Mozambique uncovers 30,000 ghost workers on govt payroll

Mozambique has identified some 30,000 non-existent civil servants on its payroll, the Public Service ministry said on Monday.

It said the ghost workers had cost the country €220 million in salaries and wages. The fraud was detected following a two-year audit that spanned between 2015 and 2017.

Following the operation, Maputo put its public sector workforce at 318,000.

Mozambique, which has over 50% of its budget devoted to the payment of government workers, has been going through financial d…
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