Ogun State Government has begun the verification of its personnel in all tertiary institutions across the state.
The State Auditor-General, Mr. Babajide Olubanjo, made this known on Saturday during the commencement of the exercise at the D.S. Adegbenro ICT Polytechnic, Itori in Ewekoro Local Government Area.
The exercise, according to Olubanjo who was represented by the Principal Auditor, Alhaji Musibau Adekunle, was to eliminate ghost workers.
The exercise would also ensure prompt payment of workers’ salaries.
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Said he: “The verification is necessary to ascertain the total number of personnel working with the state government and to eradicate the issue of multiple payments for non-existing workers.
“We are taking it to all the state’s tertiary institutions.’’
Speaking at the occasion, the Internal Auditor of the polytechnic, Mr Adekanbi Ariyo, praised the government for the effort.
According to him, the exercise would assist the government in knowing the actual personnel cost of tertiary institutions and eliminate issue of ghost workers.
