A total of 240 workers in Kano State were found to be receiving duplicate payments, while an additional 217 individuals are linked to the same Bank Verification Number (BVN).
The state government confirmed this on Sunday via a statement released by the Special Adviser to Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf on Civil Service Matters and Chairman of the State Coordinating Committee, Dr. Sulaiman Wali Sani.
Sani, representing the Secretary to the State Government, revealed during a press briefing in Kano that this finding emerged from a biometric verification exercise conducted by two standing committees.