Mozambique's government has discovered more than 30,000 ghost workers on the civil service payroll.
The civil service minister said some were paid for jobs they had not done, others were dead or fictitious.
The fraud had cost the government around $250m (£198m) between 2015 and 2017, Carmelita Namashulua said.
She said the government recognised that state corruption was still a major problem in Mozambique, one of the world's poorest nations.
The southern African nation is ranked 153 out of 180 countries by watchdog Transparency International in its global corruption perceptions index.
At the end of the audit, those who failed to turn up stopped receiving their wages, he says.
The check, conducted over two years, investigated a total of 348,000 workers.
Earlier this year, the government outlined plans to try and control spending, especially the public payroll that absorbs 55% of tax revenue, according to the state agency AIM.
(Source: BBC)
The civil service minister said some were paid for jobs they had not done, others were dead or fictitious.
The fraud had cost the government around $250m (£198m) between 2015 and 2017, Carmelita Namashulua said.
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| The southern African nation is ranked 153 out of 180 countries in a global corruption perceptions index |
She said the government recognised that state corruption was still a major problem in Mozambique, one of the world's poorest nations.
The southern African nation is ranked 153 out of 180 countries by watchdog Transparency International in its global corruption perceptions index.
At the end of the audit, those who failed to turn up stopped receiving their wages, he says.
The check, conducted over two years, investigated a total of 348,000 workers.
Earlier this year, the government outlined plans to try and control spending, especially the public payroll that absorbs 55% of tax revenue, according to the state agency AIM.
(Source: BBC)
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