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Chidinma Uzoma
The Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja has dismissed four senior lectures from service over alleged misconduct, fraud, sexual harassment and forgeryl.
PLATFORM TIMES gathered that
their engagement of service was terminated following the approval of the governing council of the school at its 68th meeting.
The Public Relations Officer of the institution, Uredo Omale who stated that the level of their misconduct, bordering on “sexual harassment, victimization of female students, absconding from duties, insubordination, falsification of records, disobedience to lawful order and diversion of TETFUND training grant led to their dismissal.
According to Omale, “Some offenses of the dismissed lecturers, Ipinmoroti Samuel Adejoro and Adegoke Kehinde Vivian, include, disobedience to lawful order, falsification of document to obtain training grant and diversion of the said training grant to the tune of N22,676,500 and N21,204,000 respectively.
“Slyvester Ojone Blessing was dismissed for allegedly absconding from duty from 5th January, 2020 to 31st July, 2022 and should refund the sum of N1,356,653.79, being the unearned salaries drawn from the government within the period of absconding.
“Ipinmoroti and Adegoke are to refund the total sum of N22,676,500 and N21,204,000, being the funds they allegedly collected as training grants without undergoing the training at the approved university in Malaysia”.
Meanwhile, the management of the polytechnic has approved the promotion of eight principal lecturers to the rank of chief lecturers.
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