A few days after sacking two lecturers who were found guilty of sexually harassing students, the Federal Polytechnic Bauchi has expelled 30 of its students for examination malpractice and forgery of their certificates.
The Rector of the institution, Sanusi Gumau, flanked by the Chairman of the Governing Council, Barr. Isaac Abbot Ogbobula disclosed this at a press conference held on Sunday.
He said that the students who were found guilty by the Academic Board of the institution reported the matter to the Governing Council.
He explained that 14 of the students were dismissed for engaging in exam malpractice while the remaining 16 students were dismissed for either forging their Senior Secondary School Certificate or their National Diploma Certificate.
Gumau said, “Part of the many decisions we took at the Council meeting was to discuss the cases of students who were, in one way or the other, involved in examination misconduct and they are 14 of them.
“There are also the cases of 16 students for the falsification of either their O’ levels or ND results who are now in HND. It was discovered that their certificates are not genuine based on the committee that was set up to verify their certificates.
“And based on the information of the National Diploma Certificate of where they graduated, they forged it and got admission into this institution. These students were expelled from the Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi. These are the disciplinary actions that the Council took.”
Two lecturers earlier sacked
The institution during the 98th meeting of its Governing Council, which was held earlier this month approved the sacking of two lecturers who were found guilty of sexually harassing their students. This decision was made Saturday.
The dismissed lecturers are Musa Baba Abubakar of the General Studies Department and Adebusoye Michael Sunday of the Nutrition and Dietetics Department.
The Informant247 Newspaper
