Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson
The Bayelsa State Government has mentioned there are about 27,000 unlawful and ghost employees on the payrolls of the state native authorities areas.
Commissioner for Information and Orientation Daniel Iworiso-Markson, mentioned this on Thursday in Sagbama, Sagbama Local Government Area, on the ongoing city corridor assembly on reforms.
As acknowledged by him, the event had introduced the state’s workforce from 56,000 to 27,000 employees.
“Look at what has happened through the reforms. From 54,000 workers, with reforms we are now 27,000 workers in the entire state. It means that the difference of about 27,000 workers is fake people,” the commissioner added.
“Since 1996 that the state was created, it is just now that we're realizing that our state is being shortchanged. It signifies that billions of naira has entered into the pockets of some folks. They are the folks preventing these reforms.
“The people against these reforms are those who are taking advantage of our collective wealth and appropriating it into their own personal pockets and putting all of us including the state in this terrible mess. When you hear them criticize the reforms, take note of them, it is very possible they are those shortchanging the state”