Governor Muazu Aliyu of Niger on Wednesday said the state government has discovered 50 ghost schools on the nominal roll of the state’ ministry of education.
The governor who disclosed this before the weekly State Executive Council meeting at Government House, Minna, lamented that the ghost schools were also discovered on the list of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB).
Mr Aliyu noted that the schools, which could not be located on ground anywhere in the state, must have gulped several millions of naira on monthly basis, as they have been used to siphon money from the state coffers, a situation he noted the state government is determined to tackle headlong
He also said that aside from the 50 ghost schools, 15 secondary schools in Mashegu local government area of the state has only one Arabic teacher each who teaches all the other subjects including Mathematics and English.
http://www.channelstv.com/home/2013/03/27/niger-state-uncovers-50-ghost-schools/

Something good is happening in Niger state these days.
Yesterday it was about the admission racketeers who were disgraced, today this.
Good job Gov'nr Aliyu.

[size=18pt]Ghosts go to skul nowadayz?[/size]

Ghost workers, Ghost schools, Ghost! Ghost!! Ghost!!!

50? Chei, Ghost full naija o

naija no save again oooo na evn 50 slf good job governor aliyu

Ghost full everywhere fr Naija..

Nearly everything in Nigeria has Ghost brand!

The past and the present comm.4 educatn needed 2 be flogg'd,infact l can't quantify d level corruptn in dis country...

What's next? Discovery of a ghost government (local government, state and country)? Or maybe they are even ghosts already.

Ghost government sef

yea ghost internet users

Before it was ghost workers now its ghost schools, Naija na today?

We'd hear of Ghost contracts, biz, Parties. Zombie is also welcome!

Bash Me: [size=18pt]Ghosts go to skul nowadayz?[/size]

And Jonathan can not see any ghost to grant amnesty. That's by the way. Look at the governor that is covertly looking for the highest sit in the country. How can you place a school on a government pay-roll without having a physical structure to show that such school exist? And this schools also have ghost pupils and ghost results. We are suppose to be hearing the number of commissioners and perm-sec that have been sacked.

This is a GHOST comment....Be AFRAID ....be VERY -A-F-R-A-I-D..cos I'm coming tonight

Just when you think things are turning for good, you still hear dead governors doing all to siphon money

What will you not find in the north.How can a government be paying salaries to school staff for decades and claim not to know all the while.What a North!!!

Haunted state!!!

What about the ghost voters in the northern part of Nigeria?

The state self too big. Can you imagine travelling 7hrs within Niger state.

Like Niger like Nigeria.

anticent: What will you not find in the north.How can a government be paying salaries to school staff for decades and claim not to know all the while.What a North!!!

Stop it, ethnic bigot.... Its not about the north, rather its a problem in Nigeria as a whole.... Where were you when the federal govt said it discovered 45,000 ghost workers in the federal civil service/..... All the states in Nigeria are facing similar challenges.... Rather than politicizing or making it an ethnic issue, Gov. Aliyu should be commended at-least for that good work and that should serve as a challenge to other Governors to put up frantic efforts in getting rid of same in their various states...

It is only in nigeria that ghost exist..we have ghost workers..ghost schools,ghost children and ghost wife,we even have ghost budget...what a country.

Fear of buhari they grip them small small.
All keeping their houses in order

T-john:
15 secondary schools in Mashegu local government area of the state has only one Arabic teacher each who teaches all the other subjects including Mathematics and English.

No wonder.....

Ghost schools in a state where the 'un-ghost' schools lack full students enrolments and lackadaisical mien to education on the parts of the 'locals'....am sure there are 'ghost' workers in 'ghost' and 'un-ghost' state local government..fish them all out...

kokoye:

No wonder.....

Abi o.. No wonder gan ni o... Arabic teacher 'doubling' as maths and Inglis teacher.. O ya maths teacher.. If Y = X^n what is dy/dx? How on earth would a teacher 'teach' Arabic, Mathematics and come top am with teaching English language?....