{"id":171043,"date":"2025-07-24T13:07:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T12:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/bauchi-govt-demotes-principal-senior-teacher-for-misconduct"},"modified":"2025-07-24T14:09:49","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T13:09:49","slug":"bauchi-govt-demotes-principal-senior-teacher-for-misconduct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/bauchi-govt-demotes-principal-senior-teacher-for-misconduct","title":{"rendered":"Bauchi Govt Demotes Principal Senior Teacher for Misconduct"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Bauchi State Teachers Service Commission has demoted Malam Musa Ahmed, the Principal of Government Day Secondary School, Kirfi and Malam Adamu Shehu, a Senior Master over gross misconduct.<\/p>\n<p>This is contained in a statement by Malam Dahiru Adamu, the Information Officer of the commission on Thursday in Bauchi.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the demotion was approved by the commission after thorough investigation.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the two were found culpable for conniving and selling off some properties of the school without authorisation from the state Ministry of Education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey sold 32 scrapped students beds, nine jumbo aluminum pots and roofing zinc.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe overseeing Permanent Secretary of the Commission, Garba Bashe, had reported that a four-member committee investigated the matter and found the two officers guilty of the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe commission has therefore approved the demotion of the two officers by one grade and they will be posted to different schools to teach,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Information Officer also said the two officers would refund N597, 000 which is the value of the sold items.<\/p>\n<p>He also said the committee recommended that the principal pay N72,000 to settle the allowances of casual workers of the school he owed.<\/p>\n<p>He expressed the commission\u2019s commitment to collaborating with the security agencies to recover the items.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Bauchi State Teachers Service Commission has demoted Malam Musa Ahmed, the Principal of Government Day Secondary School, Kirfi and Malam Adamu Shehu, a Senior Master over gross misconduct. This is contained in a statement by Malam Dahiru Adamu, the Information Officer of the commission on Thursday in Bauchi. 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