The Sokoto State Government has uncovered a total of 706 ghost students in the state.
The disovery was made by a committee set up by the Sokoto State Government to look into the number of students entitled to its scholarship.
The committee in its report revealed that a total of 706 “ghost” students from the 40 tertiary institutions visited within and outside the country were beneficiaries of the scholarship scheme.
The committee further revealed that it verified and confirmed 14,532 students as qualified for the state’s scholarship.
The chairman of the committee while speaking on the discovery said: “We have also confirmed that N544,613,724 is the total cost of students registration for the year 2016/2017 academic session, while N143,560,855 is the allowances to the verified students.
“We have also verified and confirmed that N688,174,579 is the actual amount owed as students registration and allowances for the current 2016/2017 session.”
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