Dr. Salisu Umar, Rector of the polytechnic, made this known on Wednesday while addressing the repentant cult members.
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The NAN reports that the National Diploma 1 student of Public Administration was found dangling from the ceiling of his room
He passed on Friday night at exactly 7pm.
A statement by the institution’s public relations officer, Mustapha Oshiobugie and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday, in Benin, said there was no truth about the rumoured death of the rector.
The Rector of Auchi Polytechnic, Dr Sanusi Jimah, says the institution has been positioned to lead other tertiary institutions as the pathfinder in technology innovations for the growth of the country.
The National Industrial Court, Abuja, on Friday ordered Auchi Polytechnic to reinstate and pay a dismissed lecturer, Dr Betty Ali-Momoh, her N6.771million entitlement.
The Management of Auchi Polytechnic has presented certificates to 28,325 graduates with over 486 in distinction category.
The thespian, who played iconic roles in “Cockcrow at Dawn’’, “Igodo”and other epic movies, reportedly died in Benin, after a brief illness.
The Rector of the institution, Dr Sanusi Jimah, made the disclosure at a news conference in Auchi on Wednesday.
The spokesman claimed that Samson Okoduwa, a former Students’ Union Government President of the school, was quoted in some reports to have said that leadership crisis engulfed the polytechnic due to corruption and high-handedness by the Acting Rector, Dr Sanusi Jimah.
Its Chairman, Justin Momodu, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Benin.
The three unions in the institution in March suspended their month-old strike following an inaugural meeting with Jimah over the outstanding indebtedness of N1.8 billion owed to the unions by the previous administration of Dr Philipa Idogo.
The expelled students’ union leaders are Samson Okoduwa, former president; Obukowho Favour Oghenerume, former secretary general; and Unuareleokpa Patrick, former speaker of the students’ union government.
He said the strike was to compel the Federal Government to honour the agreement it had reached with the union, adding that “government has not demonstrated its preparedness to honour the agreement”.
Mustapha Oshiobugie, the Public Relations Officer of the institution, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Auchi on Wednesday that the affected lecturers had been officially notified
He said the development was the outcome of an investigation following a publication by The Punch newspaper of April 9, 2016 with the title: “School Where Prostitutes Assist Male Students to Get Marks