University Don Petitions Education Minister Over Alleged Injustice in Kaduna Poly
By Abdullahi Alhassan Kaduna
HOTPEN – A Lecturer in Kaduna state University (KASU), Professor. Mohammed Sani Yahaya has petitioned the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, over alleged injustice meted against him by the Governing Council of Kaduna State Polytechnic.
According to the Petitioner, he applied for the post of Rector at Kaduna Polytechnic and was disqualified on the ground that he is a Professor teaching in a University.
The University Don is speaking at a press conference, at the Secretariat of Nigerian Union of Journalist’s in Kaduna.
The petitioner supported his claims with documents to challenge the decision of the Council saying that the Governing Council should review and reverse its decision because it goes against the Polytechnic Act 2019.
He disclosed that he has written a personal appeal for the intervention of the Executive Governor of Kaduna State Mallam Nasiru El-rufai, His Royal Highness, Emir of Zazzau, and Honorable Minister for Education, The Honorable Minister of Justice, The Chairman, Senate Committee on Tertiary Education and TETFUND, The Chairman, House Committee on Tertiary Education and Services, The Executive Secretary, National Board for Technical Education and other influential individuals urging them to impress on the Council to right the wrongs.
Professor Mohammed Sani is an Irrigation Agronomist and former Head, Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kaduna State University.