Plateau state govt traces 1,832 ghost teachers to one individual

Plateau state govt traces 1,832 ghost teachers to one individual

A staff verification exercise in Plateau State has traced 1,832 ghost teachers to a single individual who is not even a teacher. According to Daily Trust,  the state‎ governor, Simon Lalong disclosed this at a media parley at the Government House in Jos to mark his one year in office over the weekend.

He also said a self-confessed man who has lived in the United States of America (USA) for years, admitted to him on phone that he had been drawing salaries for himself and for many more ghosts to fund charity for widows and orphans.
Source: Plateau state govt traces 1,832 ghost teachers to one individual