The Treasury has launched a fresh bid to end the practice where corrupt officials claim salaries on behalf of “ghost employees” — workers who have died, retired or deserted their duties — through restricting pay allocation to those in the core electronic payroll.
Acting Treasury Secretary Ukur Yatani says in a circular that funds for salaries will now be allocated to government and parastatal workers whose details are loaded onto the payroll system, which is technically known as Integrated Personnel Payroll Data (IPPD).
