ILORIN, AUGUST 18, 2016 – The Kwara Government, reportedly lost more than N400m to illegal recruitment of 516 employees by the state teaching service commission in 2014.Alhaji Yusuf Daibu, the Chairman, Panel of Enquiry on illegal recruitment into the Kwara Teaching Service Commission, made this disclosure on Thursday while presenting the panel’s report to Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed in Ilorin.
He said that the panel discovered that the commission illegally employed 965 employees instead of the 449 approved by the state governor in 2014.
Daibu said the exercise was haphazardly done, as there were no records of shortlisted candidates or interview panel that should have formed the basis of the recruitment.
The panel therefore recommended that the recruitment should be reviewed and limited to the 449 approved by the governor in 2014.
Daibu said the panel recommended that the recruitment should consider the genuine need of the commission for additional hands, especially in Mathematics, the core Sciences and English Language.
In order to prevent a re-occurrence, Daibu said the panel recommended that the enabling law establishing the commission should be reviewed to take care of some structural defects.
He also said that the oversight function of the state Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development on the commission should be enforced.
According to the panel, an effective database should be established for the monitoring of entries and exits from the employment of the commission.
In his remarks, the governor said the constitution of the panel was part of his administration’s efforts in boosting the quality of education in the state.
The governor underscored the critical role of teachers to functional education and human capital development.
“My administration will continue to ensure that due process is followed in the recruitment of teachers and workers of other state-owned educational institutions,” he added.
The governor said subventions to some tertiary institutions had been reviewed in line with emphasis on prudence.
