The Gombe State government has announced the discovery of 523 ghost workers following the implementation of a biometric verification register for civil servants in the state. Governor Inuwa Yahaya disclosed this on Thursday during the induction of newly recruited biometric supervisors in the state. Represented by his Deputy, Manassah Jatau, the governor stated that the biometric verification, which commenced three years ago, has exposed non-existent workers and saved the state approximately N1.5 billion. He said the state deployed 4,000 biometric machines for attendance registration across all…