The Zamfara Government says it has uncovered a 119 – year-old man ( name withheld ) on its payroll while trying to sanitise its wage bill.

The state Commissioner for Finance , Rabiu Garba, disclosed at a news conference on Sunday in Gusau that the centenarian had been collecting salary .

Rabiu made this revelation while shedding more light on the state government ’ s plans to sue about 200 persons illegally on its payroll who have been collecting monthly salary .

The commissioner also said he confronted the incumbent deputy governor of the state, Mr . Mahdi Ali – Gusau , over allegations on social media that the deputy governor was collecting double salary .

According to him, the deputy governor denied the speculations and submitted himself for further scrutiny to prove his innocence .

The commissioner , however , said on further investigations , it was discovered that “ some directors of finance were involved in the racket of inflating the state workers ’ monthly wage bill and pocketing the excess. ”

He also revealed that the scam was more at the state Health Service Management Board , where investigations allegedly showed that some suspended directors of finance were fraudulently selling fake offers of employment at the cost of N250 , 000 to innocent job seekers.

He added that the state government was, so far , losing more than N216 m monthly to the racketeers .

Ali – Gusau said the state government could employ an additional 8 , 000 persons and pay them salary comfortably if financial loopholes were blocked .

Source:- Vanguardngr.

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