EFCC Detects 37,395 Ghost Workers In Federal Civil Service, Says Magu

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said in Abuja on Tuesday that it had detected 37,395 ghost workers on the payroll of the federal civil service. The Acting Chairman of the

 commission, Mr Ibrahim Magu, announced the figure at an anti-corruption sensitisation programme. Magu said that apart from the widespread procurement frauds in Ministries, Departments and
Agencies (MDAs), the issue of ghost workers was a source of serious concern for the commission. He said that current investigations by the EFCC had revealed that the Federal Government lost about N1 billion to ghost workers recently. “The EFCC has uncovered 37,395 ghost workers in the federal civil service. And investigation is still going on. “Our investigations have so far revealed that the Federal Government has lost close to N1 billion to these ghost workers. “The figure will definitely increase as we unravel more ghost workers buried deep in the federal civil service payrolls,’’ he said.