SSUCOEN Moves Against Appointments Of Provosts Of Colleges Of Education By President Buhari

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BY TEMI OHAKWE, ABUJA – The Senior Staff Union in Colleges of Education, Nigeria (SSUCOEN), has kicked against the appointments of Provosts and other Principal Officers of newly established six Colleges of Education.

It thereore urged President Muhammadu Buhari set aside the appointments since they did not meet the requirements for such offices.

SSUCOEN also requested the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu to ensure that criteria for the appointment of Principal Officers in Colleges of Education are followed and met by aspiring candidates.

Theese were contained in a statement by the National President of SSUCOEN, Mr. Danladi Ali Msheliza with the title; “Appointment Of Principal Officers Of New Federal Colleges Of Education: A CALL FOR REDRESS,” in which the Union expressed concern that the present appointments are counterproductive and unhealthy to the Colleges of Education subsector.

Msheliza noted that the criteria used in the appointment of most of the Principal Officers of the six new Federal Colleges of Education situated at Iwo, Osun State; Gidan Madi, Sokoto State; Odugbo, Benue State; Jama’are, Bauchi State; Isu, Ebonyi State and Ekiadolor, Edo State left much to be desired.

The Union noted that 90% of those on the list of appointees, do not meet the requirements for appointment as Principal Officers in Colleges of Education, as provided for in the approved Schemes and Conditions of Service (2015 Edition) for Colleges of Education in Nigeria.

SSUCOEN further said that since the Governing Councils for the new Colleges of Education have been constituted, it is only the Councils that have the powers to appoint Principal Officers, as provided for in the Act establishing Federal Colleges of Education and other relevant extant rules and guiding documents.

It further said; “Upon careful study of the list of the appointees, we discovered that most of the appointees are either from the Core Civil Service, Private Sector or other sectors outside Colleges of Education System, which is contrary to the provisions for the requirements for the appointment of Principal Officers in Colleges of Education, as contained in the Revised Conditions of Service for Colleges of Education (2015 Edition), and the Act establishing Federal Colleges of Education”

The Union alleged that the appointments were mostly based on political considerations, without due diligent considerations to extant rules, adding that the appointment of Principal Officers of any College of Education, by any other person or group, other than its Governing Council, amounts to illegality & usurpation of the powers of Council.

The SSUCOEN President said that while the Union has no powers to determine or dictate who is to be appointed as Principal Officer of any Federal College of Education in Nigeria, it however urged the government to allow the Governing Councils of each of the new Colleges to follow due process & appoint their Principal Officers as enshrined in the law establishing Federal Colleges of Education.

The Union warned that if its concerns are not addressed, it may be left with no option than to initiate actions that will challenge the observed infractions, in line with the Conditions of Service for Colleges of Education, the subsisting court judgment and other extant laws.

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