Bauchi Assembly Opposes Second Term For COE Provost

The Bauchi State House of Assembly has urged the authorities authorities not to let the Provost of Aminu Saleh College of Education (ASCOE), Azare, Professor Asabe Sadiya Mohammed, to proceed connected a 2nd tenure.

The lawmakers argued that the determination was indispensable successful the involvement of stability, accountability and the aboriginal of acquisition astatine the institution.

The solution followed the adoption of a study presented by the Joint House Committee connected Education and Petition during plenary presided implicit by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Abubakar Suleiman, connected Thursday.

Presenting the petition, Chairman of the House Committee connected Petition, Hon. Abdullahi Yusuf Itas, highlighted respective complaints against the Provost, portion his submission was seconded by Hon. Dr. Nasiru Ahmed Ala.

A lawmaker,.Hon. Habibu Umar stated that the cognition of the Provost undermined her nonrecreational competence and made her unfit for a 2nd tenure.

For Hon. Ala, respective complaints were lodged against the Provost, and contempt being informed of these issues, she failed to instrumentality corrective action.

The Speaker explained that the relation of the House aft conducting a Committee duty was to counsel the Executive Arm of Government done recommendations, with the anticipation that their observations volition beryllium duly considered.

The House subsequently adopted the resolutions arsenic contained successful the Committee’s report, peculiarly that the cognition of the Provost rendered her unfit to question a 2nd tenure.

Beyond enactment issues, the Assembly besides called connected the Bauchi State Government to deploy oregon enlistee a qualified Quantity Surveyor to the College.

The House besides stated that the hostel meant for NCE students should beryllium reverted to its archetypal purpose, “Revenues generated from FUHSA occupancy should beryllium audited and accounted for,” the location said.

The Assembly besides said that the backlog of students’ results should beryllium cleared urgently, and a mechanics established for timely processing going forward.

It demanded that the House Committee connected Education should fortify its oversight functions to forestall unilateral decisions by the College leadership.

The lawmakers said that regular attraction and servicing of authoritative vehicles, machinery, and instrumentality should beryllium prioritised to guarantee their functionality, saying information astatine the College should besides beryllium enhanced portion asking that stipends for information unit should beryllium reviewed upwards to amended motivation.

“Leadership succession successful the College should travel transparent, merit-based processes, successful enactment with NCCE guidelines and the Bauchi State conditions of service,” the Assembly said.

The House maintained that these steps were captious to restoring trust, accountability, and effectual work transportation successful the College.

Attempts to get absorption of the Provost were not palmy arsenic she neither answered calls nor responded to substance messages from our analogous arsenic astatine the clip of filing this report.