Nigeria, Aug. 12 -- The Jigawa State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has discovered that 245 teachers continue to receive monthly salaries after quitting the job, including one of them for over 14 years.

The SUBEB's chairperson, Haruna Musa, told reporters that deserter teachers have contributed to the educational crisis in the North-west state.

"They are collecting the money without doing the job. It's unfortunate for a teacher to be away from school for seven to 10 years. I have gotten somebody who has not been in school for 14 years and is collecting a salary every month.

"This is unfortunate. We cannot forgive them, we want to recover the money they collected without teaching and ensure that teachers are in school and doing...