‘We’ve Lot Of Them In Other States’ — Reactions Trail Oyo “Ghost Worker” Scandal

The social media has been awash with different reactions over the payroll fraud that is rocking Oyo State government.

Eko Hot Blog had reported how a permanent secretary in the state was fingered in ghost worker racketeer following an altercation on twitter between the son of the permanent secretary and a twitter user.

Ayobami Agboola, son of Amidat Agboola, Oyo state head of civil service, was accused of failing to include the name of an acquaintance in a list of “ghost workers” in the state.

Ghost workers or payroll fraud are  common practice among public office holders, especially civil servants, in Nigeria.

Also read: Allegations Of Payroll Fraud Rock Oyo State Government

It is a list of people on the government payroll who are not physically present to do the actual work.

Sulaimon Adesola, a “social media influencer” said to have been involved in the campaign team of Seyi Makinde, governor of Oyo state, accused Agboola of promising to use his mother’s influence to help include his name on the “list”, but he failed to do so.

Adesola also backed up his claim with screenshots of messages they exchanged.

In his defence, Agboola claimed that he didn’t really have any ghost worker slot, as the comment was made jocularly.

Their disagreement on the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic led to the revelation.

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