Forensic Analysis of Forged Certificates in Kogi: Primary School Teachers Top Chart
By Promise Emmanuel (Kogi Rebel)

A forensic dive into the document released by the Kogi State document on various offenses committed by some civil servants on the “uncleared” list of the Civil Service Reform screening, as it relates to certificate forgery shows that a total of 523 persons forged their certificates in the first batch of the released document.
Dissecting this, the various ministries tally:
Under the educational hub, it shows that a total of 321 persons forged their certificates, this is only an insight into the can of worms that may be opened in the coming days.
-Ministry of Education (34) persons.
-Primary school teachers of all the 21 local Governments Areas (206) persons
-STTEB (Science Technology and Technical Education Board) 50
-TSC (Teaching Service Commission) -31 persons.
Total= 321.
Here is a breakdown of the Certificate Forgers by Local Government areas according to the report.
NB: M (male)/ F (Female).
Ankpa: 121 persons – F 48, M 73
Dekina: 62 – F 22, M 40
Omala: 56 – F 19, M 37
Olamaboro: 50 – F 24, M 26
Ofu: 35 – F 14, M 21
Okene: 28 – F 7, M 21
Igalamela/Odolu: 22 – F 6, M 16
Bassa: 21 – F 5, M 16
Okehi: 18 – F 4, M 14
Ajaokuta: 17 – F 8, M 9
Adavi: 17 – F 5, M 12
Kogi: 14 – F 6, M 8
Lokoja: 13 – F 5, M 8
Idah: 13 – F 5, M 8
Ibaji: 12 – F 1, M 11
Mopamuro: 6 – F 2, M 4
Kabba/Bunu: 5 – F 1, M 4
Ijumu: 5 – F 3, M 2
Yagba-east: 4 – F 3, M 1
Ogori/Magongo: 3 – F 0, M 3
Yagba-west: 1 – F 0, M 1

Male = 332
Female = 191
Total: 523
Majority of them (up to 401) claimed they had the NCE from Kogi State College of Education, COE, Ankpa. Others (100) claimed they had National Diploma, ND, from the Kogi state Polytechnic, Lokoja. A few others (22) claimed they had degree certificates from the Kogi State University, KSU, Anyigba. The bread breaker of the forgers was a lecturer from Kogi State Polytechnic, a village political youth leader who forged his certificate from his the degree level to his Masters level. He was given a lecturing job on that premise even as a clear cut illiterate who didn’t attend lectures or satisfy the rigour of examination.
These category of persons also are part of those alleging not to have been paid 22 months salary. It is also worthy to note that primary school teachers top the chart in the number of certificate forgers, it is therefore unavoidably necessary to conduct Competency test for this category of teachers to save the future of our youths.
I am beyond depressed.