In Kano State, it was discovered that 240 employees were getting duplicate payments, and 217 more people are associated with the same Bank Verification Number (BVN). Dr. Sulaiman Wali Sani, the chairman of the State Coordinating Committee and Special Advisor to Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf on Civil Service Matters, issued a statement on Sunday confirming this on behalf of the state government.During a press briefing in Kano, Sani, speaking on behalf of the Secretary to the State Government, disclosed that this discovery resulted from a biometric verification procedure carried out by two standing committees. The state payroll is the subject of one committee, while the local government payroll is the focus of the other, according to Naija News.
During a press briefing in Kano, Sani, speaking on behalf of the Secretary to the State Government, disclosed that this discovery resulted from a biometric verification procedure carried out by two standing committees. The state payroll is the subject of one committee, while the local government payroll is the focus of the other, according to Naija News.
He emphasized that this alarming revelation is part of the government’s ongoing initiative to reform the civil service and to honor the campaign commitments of the current administration.
“Inherited shortcomings in the payroll system have continued to disturb the government.
“We discovered that 240 employees are drawing double salaries while 217 individuals are operating under the same BVN, suggesting possible cases of ghost workers or identity manipulation,” Sani said.More than six months after the notification, he said, 1,335 employees did not show up for the verification process. According to Sani, their absence is making people wonder if many of the identities on the government payroll are real. Alhaji Umar Idi, the Chairman of the Local Government Standing Committee, revealed in his remarks that a recent audit had found 247 suspicious names on the payrolls of primary healthcare and local government, including retirees, deceased people, and cases of unapproved staff extensions. Only eight of these 247 employees showed up to the committee to verify their job status.
He said, “The government will save a total of N27,824,395 per month as the remaining 239 names have been flagged for deletion.”
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