A total of 596 dead civil servants and pensioners have been uncovered on the payroll of the Bauchi State Government.
The Chairman of Bauchi State Authentication Exercise Committee, Adamu Gumba, disclosed this to reporters in the state capital.
He explained that the dead persons have been on the state government’s payroll and receiving salaries for several years.
According to him, the persons were placed under watch after they failed to turn up for the month-long verification exercise.
