College dismisses 4 students for irregular behaviour in Kebbi

From Ahmed Idris, Birnin Kebbi

Four students of Jega College of Health Science have been dissimsed for violating the schools rules and regulations.

Addressing newsmen yesterday while giving the scorescard of the institution, the

Barely 10 days to the Feb. 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections, the Nigeria’s Voters Watch (NVW) a CSO, has urged INEC to remove its Lagos State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mr Olusegun Agbaje.

The group had alleged that Agbaje made “disturbing utterances”.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that NVW is a CSO accredited by INEC for the election.

Addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Lagos, Dr Stella Ford, the NVW Convener, said that Agbaje’s immediate removal became necessary to prevent him from presiding over the affairs of the forthcoming elections in Lagos state.

According to her, the removal can be either by suspension or termination of appointment with immediate effect, to curtail and minimise the damages he has caused already by sowing the seeds of bias and doubt in the public.”

On INEC’s withdrawal of 240 polling units nationwide from the nation’s overall 176,846 polling units and the re-distribution of some voters to polling units, Ford called for more public education.

“INEC has not put enough efforts to educating voters on these changes and how affected voters can locate their new PUs

“We urge INEC as a matter of urgency, to educate voters by sending SMS, Phone contacts and general public education.

“INEC should also display the voter’s registration at least, 10 days before election, starting from tomorrow to give voters enough time to verify their PUs,” she said.

According to her, INEC should take safety and security of voters very seriously in view of threats and physical injuries already suffered by potential voters.

“Safety and security of votes cast on election day–INEC should, as a matter of urgency, withdraw any arrangements regarding the transportation of voting materials from private interested individuals in Lagos state and nationwide.

“The disturbing voice mail that has reached us and many people, including the media and law enforcement agencies where some political party members threatened their neighbors even with physical removal from Lagos state if they failed to vote APC should be taken very seriously.

“Information reaching us is that the law enforcement agencies are looking into the matter. We urge that prompt prosecution should be commenced immediately,” Ford said.

The convener said that INEC and law enforcement agencies should sanction political parties and their members who commit acts of intimidation, physical threat and verbal threats.

“We recommend that the

Provost of the college Alhaji Sa’adu Haruna Sauwa said that the dissimisal became necessary due to the fact that they were found qulity after a committee investigated them and came up with a report and recommended for their dismissal.

“The institution has constituted a desciplinary committee as part of the school commitment towards putting sanity in its learning system.

“The expelled students include one female and three males”.

The provost who also applauded the effort of Kebbi State Governor, Senator Atiku Abubakar for upgrading the institution from school to college, assured that the development had given them more chance in runing both National Diploma and Higher National Diploma concurrently.

He appreciated the present administration for renovating the school’s hostels, constructing more lecture halls as well as purchase of some medial laboratory equipment”.