FCE Akoka: Minister orders end to workers’ protest, asks provost to return to office

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Tanko Sununu, minister of state for education, has addressed the conflict between the provost and workers of FCE Akoka, Lagos.

Deborah BodundeTanko Sununu, minister of state for education, has addressed the conflict between Wahab Azeez, provost of the Federal College of Education , Akoka, Lagos, and protesting workers of the institution.He accused some unionists in the college under the aegis of “concerned staff” of locking up his office, claiming that his tenure as provost has ended.

The minister also ordered an end to the ongoing protest by the workers, mandating the governing council to “address the issue regarding the appointment of the bursar of the institution”.The council was directed to investigate the allegations made by the college workers that the management had misappropriated the funds approved for fencing the college campus.

The resolution was signed by representatives of the ministry; Adenuga Olatunde, chairman of the college’s newly inaugurated governing council; Augustin Nwachukwu, chairman of senior staff union of colleges of education; and Olasunkanmi Alonge, chairman of the college’s non-academic staff union.Azeez was appointed the provost of the college in May 2019 for a four-year term of office, but his letter of reappointment for another four-year tenure in office was dated January 23, 2023.

 

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