VERIFICATION: GHOST WORKERS, GHOST SCHOOLS DELAY TEACHERS' SALARIES

 

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The Bayelsa state government has attributed the delay in the payment of salaries of teachers in the state to the on-going verification exercise. It berates the payment scheme citing discrepancies and fraudulent activities in the payroll of the educational system.

According to the statement credited to the Secretary to the State Government, Serena-Dokubo Spiff, instances of fraudulent activities include discrepancy between approved salary vouchers and actual payment alerts received by teachers, cases of ghost teachers, ghost schools, fraudulent designation of status and fraudulent increment.

He however assured that payment will be effected as soon as the criminal practices are rooted out and the approved funds are released and made available for the purpose.

NEW MINIMUM WAGE: GOVERNMENT EXCLUDES TEACHERS

Teachers in the public primary schools in Edo state have raised alarm over their non-inclusion in the government's new minimum wage scheme.

The affected teachers through the Edo state chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) decried how they have been discriminated against by the state government which paid their counterparts in the public secondary schools and other civil servants the new wage.

The government during its state broadcast on May 1st, 2016, to commemorate the international labour day pronounced a new minimum wage of  twenty-five thousand naira (N25,000) which is an  increment of seven thousand naira (N7,000).

However, the Secretary of the union in the state, Mr.Akin Adeojo urged the government to review the policy and reverse the decision.