The Academic Staff of the Federal College of Education (Technical), FCET, Gusau, Zamfara State, has embarked on an indefinite strike to press home their demand for the immediate removal of the Provost, Mrs Hauwa’u Gimbiya Mukhtar Abdulkarim.
According to a statement issued by the chairman of the union, Dr Abdullahi Muhammad, the provost was not qualified for the position and must resign before they could return to work.
Muhammad further stated that members of the union would not be able to work under a provost that has been declared unqualified and unsuitable by the Federal Ministry of Education.
Parts of the statement reads, “The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) FCET, Gusau chapter held its congress meeting on 12th March 2024.
“The association’s members have resolved to suspend all academic and administrative activities until the Federal Ministry of Education’s directives over the vexed appointment of Dr (Mrs) Hauwa’u Gimbiya Mukhtar Abdulkarim as the substantive Provost of Federal College of Education (Technical) Gusau are implemented.
“That she should resign and hand over to the most senior academic staff in the College.
“Dr Hauwa’u Gimbiya Mukhtar Abdulkarim took appointment as the substantive provost of Federal College of Education (Technical) Gusau on the 14th August 2023.
“On her assumption as the substantive Provost of the College, the attention of the union (COEASU) was drawn on the petition labelled against her by a human rights group (Equity Alliance) demanding for cancellation of her appointment as substantive provost of the College on the ground of misrepresentation of forged document.”
