Edo Gov. Adams Oshiomhole said in Benin on Thursday that the government discovered 40 ghost pensioners on its payroll.
He said the discovery of the pay-rolling of the 40 dead pensioners was made possible as a result of the introduction of Information Communication Technology (ICT).
The governor made the fact known at the second Edo State Technology Day, with the theme: “Repositioning Edo State Using Technology”.
“Just last week, we found about 40 people who are dead and are still receiving pension because people in the Pension Board kept them alive for the pension payment,” he said.
The governor commended the ICT Unit of the government for eliminating wastages in the system, adding that governance was cheaper when ICT tools were deployed in place of manual applications.
He said that with ICT, the government could exercise greater control of the process of governance.
The governor said: “when you know what is happening in the system, then you have greater control in terms of getting things done and identifying who is not doing what.”
He said that as a result of the introduction of ICT, the state government had plugged leakages and improved internal revenue generation.
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babatunde Fashola, who chaired the occasion, commended the Edo Government for the technological initiative and urged that ICT should be deployed to all sectors of the economy to improve efficiency.
Fashola, however, said that Nigeria must make genuine efforts to resuscitate technical colleges in addition to paying attention to the agriculture sector in order to make technological progress.
The Edo Executive Director, Directorate of Information, Communications and Technology, Mrs. Yemi Keri, said the annual event provided a platform for bringing stakeholders in the technology sector together to exchange ideas. (NAN)
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