Management of the Bill and Melinda Gates College of Health Technology, Ningi, Bauchi State has debunked allegations that it is involved in admission malpractices as alleged by some unscrupulous people who are engaged in a campaign of calumny against the present management.
While debunking the allegation at a press conference held at the NUJ Press Center, Bauchi, the Provost of the College, Garba Hussaini, declared that the allegations were far from the truth, unfounded, malicious and aimed at destroying the image of the college.
According to him, the allegations contained in an article published in an online medium were nothing but “a means to give a dog a bad name in order to hang it.”
He added that “the attention of the management of the institution had been drawn through two falsehood reports that say admission malpractice, assault on school laws threatened academic quality at Bauchi State College of Health Technology, Ningi, chairman governing council deciding who gets admission dated 10th October 2021.”
He submitted that the libellous publications were instigated by some aggrieved academic staff of the college who before the constitution of the present governing council had a firm grip on the college when they served as directors of schools.
He alleged that such academic staff were found to be involved in a high level of corruption that stinks to high heavens, which he said they had over the years perfected to the extent of lining their pockets with illegal money that was supposed to go to the college’s coffers.
According to him, “with the coming of the present governing council, which was appointed to address the myriad of problems bedevilling the college that has stifled its growth as a result of corrupt activities been engineered, committed under the Bauchi State chairman, Medical and Health Workers Union (MAHWUN) to find out problem hindering the development of the college and the means by which it can be addressed as well to block financial leakages in the college.”
Continuing, Garba Hussaini said that “at the end of its assignment, the committee submitted a report to the council and it was discovered that some of the problems hindering the development of the college were the continued overstay of some officers on tenure appointment which has made them assumed themselves as superior to the governing council.”
The Provost disclosed that the committee discovered that due to their overstayed in office, the sacked directors tried to usurp power meant for the governing council by making it difficult for the smooth running of the college by the newly appointed provost and his management team.
He further alleged that the officers were found to engage in illegal collection of unauthorized fees from parents and guardians of the students, adding that as a result of that, some parents petitioned the Bauchi State House of Assembly.
According to him, “they were also found to be engaged in illegal admission of students.”
The provost submitted that “all that was fabricated by the officers was nothing short of corruption fighting back as the college under the present governing council is doing its possible best towards returning the college back to its former glory.”
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