able to recover it. You can imagine the damage done by that corrupt act."