Ekiti Suspends Education Secretary, Head Teacher Indefinitely Over Misconduct
Ekiti State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, has suspended the Education Secretary of Ikere Local Government Education Authority LGEA, Mr. Gbenro Buraimoh and the Head Teacher of Elemi Community Nursery and primary School, Ado Ekiti, Mrs. Olaniyi Catherine over allegations of misconduct.
The Chairman of Ekiti State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, Professor Femi Akinwumi who announced the sanction in Ado Ekiti, said the decision became necessary after repeated wanings over breaching extant rules of the board.
According to the SUBEB Chairman, the Education Secretary was accused of delaying official matters, irregular appointment of Teachers of junior ranks into managerial duty posts in schools as well as granting leave of absence to teachers without recourse to the board and postings of high number of teachers to schools with low pupils enrollment in farmsteads thereby leading to underutilisation of staff.
He directed the Education Secretary to hand over to Dr. Akande Oluwafemi of the Quality Assurance Department of the Board who is to take over as Acting Education Secretary with immediate effect.
Professor Akinwumi also ordered the affected Education Secretary to hand over all government properties in his possession to the Head of Administration in the Council.
In the same vein ,the suspended Head Teacher, Mrs. Olaniyi Catherine was indicted for demanding unauthorized financial assistance from the Public towards implementation of some projects in her school.
He ordered the suspended School Head Teachers to handover all government documents in her possession to the most senior assistant Head Teacher in the school with immediate effect, pending further determination of her case.
The SUBEB Chairman noted that the suspensions would serve as deterrent to other staff, warning that the board frowned at any act of indiscipline among the SUBEB workforce.
