By Yahaya Idris, Lafia.
Global Times Nigeria has obtained a reports that Nasarawa State House of Assembly has finally ordered sealing of Nasarawa State Salaries Bureau Office for her roles in issuing fake appointment to secondary school teachers in the State.
Taken decision on the matter, the Nasarawa State House of Assembly Committee on Education, Science and Technology, has directed the state Commissioner for Finance, Haruna Adamu Ogbole suspend Mr Sulley Daheer, the Director of Salaries Bureau and all staff of the salaries department with immediate effects pending the outcome of investigation into the fake employments of 38 secondary school teachers in the state.
Hon Daniel Ogazi, APC, who double as the Chairman of the Committee gave the directive when the management of the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Education and Teachers’ Service Commission (TSC) appeared before the committee in Lafia, the State capital.
The committee has equally directed for the sealing of the office of the state salaries Bureau pending the conclusion of investigation into the matter.
The Committee Chairman says “We hereby direct the Commissioner for Finance to suspend the Director Salaries Bureau and all the staff of the salaries department pending the outcome of our investigation.
” We have invited you to know how the names of the purported and fake 38 secondary school teachers has gotten into the pay roll of the state government.
“We are going to report our findings at the end of the investigation to the assembly for necessary action, ” he said.
Ogazi who represent the people of Kokona constituency urged both the Commissioner of Finance and Education to put their House in order to avoid wastages of government resources as well as know in dept what is happening in their ministries.
“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 Nasarawa State government did not waste its money or resources” he added.
Earlier, the state Commissioner for Finance, Haruna Adamu Ogbole and his Education counterpart, Hajiya Fati Sabo have denied knowledge of the purported employments of the teachers as well as directive for their inclusion into the payroll of the state government.
On his part, Mr Sulley Daheer, the Director Salaries Bureau has said that 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, a development the house considered as aberration.
He maintained that he has no knowledge of what is happening in his department as the head.
Mr Anthony Ladan, a senior Accountant in the Salaries Bureau admitted of including the 38 teachers names into the pay roll of the state government without the directive from the Commissioner of Finance and Director, Salaries Bureau.
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According to him, he received a letter for the inclusion of the teachers into the pay roll from Mr John Nuhu whom he knows as a staff of the Teacher Service Commission (TSC).
Ladan added that he did not know that John Nuhu has left the service when he brought the letter containing the 38 names which he claimed was from the ministry of education through the commissioner of finance without knowing that the documents are fake.
Similarly, the Nasarawa State Legislature has be commended for their thorough jobs aimed at securing the future of the state.
