By Yemi Shola, Bauchi
The Principal of Government Day Secondary School, Kirfi, Kirfi Local Government Area (LGA) of Bauchi State, Malam Musa Ahmed Ningi has been indicted of selling properties of the school without authorisation.
In addition, a Senior Master, Malam Adamu Shehu, was found culpable of gross misconduct, having connived with the Principal to commit the offences.
Already, the removal of the Principal and Senior Master was approved by the Bauchi State Teachers’ Service Commission after a thorough investigation of the offences against them.
The two people were found culpable of conniving with each other and sold some properties of the School without authorisation from the Ministry of Education.
They were said to have sold 32 scrapped Students beds, nine jumbo aluminum pots and an unspecified number of roofing zinc.
A statement by the overseeing Permanent Secretary of the Commission, Garba Muhammad Bashe, noted that a four-man committee of the Commission had found the two officers guilty of the allegations.
The Commission therefore approved the demotion of the two officers by one grade and will be posted to other different schools to teach.
The Commission said the two officers will refund the sum of N597,000 which is the value of the vandalized and sold items.
According to the recommendation of the committee, the removed Principal will refund the sum of N72,000 to settle the allowances of casual workers of the school he owed.
The Commission pledged to collaborate with the security agencies to recover the vandalized items as contained in a statement by Dahiru Adamu, Information officer.