Enugu State Government has discovered and weeded out 6,280 ghost workers and pensioners from the nominal rolls of local governments councils and its Pensions Board. Part of the discovery was a fallout of the committee that recently disbursed the first tranche of the Paris Club Refund, which was used to offset all the outstanding salaries and some pensions of local government workers and retirees respectively, totaling 3,462 ghost pensioners.
A similar committee headed by the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Hon. Edward Ubosi, had discovered 2,818 ghost workers in the nominal roll of Local Government staff.
A similar committee headed by the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Hon. Edward Ubosi, had found 2,818 ghost worker in the ostensible move of Local Government staff.
The battle…
Preparation columnists after the meeting of the State Executive Council, the Commissioner for Information, Mr. Ogbuagu Anikwe, revealed that the Council "approved the Commissioner for Local Government Matters, Mr. Chijioke Edeoga, to hand over the confirmed names as the ace rundown of laborers and beneficiaries to concerned Local Councils, LG Commission and Pension Board." Mr. Anikwe said that the state's Accountant General, Sir Paschal Okolie, advised the Council and declared that "the Enugu State government has developed its inside produced income (IGR) to 35% of her aggregate income".
The Information Commissioner included that "Okolie who was tending to top government functionaries at a mid-year spending audit at the end of the week said that the half year income receipts of N12.4billion nearly paralleled elected statutory assignment of N13.5billion inside the period – the aggregate IGR receipts for 2016 was N14.2billion".
Mr. Anikwe, additionally expressed that the Accountant General likewise reported that "the State Governor, Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, has additionally coordinated that every government worker in the state be paid quickly on the 23rd day of every month, and that this mandate has been agreed to", stating that "aside from this, capital undertakings are being executed over the state in gigantic extent as though we are in oil blast".
The Commissioner similarly told writers that "amid the State Executive Council Meeting at the end of the week, Gov. Ugwuanyi praised the Chairman of Enugu State Internal Revenue Service, Chief Emeka Odo, for his innovativeness, diligent work and responsibility which has prompted recuperation of enormous stolen supports by deceitful open officers conniving with degenerate business bank authorities to swindle the state to the tune of billions of Naira".
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