Ohe Management of the Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara, has terminated the appointment of seven staff members found guilty of collecting double salaries.
A statement issued by the institution’s Public Relations Officer, David Balogun, on Friday stated that “the Management had to take this drastic action after the audit exercise carried out on CUSTECH, Osara by the Office of the Kogi State Auditor General revealed that the staff members in question were conveniently receiving salaries from two of Kogi State Government establishments”.
Some of the affected employees are Shaibu Musa of the Security Unit, CUSTECH, Osara, who was discovered to have been collecting salaries from his former workplace; Kogi State Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, since his assumption of duty at CUSTECH, Osara on 7th April, 2021, and Abubakar Ali of the Works and Maintenance Department, CUSTECH, Osara, who was collecting salary from his former workplace; Lokoja Local Government Authority, since his assumption of duty at CUSTECH, Osara on 11th January, 2022.
Others are Francis Lawal of the Bursary Department, CUSTECH, Osara, who was discovered collecting salary from his former workplace, Science, Technical Education and Teaching Service Commission since his assumption to duty at CUSTECH, Osara from 7th July, 2021; Philip Onotu of the Works and Maintenance Department, CUSTECH, Osara, who was discovered collecting salary from his former workplace, Office of the Deputy Governor since his assumption to duty at CUSTECH, Osara from 15th September, 2021, and Abdulmajeed Damudi of the Department of Biological Sciences, CUSTECH, Osara, who was discovered collecting salary from his former workplace: Science, Technical Education and Teaching Service Commission since his assumption to duty at CUSTECH, Osara from 9th February, 2021.