The Menace Of Fake Agencies

The article discusses the issue of fake agencies and ghost workers in Nigeria's public sector, tracing the problem back to the 1970s and 1980s. It highlights how poor record-keeping and cash-based payments enabled unscrupulous officials to insert fake names into payrolls. The lack of computerization and a central database for workers and payments allowed non-existent persons to collect salaries. The article notes that corrupt government officials were the beneficiaries of these ghost workers.

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