15 staff of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria has been sacked while
the rank of a lecturer reduced over sexual harassment, corruption and
negligence of duty.
The list containing names and personnel number of the affected staff showed
that they were from different faculties and departments in the institution, a lecturer
from the Department of Plant Science was sacked over sexual harassment of a
female staff, while three lecturers from the Sociology Department were sacked
over alteration of result, extortion of students and illegal allocation of
grades.
Two staff from Bursary Unit were sacked over diversion of money and
fraudulent reinstatement of staff on payroll and a lecturer in Political
Science Department was demoted over loss of students’ scripts, which is an
offence the university defined as “negligence of duty”.
The Director of ABU’s Public Affairs, Sama’ila Shehu, confirmed the
authenticity of the list saying the “action is a testimony to the fact that ABU
doesn’t hesitate in taking disciplinary action against any erring staff or
student.”
The dismissal of the erring staff was approved by the university’s
Governing Council during two of its separate meetings.
