Edo State Government has set up an investigative panel in the 18 local government areas of the state to audit schools, number of teachers in the schools, their qualifications and the salaries and allowances paid to them.
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Governor Adams Oshiomhole said this, yesterday, when the National Union of Local Government Employees, NULGE, paid him a courtesy visit at Government House.
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He said the decision was designed to get to the root of the current mismanagement in the primary schools with regards to teachers salaries.
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He said: "It was part of this search, I suspect, that led to some people burning down the archives at the Ministry of Education.
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"What we have been trying to do is to find the courage to clean up the mess we inherited in the state and ensure that we leave behind, not just roads, schools and street lights, but a school system that works, so that the level of manipulation can be minimised if not completely eradicated.