Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle says his administration has found 199 ghost doctors on the payroll of the state government.
He said the state government was paying salaries for “280 doctors but there are 81 medical doctors” in the state in reality.
Matawalle made the disclosure in a chat with newsmen in his residence in Maradun town, the headquarters of Maradun Local Government Area of the state, adding that the situation made it difficult to pay their monthly salary.
He said he had met with the state chapter of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) officials and other stakeholders on how to trace those 199 ghost doctors who spent long period of time collecting salary illegally with a view to correcting the anomaly.
