Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has invited the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), to investigate the alleged padded payroll of the state workforce.
It would be recalled that a consulting firm, Sally Tibbot Limited, has alleged an annual payroll fraud of N13.7 billion under the present administration.
Adeleke in the letter dated February 20 and addressed to the chairman of ICPC, asked the commission to review both the audit report initially submitted by the consulting firm and the review committee.
The letter reads, “I present to you the very warm compliments of the Government and the good
people of Osun State
Upon resumption of office as Governor of Osun State, there were rumours of ghost workers and padded payroll inherited from the administration of former Governor Gboyega Oyetola.
“Our administration then engaged Sally Tibbot’s firm to audit the inherited payroll of the Osun State Government from 2018 to November, 2022.
“The audit firm then submitted its report on June 27, 2024. After the submission, I directed full implementation in line with my desire to get rid of all alleged ghost workers in the payroll. However, following controversies generated by the fact that some high-ranking officials were included in the list of ghost workers, I set up a review committee that included officials of the audit firm and labour union leaders in the State.
“I hereby seek the indulgence of your agency to send forensic auditors to review both the audit report and the review committee report to authenticate the correctness or otherwise of the review committee report vis-à-vis the report
submitted by the audit firm. Both reports are hereby attached.”
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