The Kogi State Auditor General, Alhaji Yusufu Okala, has said that the state lost a giant measure of cash, roughly N213,034,857,280.44, to a class of elements he called “Apparition Workers/Unintended Beneficiaries.”
The Auditor expressed this when the Staff Screening and Validation Committee, mutually drove by the himself and the Auditor General of the Local Governments Areas, Mallam Usman Ahmed Ododo, presented their report to the State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, at a Stakeholders Forum held in Government House, Lokoja, Monday, July 25th 2016. This board was set up by the Governor with the command to audit and verify the report prior put together by the Staff Screening and Verification Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. Jerry Agbaji.
As per Alhaji Okala, “As at the season of introducing the Staff Screening and Verification Committee on February 22, 2016, the aggregate staff on the ostensible finance of the (State MDAs and Local Governments) was 88, 973 with month to month wage bill of N 5,809,578,703.72. In any case, after the finish of this activity on July 24, 2016, the cleared and approved workforce is 63, 870.”
Gov. Bello deplored the monster misfortune recorded by the state through the disorder, said his organization has put a lasting stop to money related burglary in the state. The Governor said the screening activity is the principal layer of common administration change, which his organization is setting out on, adding that he is resolved to re-position the State Civil Service to assume an indispensable part of encouraging monetary drive development in the state.
The State Auditor General, who displayed the report before the huge turn out at the gathering, said, his advisory group, which had the State Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Idris Ashiru Asiwaju and the State Accountant General Alhaji Jibrin Momoh, made certain suggestions to the Governor. These recommedations incorporate the Computerizing the Payroll System of the State, Local Government workforce& Pensioners, Centralizing Payroll Processing, Biometric for All State& Local Governments Staff, and Introduction of PreDisbursement Audit for Salary Payment among different proposals.
In the interim, Governor has set up an audit Committee to captivate whines that may emerge from the screening exercise. The 11-man council is anticipated that would present its report inside 21 days
NAIJANEWSDESK 