Plateau State government said it has commenced investigation into the case of the uncovered civil servant collecting salaries of over 800 workers in the state for years now.
The Commissioner for Information and Communication, Dan Manjang, who spoke with Daily Trust on the issue, said the actual figure of the ghost workers the civil servant has been collecting is over 800.
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He said they will not reveal the identity of the culprit and the other details until the investigation is completed.
Manjang said cases of ghost workers is not new in Plateau State, pointing out that even though this particular incident happened in this current administration, the previous administration also had a situation of a ghost commissioner whose supposed salaries/allowances/emoluments etc, were being collected and shared among the stakeholders of the admission.
The commissioner said even though some of these things happen in other states as well, they were more concerned about that of Plateau, and that they are determined on tackling the menace to serve as deterrent.
He reassured that once investigation is completed, everything would be made public.
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