KWARAPOLY DEBUNKS ILLEGAL RECRUITMENT OF STAFF 

The attention of the Governing Council, kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, has been drawn to a discrediting story going around the town tagged “Illegal Recruitment of Staff by Kwara State Polytechnic”

In a statement made available to Just Event Online by Hon. Yahaya Ahmed Yinusa Chairman, Governing Council, kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin

The Council wishes to disclaim this discrediting news about the institution, stating that all actions taken by it are legitimate and by the Polytechnic Law.

According to Part III, Sections 10 (a) of the Kwara State Polytechnic Law, CAP. S12 No. 4 of 2006, the Governing Council is “responsible for the general management of the affairs of the Polytechnic and in particular the control of the property and the finances of the Polytechnic and shall also have the power to do anything which in its opinion is calculated to facilitate the carrying out of the purpose of the Polytechnic and promote its best interest”.

Furthermore, Part III, Section 10A.(1)(c) of the same law under reference empowers the Council to “appoint, promote, dismiss and exercise disciplinary control over the staff of the Polytechnic”.

Please note that the Polytechnic has always been following and always in support of the populace programmes of the Mall. AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq led the administration in the state.

Therefore, the Council wishes to state categorically that all appointments, promotions, increments in salary and conversion of appointments were all done in line with the extant law of the Institution as quoted above. Thus, they cannot be reversed as being insinuated.