The Nation NG>>> A Judicial Commission of Inquiry on Thursday said Bayelsa State is losing a whopping N2.61 billion annually to fraudulent and unauthourised employments in its eight local government areas and 32 Rural Development Authorities (RDAs).
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The commission, established by Governor Seriake Dickson to investigate payroll fraud in the state, disclosed this when it presented volume one of its report on local government areas to the governor in Yenagoa, the state capital.
The report which was presented by the Chairman of the commission, Justice Doris Adokeme, said 6,280 unauthourised employments were uncovered in the councils, blaming over-bloated wage bills on the activities of fraudsters in the system.
The report revealed 3,243 unauthorized employees at the RDAs and 3,037 fraudulently employed workers on the payrolls of the eight LGAs.
Ekeremor local government area topped the list with 1,162 employees followed by Southern Ijaw, Yenagoa, Ogbia and Brass.
But the commission in the report gave Kolokuma/Opokuma LGA and the RDA a clean bill of health on performance.
The council was said to be performing optimally with only 505 employees.
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