Bayelsa State Government fish out 5000 ghost workers

The Bayelsa State Government yesterday said it has fished out 5,000 ghost workers from its payroll.

  The Chief Accountant, office of Special Adviser, Bayelsa Treasury, Account and Revenue, Dr David Ala-Peter, said the ghost workers were identified in the recent staff verification exercise, where more than 50,000 workers participated.

   Ala-Peter said the exercise was aimed at identifying fake names to reduce the state’s wage bill.

He said the exercise thus far, had reduced the state’s wage bill.