Governor Okezie Ikpeazu
According to Vanguard, a total of 2224 ghost workers have been
detected in the Abia State local government system, who have been
drawing salaries from the 17 local government areas of the state.
The revelation was made by the immediate past commissioner for
Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs in the State, Chief Charles
Ogbonnaya, when he faced members of the Abia State House of Assembly for
screening after being re-nominated following the dissolution of the
cabinet by Governor Okezie Ikpeazu.
Ogbonnaya who was answering questions from members of the House on
his achievement in the Ministry before the last cabinet was dissolved,
explained that he set up the committee to fish out ghost workers in the
system following the high wage bill he met in the councils.
According to him, the exercise which covered the whole councils
would go a long way to save for the State a lot of money that used to go
to ghost pockets.
The Commissioner- nominee also frowned at the large number of
autonomous communities in the state, saying that many of them are not
viable.
Abia has over 700 autonomous communities, each with a monarch.
Meanwhile, the Federal Government in partnership with Abia State
Government and Bank of Industry have disbursed a total of N380 million
to 7000 beneficiaries of the Government Enterprises and Empowerment
Programme (GEEP).
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