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The Kogi State Local Government Service Commission has disclosed that 19,950 of the 24,959 council workers have been cleared for payment after the screening exercise.
Executive Chairman of the commission, Professor Shuaibu Ahmed Ibrahim, who made this known in Lokoja yesterday, noted that those with genuine complaints were also attended to and have their names included on the payrolls.
He added that the employees were already enjoying the benefits of bona fide workers under the commission’s supervision.
He added that the commission has equally delisted no fewer than 4,000 ghost workers from its payrolls in the 21 councils of the state, saying the commission arrived at the figure after the recent screening and review for staff members from the local government areas.
Governor Bello had on assumption of office in 2016 commenced screening of the state and local government employees to ascertain the state’s actual wage bill.
