The House of Representatives Committee on Public Assets has directed the Management of Kaduna Polytechnic, the Ministry of Education and the Presidential Implementation Committee on government property to put a stop to the sale and allocation of property belonging to the federal tertiary institution.
This followed the consideration of a petition to the House by some serving and retired staff members of the polytechnic.
Property owned by the Kaduna Polytechnic spread across the State, comprising land, staff quarters and guest houses are being sold to staff and non staff of the polytechnic.
The committee also summoned the Rector of the Polytechnic, Suleiman Umar, Permanent Secretary Ministry of Education and Head of Presidential Implementation Committee, including the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics, Kaduna Polytechnic chapters to an Investigative hearing.
The Chairman of the House Committee on Public Assets, Hon. Ademorin Kuye of the All Progressives Congress (APC) said the specific date, time and venue for their appearance will be communicated to them.
In a petition addressed to the Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, the polytechnic staff had accused the management of the Kaduna Polytechnic of carrying out illegal action by carving out parts of their plots of land and selling them to non-staff of the institution without remitting the money to the government account.
They also claimed that most of the teaching and non-teaching staff of the polytechnic are not aware of the sale of the houses and plots of land owned by the institution..
In response, the Committee directed that further allocations of plots of land and staff quarters of the Polytechnic to non-staff of the school be stopped pending the conclusion of investigation into the alleged shady deals.
