The Bayelsa State Government has concluded an
arrangement to set up Payroll Fraud Tribunal to try
fraudsters in the state civil service, the
Commissioner for Education, Mr. Markson Fefegha,
has revealed.
Fefegha made this known on Wednesday during a
meeting with the principals and headmasters of
public schools in the state at the Banquet Hall,
Government House, Yenagoa.
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He said the government had been losing billions of
naira monthly to fraudsters in the system, adding
that the development had necessitated various
measures put in the place by the present
administration to curb the nefarious act.
Fefegha warned that anyone found culpable would
be prosecuted in accordance with the state Criminal
Act, advising the perpetrators to desist from the act
forthwith in their own interest.
Decrying the infusion of vicious names into the
payroll system of teachers, he called on the head
teachers to ensure that only the real names of
teachers in their schools appear on the salary
vouchers.
The Commissioner also said the ministry was
committed to restructuring and repositioning the
education sector in line with the administration’s
restoration agenda.
He commended teachers in the state for their
patience and promised that all salaries and
allowances owed them would be paid as soon as
funds were available.
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Dr.
Alice Atuwo,commended heads of boards and
parastatals in the education sector for attending the
programme.
In another development, the Bayelsa State
Government has assured the stakeholders of full
take-off of proposed model schools in the state
before the end of the year.
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