Nasarawa State Universal Basic Education Board, NASUBEB, yesterday said it had uncovered over N24.4 million fraud in the payment of teachers' salaries between August and September this year.
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Executive Chairman of the Board, Malam Abdulkarim Mohammed disclosed this in Lafia at a meeting with state executive members of the Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT.
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He explained that the fraud was uncovered in 12 local government and development areas of the state by a committee set up by the board to verify the teachers' wage bill.
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According to him, Lafia-East Development Area had the highest difference of over N12.3 million in their September records, while Akwanga had the least with N44, 531.
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Other affected areas include; Awe with N2.3 million; Panda N4.1m; Ekye N3.2m; Keffi N539,026; Kokona N195,000 and Dedere with N543,123.
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The rest were Loko N280,124; Agidi N110,332; Gadabuke N359,614 and Umuaisha with a difference of N212,195.