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| Chairman CPY, Sunday Adasa (m) reading a text of press briefing in Jos on Thursday |
Fed.
School of Medical Laboratory Technology Jos: Youth group wants Provost, Dr. Etukudoh removed, lists out his atrocities.
By
Joseph A. Adudu
August
01, 2019.
A youth group known as Concerned
Plateau Youth (CPY) has called on the President, Muhammad Buhari, the National
Assembly and Elders of Plateau state to rescue the Federal School of Medical
Laboratory Technology Science Jos from Dr. Obong N. S Etukudoh, its Provost.
The youth group made its position known
in Jos on Thursday during a press briefing. Members of the group were also seen
carrying ply cards with inscription such as; “ Dr.Etukudo must go, The Provost
has violated the Federal Character,” amongst other inscriptions.
Reading the text of the press briefing,
Chairman of the group, Sunday Dasan stated that since Etukudo assumed as
Provost in 2008, the Institution has witnessed deteriorating condition as he
has never laid any foundation in the school till date.
The school which is located at Jos
University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) permanent site is said to trains both
Laboratory Technicians and Foreign graduates. However, Dasan alleged that
students from other parts of the country pays mandatory school fees of over
#170,000, those from DrEtukudo's state, (AkwaIbom), don't pay fees at all.
The group also alleged that the Etukudo
handles the college like his personal business centre as funds accruing to the
college are diverted to his personal use, a situation that is said to have led
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)'s intervention that led to
the prosecution of the Provost at the High Court of Justice, Jos.
The group further alleged that all the
13 head of departments were headed by non Plateau indigenes which include; the
Provost and chief Executive Officer, Dr. N.S Etukudo from AkwaIbom,Deputy
Provost Administration Mr. Fredrick Olowo 0ndo State, Deputy Provost
Academic ~ Mr. Reginald O. Ejinaka Enugu State, Head of
Administration Victoria OnwuemeneKogi State,Head of Planning ~
UdomNkereuwemAkwaIbom State, Head of Accounts NkereuwemAsuquoAkwaIbom State,
Head of works Cletus UsendokAkwaIbom State,Head of student
AffairsMbatEnohAkwaIbom State, Head of Legal UdohinrneAkpanAkwaIbom State, Head
of Library Joshua AbakaNasarawa State, Head of ICT lye Wariso Rivers State,
Head of Procurement Demtoe Ernest Plateau State, Head of Audit Agboide Sunday
Edo State.
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| Cross section of CPY carrying ply cards with different inscriptions during its protest in Jos on Thursday |
The group added that the Etukudo has
over stayed in office for 11 years as Provost which is against the edict
establishing the Institution and wondered if he is above the law because he is
serving the third term as Provost of the college and is always said to brags
that he has 13 more years to go.
The group further alleged that under
Etukudo's leadership, public service rule has not been observed because
according to the group, he should have been at least suspended as he has been
in and out of prison twice adding that one of the sleaze committed by the
Provost is the placement of his daughter on the payroll of the College, Sifon Etukudoh
According to the youth group,"No
observation of federal character principle in the College e. g Akwa Ibom where the
provost comes from has the highest numbers of staff with more than fifty
percent of the work force.The College has more than 100 staff on the payroll
from Akwa Ibom State who doesn’t come to work completely. They only appear
where there is verification. His daughter, Sifon Etukudoh is on the payroll of
the College, but does not even know the location of the institution. Drivers on
official duty are denied their duty tour allowance
which 15 accumulated into several millions of naira including his
personal driver who normally slept in the car whenever they are on official duty
because of lack of payment of his D.T.A 7' Students of the
College do pay student union government dues (SUG) but he refused to allow
them to form the SUG in the College, where is their money going to?
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| Adasa |
“He pays undue allowance into account
of some staff from Akwa Ibom while those from other states are being
neglected. Indiscriminate placement of grade levels / step
between Akwa Ibom and other states in the institution. Indiscriminate approval
of study leaves between Akwa Ibom state indigenes and other states indigenes in
that college.The permanent site of the college is in a sorry state of condition
which needs urgent attention of the appropriate authorities to avoid building
collapse and loss of lives as the dilapidated structures are still being use
for official work.The security personnel of the institution (strike force)
their allowance have not been paid for the past twelve (12) months".
All efforts to hear Dr. Etukudoh’s side
of the story proved abortive as he did not even respond to our text message
before press time.
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