ABU sacks 16 staff over sexual
harassment, others On September 27, 201910:14 amIn Newsby Hamed Shobiye
Facebook Twitter Email WhatsApp Pinterest Share Ben Agande – Kaduna. Management
of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, has sacked 16 staff over sexual
harassment, negligence of duty and corruption.
The affected staff who were
drawn from various departments and faculties in the institution were subjected
to the university internal mechanism before their sack was officially announced.
An official of the university who craved anonymity, confirmed the decision,
adding that it was ratified by the governing council of the institution.
The
Institution’s Director of Public Affairs, Dr. Sama’ila Shehu, confirmed the
staff sack’ but said not all those affected were teaching staff Sexual
harassment: 63 CSOs threaten legal action against perpetrators AAU-ASUU
Chairman says allegations of sexual harassment is blackmail He said: “The
offences range from mishandling of records, scripts, sexual harassment and
assault. “There are categories of offences and penalties.
Some are the
termination of appointments, dismissal and demotion’ It was gathered that a
lecturer in the Department of Plant Science was sacked for sexual harassment of
a female staff, while three lecturers in the Department of Sociology were
sacked over alteration of results, 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. A lecturer in the Department of
Political Science was demoted over the loss of students’ scripts, an offence
the university defined as “negligence of duty”.