400 ghost teachers uncovered in Benue
The board's
executive secretary, Frank Kyungun made the disclosure on Wednesday August 5
while presenting the report of the screening exercise recently conducted by the
board to Governor Samuel Ortom.
He said;
“The screening
uncovered 433 ghost workers on the payroll after verification of 4,473 staff
across the three senatorial zones of the state.
“The screening
committee also uncovered 18 dead persons, 70 retired staff, 193 redeployed
staff, among other irregularities on the payroll, who were accordingly
expunged.”
Commenting on the report,
Governor Ortom said he has constituted a committee to immediately implement the
committee's recommendation. Dennis Ityavyar, the state commissioner for
education, has been appointed to head the committee.
He said;
“Those who had
milked the board through ghost workers must be identified and prosecuted.
"The ghost
names should be immediately deleted from the payment voucher”.
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