Bauchi Nursing College students protest reappointment of Provost | Tellwell Newspaper
From Ahmad Saka, Bauchi
Students of the Bauchi State owned Aliko Dangote College of Nursing Sciences have staged a peaceful protest against the reappointment of the Provost of the College, Rakiya Saleh, after expiration of her tenure.
The protesting students pointed a firm accusing finger at the Secretary to the State Government, Ibrahim Kashim Mohammed, for the obnoxious reappointment of the provost, warning him to desist from interfering in the affairs of the College.
In his reaction Barrister Kashim said, “I was told of the protest by the Head of Civil Service of the State. Other than that I dont know anything about it. The appointment of a Provost is the Exclusive preserve of His Excellency (the state governor).”
The nursing students were however peaceful in their protest, blocking the Ran Road and causing a halt of vehicular movement in to express their grievances.
The protesters alleged that the SSG had continued to direct the affairs of the college from his office, adding that his actions were at the detriment of the Institution.
They argued that the procedure followed in Saleh’s appointment did not follow due process considering the fact that based on the laws regulating the College, it is the Deputy Provost who should act until a substantive Provost is appointed.
They therefore declared that the appointment of Saleh as Acting Provost was unacceptable and demanded a reversal in order to allow the Deputy Provost, Mallam Haruna Burra to continue to act.
An official of the Nigeria Nurse Educators Union, Comrade Funmilayo Abubakar, said that the the protest became inevitable due to the non-challant attitude of the institution’s management to students grievances.
All efforts to get reaction from the former now Acting Provost, Rakiya Saleh, proved abortive as her phone was switched off as of the time of filling the report.
