Parents Teacher Association (PTA) of Federal
Government College in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State on Tuesday accused the Principal of the school, Mr. Festus Dappa, of allegedly engaging in
fraudulent activities in the college.
Speaking with journalists in Uyo, the state
capital, the school PTA Chairman, Hon Imoh Abam, said the principal, who is
about a year old in the school, has allegedly defrauded the college of over
N100 million.
The parents accused the principal of abuse of the
Treasury Singly Account (TSA) policy of government; inclusion of completed
projects in the 2017 appropriation and collection of illegal fees through
disingenuous sub- heads among others.
According, the PTA chairman, parents of students in
the college are now calling on the Minister of Education to investigate the
activities of the principal in order for sanity to return to the college.
He said the PTA members were surprised that Dappa
who was transferred out from the college was again sent back within two weeks
to take over from the new Principal, Ms Gogo, D. J, brought in to succeed him
(Dappa).
“For sundry weighty reasons, we consider the return
of Dappa to the college not only as unconscionable and a disdainful act of
impunity, but also monumental assault on efforts by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led
administration to rid the country of corruption and enthrone integrity in
public office,” he said.
In a petition to the Minister of Education, the PTA
members called for the immediate transfer of the principal, the Bursar, Dr. A.
Ojiezele; Vice-Principal Special Duties, Dim, Boniface Onyemachi, and
Vice-Principal Administration, Ndom Blessing Clifford.
The PTA in the petition stressed that their
transfer would pave way to unhindered investigation of the large-scale sharp
management practices in the college.
The petition dated March 20, 2018, was captioned: ‘Save
our souls: uproot the endemic extortion, fraud and corruption in Federal
Government College Ikot Ekpene’.
Besides calling for the full-scale investigation into
the administration of the principal of college, the PTA equally demanded the
refund of all unapproved monies extorted using UBA account number 1016686521
and other sources to the helpless victims.
“We humbly invite you to kindly note that majority
of us are poor farmers, pensioners, civil servants, widows, single parents and
artisans who are completely overburdened by the prevailing harsh economic
realities in the country,” the parents stated in the petition sent to the
Minister of Education.
Some of the placards displayed by the parents at the
media interaction read: ‘Uproot corruption in FGC Ikot Ekpene’; ‘We say no to
illegal fees levies in FGC, Ikot Ekpene;’
‘Festus Dappa must go;’ ‘President Buhari kill corruption in FGC Ikot
Ekpene’ among others.
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