6,280 ghost workers and pensioners have been identified by the Local Government Staff and Pensioner Audit Committee set up by the Governor of Enugu and are set to be probed by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission.
The Commissioner for Information, Mr Ogbuagu Anikwe, made this known on Saturday in Enugu while briefing journalists.
He said that the committee was able to discover a total of 6,280 ghost workers and pensioners at the end of the exercise.
He gave the breakdown as 2,818 ghost workers in the nominal roll of local government councils’ staff and another 3,462 ghost pensioners.
“A committee headed by the speaker of the state house of assembly discovered 2,818 ghost workers in the nominal roll of local government council’s staff and another 3,462 ghost pensioners,” he said.
He said that the ghost workers and pensioners had been weeded out from the nominal rolls of local government councils and pensions board.
