LG Scribe arrested as Bayelsa LG monthly wage bill drops from N200m to N30mBALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The monthly wage bill of Sagbama Local Government in Bayelsa state has dropped from N200 million to N30 million, it was learnt on Friday. The situation has therefore led to the arrest of the Secretary to the Local Government Education Authority (LGEA) in the area over alleged falsification of nominal roll and over bloated wage bill. Addressing a press conference in Yenagoa, chairman of the caretaker committee of the council, Mr. Michael Magbisa, stated that over eleven fictitious names were discovered on the wage bill. Magbisa recalled that the last time the LG carried out employment was in 2007, adding that he was shocked to discover fictitious names and backdated employment on the payment vouchers and nominal roll from 2007 to 2016. He also spoke on the discovery of the anomalies in the payment vouchers, the nominal roll and the huge wage bill, adding that on assumption of office, he decided to audit the number of staff to reduce the huge wage bill.