The Federal University Dutse, Jigawa State, has published the names of academic staff members who failed to return to the institution after completing higher degree programmes sponsored under its staff development scheme.
The disclosure was contained in a public notice signed by the university's Registrar, Alhaji Abubakar Mijinyawa, who said the affected employees violated the conditions of the sponsorship bond by either resigning from the institution or failing to resume work after completing their studies.
According to the notice, the affected lecturers are spread across several departments, including Chemistry, Computer Science, Physics, Soil Science, Pharmacology and Environmental Sciences.
Among those listed are Afolabi Lukman Olalekan of the Department of Chemistry, who is said to owe the institution N12.04 million; Muhammad A. Alhassan of the Department of Computer Science, who resigned from service with an outstanding liability of N14.56 million; Yakubu Sani Wudil of the Department of Physics, with a liability of N18.26 million; and Ramla Muhammad Kama of the Department of Pharmacology, who owes N16.34 million.
The university said it had commenced enforcement measures against the affected staff, including the suspension of salaries, issuance of notices of indebtedness and referral of their cases to the Senior Staff Disciplinary Committee for appropriate action.
It added that the outstanding obligations range from about N3.8 million to more than N18 million, although some of the lecturers had begun making partial repayments.
The notice stated that Bala Ismail Adamu of the Department of Physics had refunded N988,195.94 from a total liability of N12.9 million, while Abdulhamid Aliyu Ardo of the Department of Computer Science had repaid N1 million out of the N14.51 million owed to the university.
The institution reaffirmed that beneficiaries of its staff development sponsorship programme are contractually required to return and serve the university after completing their studies. It warned that any staff member who defaults on the bond agreement would continue to face disciplinary sanctions and debt recovery measures.
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