By Own Correspondent| Government is considering developing a biometric register of its workforce in a move aimed at flushing out ghost workers on the government payroll, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said.

The move will also reduce government expenditure.

According to a local weekly, it is estimated that more than more than 80% of government revenue is used to pay civil servants in a development that leaves very little capital available for infrastructure development.

Said Mnangagwa:

“A time-lined raft of measures on that front will be announced soon, including an exercise in developing a biometric register of all civil servants on Government payroll which should eliminate leakages through ghost workers.”- StateMedia