Nigeria, Feb. 13 -- The Zamfara State Government says it has uncovered 2,363 ghost workers from a verification exercise in the state civil service.

Governor Dauda Lawal constituted a committee last August to conduct the verification exercise of the state's workers ahead of the government implementing the N70,000 minimum wage

In a statement on Thursday, the governor's spokesperson, Sulaiman Idris, said the committee headed by the state Head of Service also found that 220 minors were illegally receiving monthly salaries as civil servants.

"To improve the efficiency of the Zamfara State civil and public service, Governor Dauda Lawal formed a high-level committee tasked with verifying the state government's payroll.

"The verification comm...