ADHA ORDERS REINSTATEMENT OF 4 LECTURERS SACKED BY ADAPOLY

Adamawa State House of Assembly on Tuesday, ordered the Management of the State Polytechnic Yola, to reinstate Four(4) dismissed lecturers with immediate effect. NEWS PLATFORM can report

The Assembly ordered the Rector and the Management Staff to appear before for it on Wednesday, over the unlawful dismissal, and cautioned it to desist from flagrant abuse of extant laws and regulations.

Equally, the Assembly has directed the Management of the Polytecnic to pay the affected lecturers all their entitlements/benefits from the date of illegal suspension and subsequent dismissal.

The affected lectureres include; Dr. Paul Zira Wache, Abubakar Mohammed Babale, Usman Hammarwabi and Isa Njobdi Ribadu.

The affected lecturers were sacked by the institution over alleged alteration of results, forgery, allocation of fake marks and other unprofessional acts on the 20th February, 2020.

The Assembly's order followed the consideration and adoption of the report of the Committee on Public Petition and Electoral Matters under the Chairmanship of Hon. Adwawa Donglock( Guyuk).

Hon. Adwawa's committee informed the Assembly in its report that the lecturers were suspended and subsequently dismissed from service without fair hearing.

Its recommeded that the action of the institution be set aside having been carried in an outright violation of fundamental human right, fair hearing and the regulation of the polytechnic.

Speaking while considering the report, Hon. Abdullahi Umar Yapa(Verre) commended the committee for doing a thorough job, lamenting a situation whereby the affected lecturers were denied fair hearing and supported the recommendations.

On her part, Hon. Kate Raymond Mamuno, applauded the the committtee for doing justice to the petition filed by the dismissed lecturers.

Also speaking, the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Pwamwakeno Mackondo(Numan) and Hon. Alhassan Hammajoda(Ganye) supported the reinstatement of the affected persons, saying that the reinstatement is with immediate effect.