l, Real Money
N igerian authorities had previously uncovered “ghost workers”, people who do not actually work but appear on the government payroll. Now, the story went one step further… A government agency that didn’t exist was created, and it wasn’t exactly hidden away either. It has organised meetings with foreign investors on behalf of the government, has what appears to be its own organisational structure and social media accounts, posts some rather impressive content and, of course… it has employees and a payroll.
You can’t help but wonder: Who hired these employees? Who paid their salaries? Which bank accounts did the salaries go into? Were taxes and social security contributions paid? Did no one ever check whether these people actually existed? And more importantly, did no government institution ever question, through payroll, whether this organisation actually existed? Because payroll is not simply about ‘calculating salaries.’ Payroll is a control mechanism
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