The Kogi State government has
revealed how two lecturers and another official belonging to the Kogi State
University allegedly embezzled the institution’s funds to the tune of over
N100m.
The state Auditor-General, Hon Yusuf Okala explained that the fraud was discovered by his screening committee on the course of their assignment.
He made the revelations when
governor Alhaji Yahaya Bello visited the University to discuss various issues
affecting the institution and on how to reposition the school for greatness.
Okala, who was the head of the
just concluded screening exercise embarked upon by the state government said
the total number of staff of the university before the screening in January, 2016 was 1,744 while 1,193 staff were successfully cleared and have been receiving their salaries.
the total number of staff of the university before the screening in January, 2016 was 1,744 while 1,193 staff were successfully cleared and have been receiving their salaries.
Okala said 337 staff were on
uncleared list but that out of that number, 161 were given clemency by the
government.
He further disclosed that 63
staff had no record, while staff with issue of age disparity totaling 110 were
part of those clemency was given.
He said six staff were identified
as Diaspora civil servants, while another 6 were found to have been collecting
salary from double sources.
Okala put the salary wage bill of
the University as at January 2016 to be one hundred and ninety four million,
three hundred and eighty four thousand, four hundred and fifty naira, fifty
kobo (N194, 384,450.50) per month, which will amount to two billion, three
hundred and thirty two million, six hundred and twelve thousand, nine hundred
and eighty six naira (N2, 332,612,986) annually.
Among those that received double
salaries, Okala alleged are “a 34-year-old Mrs Adishetu Usman, a native of
Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State was employed by Dekina LGA on the
1st of June, 2006 as an adult instructor on grade level 3 and has grown to a
grade level 6 as at January 2016.
“Thereafter, as at 2nd June 2014,
she was employed by the Kogi State University as a chief porter in the registry
department and did not resign her first appointment with the LG. Mrs Adishetu
claimed she has hence been working for both Dekina local government and Kogi
State University since June 2016 and has been collecting salaries from both LG
and the state governments.
“Her monthly salary at Dekina LGA
was Nineteen Thousand, Six hundred and Twenty Nine, Sixty Eight Kobo
(N19,629.68) while Thirty Two Thousand, Six Hundred and Nine Naira (N32,609)
was her salary at the university.”
Another person that fell into
Okala’s dragnet was Dr.Solomon Olabode Adebayo, a lecturer 1 in Kogi State
University, who was allegedly discovered to be receiving double salary between
March 2012 and 2015.
According to Okala, “Adebayo was
purported to have resigned from the Teaching Service Commission (T.S.C) in 2012
and took appointment in Kogi State University according to his concessionary
statement.
“He was aided by a staff of his
former organization by name Mr. Oshadari in other to remain on the payroll of
the Teaching Service Commission where he no longer works. He and his accomplice
share the proceeds of the dubious act on monthly basis.
“The duo have made a huge sum of
money from the government until the screening exercise took place in 2016.
Prior to the screening exercise he was earning One hundred and Ninety Seven Thousand (N197, 000) per month from March 2013 to March 2016 which makes a total sum of Seven Million, Ninety Two Thousand Naira (N4,728,000) he and his accomplice embezzled.”
Prior to the screening exercise he was earning One hundred and Ninety Seven Thousand (N197, 000) per month from March 2013 to March 2016 which makes a total sum of Seven Million, Ninety Two Thousand Naira (N4,728,000) he and his accomplice embezzled.”
Mr Usman momoh was alleged to
have defrauded the state government to the tune of Ninety Eight Million Naira
while serving as pay officer at the College of Education Technical, Kabba
before he gained employment as a lecturer in Kogi State University.
Okala added that “Mr Momoh, after
preparing the schedule will add fictitious names on the payroll with fake
account numbers which he will latter withdraw with the connivance with bank
officials.”
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