FIVE principals of some public secondary schools in Niger State have
been placed on suspension by the state government over allegation of
collecting illegal fees from the newly admitted students into their
schools.
According to a press statement signed by the state’s Commissioner
for Education, Alhaji Danladi Umar Abdulhameed, a copy of which was
made available to the Nigerian Tribune at the weekend, in Minna, the
state capital, stated that the actions of the affected principals
contravened the Free Education Policy of the incumbent administration
of Dr Muazu Babangida Aiiyu- led government in the state .
The release added that the affected schools included the Day
Secondary School, Tunga, Army Day Secondary School, Minna, Day Secondary
School, Madalla and Halidu Adamu Junior Secondary School , Suleja.
It stated further that the suspension took effect from Wednesday,
October 23, as the affected principals were directed to hand over the
administration of their schools to the vice principals administration or
next in the administrative hierarchy.
Abdulhameed has, however, warned other principals in the state to
desist from such acts and should ensure adequate compliance with the
Free Education Policy of the PDP-led administration in the state, which
the release pointed out was still in force.
Nigerian Tribune gathered that the state’s Ministry of Education had
recently received complaints from some concerned citizens residents in
the state of some principals, who allegedly indulged in charging
illegal fees, especially from the new students in their respective
schools, which violated the generosity of the Muazu Babangida Aliyu-led
government on free education policy in the state.
The release affirmed that it had no other choice than to wield big
stick against the affected principals with the view to forestall a
recurrence of the illegal actions of the suspects.
Source: Tribune
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