23,846 workers has been removed from the payroll of the federal govt

The Federal Government says it has removed 23,846
non-existent workers from its payroll.
Consequently, the salary bill for February 2016 has
reduced by N2.293 billion when compared to December
2015 at which time the BVN audit process commenced.
A statement from the Federal Ministry of Finance on
Sunday said “this figure represents a percentage of the
number of non-existent workers who had hitherto been
receiving salary from various ministries, departments
and agencies.”
The statement added that further investigation of other
suspected cases will continue in conjunction with the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
” The removal of non existent workers from federal
payroll and the savings on salaries was made possible
because of the ongoing BVN-based staff audit and
enrolment to the Integrated Payroll and Personnel
Information System (IPPIS)”, the statement said. The Federal Government is also making efforts to
recover “salary balances in bank accounts as well as
any pension contributions in respect of the deleted
workers. This involves active collaboration with the
concerned banks and the National Pension Commission
(Pencom).”