Bayelsa; Dickson Sets to flush Out Ghost Workers, Launches ‘Countriman’ Call Lines

YENAGOA- The Governor of Bayelsa State Mr. Seriake Dickson on Wednesday has intensified the ongoing campaign against  ghost workers in the state by launching a programme code-named ‘Countriman Direct’lines.

The programme is designed to give the citizens the opportunity to communicate directly with the governor on security, fraud and related issues in the country.

Four dedicated lines have been released by the Governor for effective communication to combat ghost workers. They are 07068405809, 07011938880, 09083485732, 08056085520.

The ‘‘Countriman Direct line’’ is designed to give the citizens the opportunity to communicate directly with the governor under assured protection.

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Launching the project, the Governor stressed that all information from concerned citizens would be treated with confidentiality.

The programme also provided two email addresses: contrimandirect@yahoo.com and contriman direct@gmail.com to enable interested members of the public to send emails directly to the Governor. The programme has a twitter handle named contrimandirect.

Dickson also called on Bayelsa people to take advantage of the programme to support his campaign against fraud by blowing the whistle on payroll fraudsters.

The governor urged the citizens to utilize the opportunity by sending text messages to the lines directly to him as they would be monitored and analysed every morning.

He described the payroll fraud as a crime against humanity and the Ijaw nation which required a concerted effort to stop.

Dickson said that coordinated action against payroll fraud would clean up the system and ensure that funds are saved for project execution in the education, healthcare, security, infrastructural development and security in the state.

He said that the citizens had a responsibility to act against who receives salaries without going to work, those who received multiple salaries and others.