The Cross River Native Authorities Service Fee (CRLGSC) has uncovered 800 ghost staff who have been nonetheless receiving salaries from native authorities funds.
Chairman of the fee, Mr. Darlington Bassey Eyo, disclosed this to journalists in Calabar after the conclusion of a personnel audit and verification train throughout the state’s 18 native authorities areas.
Eyo mentioned the audit was a part of efforts to sanitise the general public service, cut back the state’s wage invoice, and make sure that solely eligible staff stay on the payroll.
“In the course of the train, the fee found 800 ghost staff whose names have now been faraway from the payroll,” he said, reaffirming the fee’s dedication to making a unified, environment friendly, and productive native authorities service.
He added that the harmonisation of the payroll would allow well timed fee of salaries to workers of their respective areas of task.
Eyo additionally praised Governor Bassey Otu for approving the recruitment of recent workers into the native authorities service and dismissed allegations that job slots have been being offered.
He directed all native authorities workers to acquire their voter playing cards from the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) of their respective native authorities areas.
