The Bauchi State Government said it had uncovered 2,116 ghost workers including 100 doctors on the payroll of the state Ministry of Health.
Governor Bala
Mohammed disclosed this on Monday, October 19, at Command House Bauchi during
the first Health Summit organised by the state Ministry of Health as part of
its commitment to provide one of the best healthcare services to the citizens
of the state.
“As a state,
we are putting our house in order by blocking leakages and administrative
infractions in the system. In our effort to clean the state payroll, we
recently removed 2,116 ghost workers from the state government payroll,"
the governor said.
“Among them
are 100 doctors and 120 Primary Healthcare staff working with NGOs within and
outside the state who are collecting salaries from the state government even
after they have officially exited from service,” he said.
According to
him, the government would continue to detect and purge ghost workers, in order
to free resources for critical areas of need like the health sector.
“The state
government is working to reform the health sector to reduce maternal and child
care mortality below the national average,” he added.
In his
remarks, Dr Osagie Ehanire, the Minister for Health, described the conduct of
the summit as timely and suggested for the use of technology in order to
achieve the desired objectives.
The Minister
commended the Governor for the achievements so far recorded in the sector and
pledged for continued support for effective service delivery.
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