How we uncovered N13.7bn alleged fraud in Osun payroll audit – Consultant
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How we uncovered N13.7bn alleged fraud in Osun payroll audit – Consultant
The Chief Executive Officer of Sally Tibbot Limited, Sa’adat Bakrin-Ottun, has detailed how her firm uncovered an alleged N13.7 billion fraud during a comprehensive staff verification exercise commissioned by the Osun State Government.
She said the discovery followed the identification of 4,095 suspected ghost workers by a committee constituted by Governor Ademola Adeleke after his inauguration in November 2022.
According to her, the audit conducted by Sally Tibbot Limited revealed that the state was paying salaries to purported ghost workers amounting to N13,716,914,129.28 annually. She further alleged that a single individual received payments meant for 5,615 staff, among other irregularities.
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