Headcount audit identified ~50,000 ghost workers across federal MDAs. Cumulative payroll savings of ~₦200bn 2016–2018. Subsequently weakened by political resistance from MDAs.
Buhari II2017· Fate: Implemented· Chapter II · Law
Presidential Initiative on Continuous Audit (PICA)
Removed approximately 50,000 ghost workers; ₦200bn payroll savings 2016 — 2018.
Sources
- · OAGF PICA Reports 2016–2018
What it cost — political & economic reality
The political and economic reality
Nigeria in 2017: who was in charge, the cabinet of the day, the GDP, and the crises that defined the period.
President · Fourth Republic
Muhammadu Buhari
2015–2023· APC
National reality
Two recessions (2016, 2020). Multiple naira devaluations. ASUU strike of 2022 closed federal universities for ~9 months. End SARS protests (Oct 2020); Lekki Toll Gate incident. Out-of-school children >18 million by 2022.
Crises of the period
- 2016 recession + FX crisis
- End SARS + Lekki Toll Gate (Oct 2020)
- COVID-19 lockdown (2020)
- 9-month ASUU strike (2022)
- Naira redesign chaos (Q1 2023)
GDP (World Bank)
$494 bn (2015) → $477 bn (2022)
Cabinet (selected portfolios)
- Finance
Kemi Adeosun (2015–18); Zainab Ahmed (2018–23)
- Justice (AGF)
Abubakar Malami (SAN)
- Education
Mallam Adamu Adamu (2015–23)
- Petroleum
Muhammadu Buhari (concurrent); Min. of State Ibe Kachikwu then Timipre Sylva
Source: Federal Gazette 2015–23; CBN; NBS
Methodology
Tier 1 · primary
Courts. Gazettes. National archives.
Tier 2 · corroborating
OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.
Redline
Wikipedia is never a source.