3000 Ghost Teachers, 800 Non-existent Schools on Government Payroll Discovered in Kogi

As the world continues to clamor for the advancement of knowledge, and as government after government continue to boast of the recognition they are given to education in their administrations, the Kogi State Government has announced that it has uncovered at least 3,000 ghost teachers on its payroll and 800 non-existing primary schools during the recent screening exercise in the state.

This was made known by the state’s accountant-general, Mr Paul Audu, while speaking with journalists in Lokoja, the state capital. He said government would deal with the situation promptly.

According to him, the screening had revealed a lot of unwholesome dealings of corrupt accounting. Reacting to complaints over omission of some teachers’ names from the payroll, Audu said problems associated with teachers’ salaries were as a result of the ghost workers and non-existing schools.

Audu also added that such expenditure had been draining government’s coffers. The accountant-general then said that names of genuine teachers who were erroneously omitted from the salary vouchers had also been compiled. Audu, however, attributed the development to improper bank account numbers supplied by the affected teachers.

Source: NAN

7 COMMENTS

  1. we have heard stories like this from many parts of the country but we don’t hear of the punishment meted out to those who create the ghosts and fake schools. people who have access to government coffers do these things and get away with it. how can it stop. let the state prosecute all those involved.

  2. Rubish…… Pure non-sence. Cn a lay man be a ghost teacher or creat a non exsitin sch?? D coruption is within d government besids after getin dis source are u guy goin to use it 4 another gud thing? No! They wil divert it to their own accout… Usless people!! Salaries supose to b paid any time from 25 of the month, when do u pay urs in kogi or do u pay ur pensioniers? U keep them suffrin thinkin of self alone. Enough of ur new discoveries if u cnt utiliz it. Wawah people.