Kwara Poly staff, students threaten protest against Gov Ahmed over Rector's appointment

Date: 2019-05-20

Staff and students of Kwara State Polytechnic have threatened to stage a peaceful protest over the appointment of a new rector by the outgoing administration in the state.

Mr. Kayode Rafiu, the leader of the students, said this in a statement issued in Ilorin on Sunday.

Rafiu said the protest would commence on Tuesday May 21.

He said the protest became necessary due to the alleged "shabby process in the appointment of a new rector for the institution by the outgoing administration."

NAN recalls that the school had on March 25, released an advert for the position of Rector, which was perceived in some quarters as fraudulent.

Rafiu alleged that Gov. AbdulFatai Ahmed, had perfected plans to bring an outsider as the Head of the Polytechnic, adding that there were many competent lecturers who were next in line to the outgoing rector.

According to him, the staff and students are mobilising to converge at Ilorin General Post Office on May 21, for a mega protest against the injustice.

He faulted Ahmed's failure to identify any insider that had risen through the ranks to be shortlisted for the position of rector.

Rafiu also described the recent introduction of some additional criteria such as attaining 59 years of age, five years experience as a science-based Chief Lecturer, as a ploy to discredit some potential lecturers.

He said the move was targeted at short changing some respected lecturers who were competent and qualified to head the Institution.

The students' leader said the protest would be led by some members of staff of the Institution and Alumni, who believed that the standards and tradition of the Polytechnic in choosing a new rector were not duly followed.

He said it was illegal for the outgoing rector to chair the screening and short listing committee in a polytechnic that had more than 35 Chief Lecturers that were also equal to the task.

The student leader alleged that this acts could translate to injustice, perceived interest and lack of level playing ground for all applicants.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Muyideen Ajani Bello     Balogun Fulani     Amada Jidda     Christopher Ayeni     Alfa Yahaya Road     Ibrahim Gambari     Unilorin     Kayode Ibrahim     Bolakale Saka     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Erin-ile     Hamidu Olowo     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Femi Agbaje     Royal FM     Kwabes     Saidu Kawu     Read With Me     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Iyaloja-General     Bisi Oyeleke     Oke-Odo     Igbomina     Awodun     Allocation     Garba Ayodele Wahab     Ibrahim Taiwo Road     Hakeem Lawal     Saadu Alanamu     Yoonus Lawal     Kishira     Moji Makanjuola     Emir Of Kano     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Oko     Afetu Of Alabe     Sunday Popo-Ola     Okanlawon Musa     AbdulRahman Saad     Students Union Government     Ben Duntoye     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Haliru Dantoro     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Olaitan Buraimoh     General Hospital     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Jimoh Olusola Imam     Mike Omotosho     Bibire Ajape     Kwara 2015     Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede     Assayomo     Oniye     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Olayinka Are     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Share     Ibrahim Abikan     Manzuma     Basit Olatunji     Kwara State Pension Board     Folajimi Aleshinloye     NYSC     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Gabriel Fashanu     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     3MTT     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Akanji     Kumbi Titilope     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     TIC    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Raliat Elelu-Habeeb     Peculiar Allowance     IESA     Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Young Progressives Party     Madawaki     Okin Group     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     John Dara     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Sheikh Ridhwanullah El-ilory     Lucky Omoluwa     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Smart School     Aminu Ado Bayero     Folashade Omoniyi     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     COVID     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Issa Oloruntogun     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Alikinla     Yahaya Seriki     Zulu Gambari     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     AbdulRazaq Abubakar Jiddah     Ballah     Halidu Danbaba     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     SSA Youth     Kola Ologbondiyan     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Shonga Farm Project     YAKOOYO     Abdulkadir Orire     Lawal Olohungbebe     M.Y. Abdulrahaman     Rueben Parejo     Valsolar Consultoria     Ramat Oganija     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq     Umar Adelodun     Ramadan     Oluranti Idowu     Awoye     NYSC     Nigerian Medical Association     Gbugbu International Market     Kwara Apc     Sabi     Tunde Akanbi     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Yakubu Danladi     Iqra Books     Amuda Aluko     Oloyede     Niyi Osundare     Hassan A. Saliu     Wahab Abayawo     Kwara Central     Isaac Gbenle     GRA     Rasheed Jimoh     Michael Nzekwe     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants Ltd     Teachers Specific Allowance     Illyasu Abdullahi     Samuel Olusegun Adedayo     Sunday Otokiti     Gbajabiamila     Muslim Media Watch Group Of Nigeria     Umar Danladi Shero     Jaiz Bank     Solomon Edojah     Tosin Saraki