Lagos: An official says a newborn baby in Nigeria got added to a government payroll, and has been earning about $150 for the last three years.
Zamfara State Attorney General Garba Gajam told a news agency on Friday that the baby was one of many so-called "ghost workers" found to be getting salaries without performing a job.
The employee is listed as being 1-month-old, though Gajam said the child`s father actually started collecting the salary before the baby was born.
He said the state is trying to reverse a trend that has government workers giving fictitious jobs to family members to increase their earnings.
Corruption in oil-rich Nigeria trickles down from politicians to the lowest police officer shaking down bribes at traffic checkpoints.
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