By William Madouk
A cashier at Nagero County Education Department, Western Equatoria State Mr. Peter John Mungo, has been suspended over the disappearance of SSP 18 million intended for teachers’ October salaries.
In a suspension letter issued by Nagero Commissioner Gabriel Ferdinando Nvolo, Mungo was placed on a three-month suspension with half pay due to his inability to account for the missing funds.
“This order is issued as county order No. 5 of the Transitional Constitution of Western Equatoria State 2011 as amended in 2015 as a 3-month suspension order with half pay to Mr. Peter John Mungo, the county education cashier, with immediate effect from the date of signature of this order,” the order reads in part.
“He, Peter John Mungo, failed to submit accountability for the SSP 18,000,000 cash received in Nagero County Education Department as salaries for primary and secondary school teachers for October 2023,” it added.
According to Commissioner Nvolo, some classified and unclassified staff in the education department have also not been paid their October 2023 wages although money was sent to the office concerned.
However, it remains unclear how many teachers have not received their October salary.
Meanwhile, the suspended officer is yet to comment of the alleged misappropriations of teacher’s funds.
Recently, the national Ministry of General Education dispatched a salary overseeing committee to states to screen the payroll from ghost names and eliminate names of unclassified staff as payment of October began.