Nasarawa State House of Assembly on Monday ordered the immediate suspension of the state’s director of salaries bureau, Sulley Daheer, and all staff of the agency pending outcomes of an investigation into the fake employment of 38 secondary school teachers.
It also ordered immediate closure of the salaries bureau pending the outcome of investigations.
The house issued a directive when the management of the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Education and Teachers’ Service Commission (TSC) appeared before the investigation committee headed by Daniel Ogazi.
“We are going to report our findings at the end of the investigation to the assembly for necessary action,” Ogazi said.
“You have a lot of duties, responsibilities in your ministries in order to check and ensure that the right things are done at all times and that the Nasarawa State government does not waste its money or resources.”
Earlier in their separate statements, the state’s Commissioner for Finance, Haruna Ogbole and his Education counterpart, Fati Sabo denied knowledge of the purported employments of the teachers as well as a directive for their inclusion into the payroll of the state government.
Also the Director of Salaries Bureau, Sulley Daheer, said he has not received any memo and has not given any directive for the inclusion of the 38 secondary school teachers into the pay roll of the state government.
