Worried by outright violation of laws establishing College of Administration and Business Studies (CABS) Numan Campus, the Legislators of the Adamawa state House of Assembly have started investigating reasons behind delisting of courses from Numan Campus of the state Polytechnic.
The Honourable House through its Standing Committee on Education and Tertiary Institution has launched an investigation with a view to unraveling circumstances surrounding the decision by the management to act contrary to the law and delisted courses that were being offered by the college in Numan.
The Lawmakers have further resolved and directed that all the courses of college that were transferred and are now being offered in Yola campus should be reverted to its former Campus with immediate effect.
Equally, the Members have further resolved that the Numan campus of the Polythecnic should be compensated by siting the projects of the state government and that of Tertiary Education Trust Fund(TETFUND) in campus.
The resolutions of the state Lawmakers followed a matter of urgent public importance sponsored by the Deputy Speaker and Member representing Numan constituency, Rt. Hon. Pwamwakeno Mackondo, during Wednesday resumed plenary session.
Rt. Hon. Mackondo had while moving the motion, lamented that CABS Numan campus is being stripped of its courses, and that the action is in total violation of the law establishing the college.
Going down memory lane, the Legislator informed the Honourable House that the state polytechnic which was established in 1996, was divided into 4 colleges with CABS sited in Numan so as to take the place of Staff Development Institute (SDI).
He argued that the law establishing the institution has not been amended to reflect the new status of Yola and Numan campuses and could not see reasons behind delisting of courses, saying something urgent must be done by the House to save the situation.
The legislator said that it came to them as surprise that all TETFUND projects meant for CABS Numan campus are all being directed to Yola Campus with a flimsy excuse that the land in Numan is not good for construction of structures, while some buildings inherited by the college were constructed over 45 years ago.
According to him, CABS is the only fully operational campus in the whole southern zone which comprises 9 Local Government Areas, and that the education and economic importance of the institution in the area cannot be overemphasised.
He stated that the college has also created employment opportunities for their electorate such as business centres, estate development, trading and host of others, adding that its proximity has also encouraged enrollment of teeming youths.
He added that it also reduces the financial burden of aspiring youth who desire to further their education thereby increasing enrollment, urging the House to take necessary action to rescue the college from dismantling or total collapse.
Rt. Hon. Pwamwakeno Mackondo called on the House to direct for the revert of the courses, compensation of the college with state government and TETFUND projects and the invitation of the Rector to appear before the House in order to explain reasons behind delisting of courses.
Rallying round the motion, Hon. Japhet Kefas(Gombi), Hon. Kate Raymond Mamuno(Demsa) and Hon. Abubakar Isa (Shelleng) applauded the mover of the motion, saying that the issue brought before them has to be considered on time and overwhelmingly supported the Deputy Speaker's prayers.
After the debate and subsequent adoption of the resolutions, the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Aminu Iya Abbas who presided over the sitting, directed that the resolutions be communicated to the authorities concern.
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