Bauchi State Teachers Commission has demoted the Principal of Government Day Secondary School, Kirfi, Musa Ahmed, and a Senior Master, Adamu Shehu, over gross misconduct.
In a statement by the commission’s Information Officer, Dahiru Adamu, on Thursday, disclosed that the demotion was approved after thorough investigation.
Dahiru said that Musa and Adamu were found culpable for conniving and selling off some properties of the school without authorisation from the state Ministry of Education.
According to him, their removal from administrative duties, both staff members have been demoted by one grade level and will be reassigned to different schools to serve as classroom teachers.
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He said: “They sold 32 scrapped students beds, nine jumbo aluminum pots and roofing zinc.
“The overseeing Permanent Secretary of the Commission, Garba Bashe, had reported that a four-member committee investigated the matter and found the two officers guilty of the allegations.
“The commission has therefore approved the demotion of the two officers by one grade and they will be posted to different schools to teach.”
The Information Officer also said that the two officers would refund N597, 000 which is the value of the sold items.
He also said that the committee recommended that the principal should pay N72,000 to settle the allowances of casual workers of the school he owed.
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