*How Kwara Polytechnic Treasury is Bleeding from Corruption, Nepotism and crass Inexperience of Rector*

*...Fifteen Million Naira Withdrawn for Frivolous Workshop & Training*

*...Rector Illegally waived over #7M Debt for his Friend who Failed on Tetfund Scholarship*

*...The School may go Bankrupt if..... Staff Lament*

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The ugly incidences of corruption, ethnic favouritism, fiscal indiscipline, illicit posting of staff as well as mismanagement of polytechnic fund have continue unabated since appointment of Dr Abdul Jimoh Mohammed in 2019 despite several expositions by different quarters in the polytechnic.

The state owned Polytechnic, since the Rector got appointed had been in the news for series of negativities including Nepotistic war against some staff who are not from Ilorin and using his woman friend as acting Bursar of the school .

Although the Governor was said to have caused a panel of inquiry to be instituted to check into the activities at the state's owned institution but the efforts seems defeated as the Rector's overbearing influence on the Academic Board , conspiracy of the MOTEST Commissioner as well as cooperation of some topnoch staff who are beneficiaries of the rots had been aborting all efforts made at sanitising the system .

I *SPENDING ON FRIVOLOUS TRAVELINGS & WORKSHOPS*

Of mind boggling is the fresh revelation of withdrawal of another fifteen million by the Rector to prosecute unnecessary traveling and workshop in Abuja purposely crafted for his cronies to be compensated for their jobs well done .

Multiple inside source from the school told our Reporter that One of the beneficiaries of Abuja Traveling is the Assistant Chief Accountant , Mrs Monsurat , a level 13 staff and a rumoured "secret lover " of the Rector who was made the Acting Bursar following suspension of the substantial Polytechnic Bursar, Hajia Aisha Mohammed over frivolous issues

According to informant , the Acting Bursar, Mrs Monsurat who is rumoured to be in romantic affairs with the Rector was awarded Two million naira monetary benefit as her Training allowance and trip to Abuja.

Some staff who spoke on phone on condition of anonymity said apart from the fact that the said Monsurat has not yet reached the cadre attached with such benefit , the Rector just selected staff loyal to him and send them on frivolous trainings workshop in Abuja with the least person pocketing over Two hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira.

The staff also said the Rector is running the institution with crass lack of knowledge, incompetency and lack of requisite administrative skills requires to lead an academic institution such as Kwara Polytechnic .

"The Rector is seriously exhibiting incompetency and lack of administrative knowledge in his running of this school and such is very dangerous . How can Two million naira be given to a level 13 staff for frivolous training just because she is your woman friend doing your biddings at the expense of this institutions?"

"We are appalled because most of this fund being plundered by this Rector was not made by him, he met the fund as a result of hard works and fiscal discipline of the last administration, if those peoples are profligate as this, will he have met anything on ground ?

"The Governor despite his knowledge of atrocities of this Rector has refused to act because he believes he is shielding his kinsmen from Ilorin but when the chips are down , they will all blame themselves for not listening to our voices"- another staff laments

*FRAUDULENT WAIVE OF ABOUT #8MILLION TETFUND DEBT FOR HIS FRIEND WHO FAILED ON UK SCHOLARSHIP*

According to internal document obtained by this medium , one Engineer Yusuf Olanrewaju , a supposed ally of Rector who's also one of his informants around the polytechnic has been on debt running to about #7.5million in which the polytechnic management resolved that fifty thousand naira be deducted from his salary every month to offset the scholarship fund he is owing TETFUND.

The debt reportedly arose after the staff in question was granted a M.sc scholarship of about nine millions naira by TETFUND to study Transport Planning & Environment in one of the UK's Universities but he failed all tests and examinations and was withdrawn from the school for academic incompetence. His embarrassing failures made TETFUND wrote a memo to Kwara Polytechnic demanding refund of the fund committed to his scholarship since his failures to meet up with academic standards of the university is explicitly his own fault.

The school management in turn levied the refund on Engineer Yusuf Olanrewaju salaries and resolved that sum of #50,000 be deducted from his salaries pending when he completed the total refund of Seven Million, four hundreds and fifty thousand naira (#7,450,000) he is owing to Tetfund

The document reads in part :

"The TETFUND granted a scholarship of #8, 745,000 to Engineer Yusuf Olanrewaju to study MSC in University of Leed as part of Staff Training &Development . The staff failed to meet up with academic standards of the university and was withdrawn midway to his course . The TETFUND directed that the stuff must refund money spent on his traveling and academic without any result ."

The documents reads further

"Considering this directive, the management directed the Bursary to deduct the sum of #50,000 monthly from his salary as a refund of about #7,450,000 outstanding amount spent on his UK studies without result "

However, when Dr Abdul assumed duty as Rector , he was said to have found Engineer Yusuf Olanrewaju useful for some shady jobs and hence used his office to abruptly stop deductions from his salary and transfered the refund of the the debt to the polytechnic coffer contrary to Tetfund agreement with the institution .

Some senior staff of the polytechnic have expressed worries in the profligate manner the Rector in connivance with his allies use polytechnic fund for unreasonable adventures since his assumption of office .

"We are afraid , honestly most of the staff who are in the know of implications of what the Rector is doing are worry that the institution may soon go bankrupt if something urgent is not done "

"Imagine a staff who failed his scholarship and was meant to refund over eight million naira to Tetfund , the polytechnic had done well to make the repayment easy for him by asking him to pay fifty thousand naira monthly from his salary, but now , the Rector has put the refund on the school treasury , KP will now be refunding over 7million naira debt of one staff to Tetfund. Is that not extreme for a school that is self sustaining without input from government? "- said one of the staff who claimed he is not authorised to speak on the matter .

Meanwhile, the MOTEST Commissioner , Hajia Sa'adatu Moddibo Kawu has decried that there are incidences of corruption and mismanagement of fund in Kwara polytechnic adding that the government will not condone financial recklessness by management of Tertiary institutions

In her speech , she said

"I must also inform you that as a government, the present administration has discovered with sadness and serious disappointment, recent revelations coming out from our tertiary institutions, from the report of visitation panels constituted, and especially, that of the committee set up by the honourable commissioner a month ago, to investigate the alleged misappropriation and corruption in Kwara Polytechnic.

She dissociated herself from the illegal payment of Ten million naira to Globalwise Technology, a IT contractor brought by the Rector to replace Dallas Technology in managing the polytechnic E-portal .

Hajia Sa'adat Kawu Modibbo in her remarks declared that she was not a party to the shaddy deal,and that the decision to pay Globalwise was concealed from the ministry and her representative in the council, until it became public knowledge, and that for an institution that is not subvented, it was definitely not in the Interest of the state to have paid the new portal company much more, for doing half of the job since the old company, Dallas started the registration for the students.

This statement and others from the mouth of MOTEST Commissioner further confirmed all our articles earlier released to expose corruption, nepotism, fund mismanagement , contract scams and series of fraud happening in Kwara state polytechnics.

However, the MOTEST Commissioner aside from mere words of mouth has not provided any justification that can absorb her from culpability in the fraud conspiracy especially that of Kwara Polytechnic.

Inside source revealed that that the Governor having confirmed fraudulent payment of over Ten Million Naira to Globalwise as reported by this medium has ordered the Rector , the Polytechnic council members as well as MOTEST Commissioner to refund the fund without delay. It is not however clear whether the fund has been refunded as at time of writing this report .

See documents below

Corruption don finish this country called Nigeria

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With this present day naija ehn... No where wey kworopshion no dey ooo.
Like this like this na make you struggle reach there, chop your own die there and if you no strong wella na your fellow man go retire you. Na so e be so I no blame zlatan ibile for him yarn yday.