The Kogi Government has uncovered at least 3,000 ghost teachers on its pay roll and 800 non-existing primary schools during the recent screening exercise in the state, Paul Audu, the state Accountant-General, has said.
He said such expenditures had been draining government coffers.
The accountant general 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.
The Accountant General said problems associated with computations and payment of salaries would be over by the time the
report of the screening committee was fully implemented.
Audu hinted that a master payroll for teachers in the state had been produced to enable the government to deal with
authentic teachers.
He said a committee had also been constituted by the state government to implement the recommendations made by
the screening committee.
Audu said his office was currently training members of staff of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) on e-payment
computerisation since they are directly in charge of primary school teachers.
He said that they would resume duties in their respective offices as soon as the training was over.
