The Executive Secretary, Kano State Science and Technical Schools Board, Prof. Dahiru Muhammad, has denied being part of the alleged sale of 36 staff quarters at Government Technical College, Tiga, in Bebeji Local Government Area of the state.
After some members of the Parent Teachers Association of the College accused the Executive Secretary and the board of an alleged unilateral sale of houses that were already under the owner-occupier arrangement, the denial came on Thursday.
Prof. Muhammad, who spoke to journalists in his office, described the allegations as groundless, stating that there were no such transactions whatsoever.
“What happened was that a former Commissioner of Education in the last administration was the one who sold houses belonging to the Science and Technical Schools Board, and not under the administration of Abba Kabir Yusuf.
When I assumed office, there was no indication of selling any houses. However, I am aware that some staff of the Government Technical College, Tiga, took the Principal of the school to court for allegedly selling houses, and the court found him guilty and adequately prosecuted him.”
The Executive Secretary also denied inappropriately removing and transferring some principals of schools on salary grade level 15 under the board and allegedly replaced them with his friends and cronies on level 12.
He explained that those removed from their positions were found to be unqualified as principals of Science or Technical Colleges because they lacked the basic qualifications of science and technical subjects.
“Imagine someone with Arabic or Hausa qualification being deployed as a principal of a Science or Technical College. What do you think would happen? That is why all the equipment for practical lessons for science and technical subjects have not been used over the years.
“So, we redeployed this set of principals who don’t have the required qualifications and appointed qualified ones with science and technical background, and even then, we have given them targets for the results we want to see,” he added.
