The National Board for Technical Education, on Tuesday, announced the withdrawal of the accreditation status of the Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, due to the non-payment of staff salaries and allowances for over 30 months.

This was contained in a statement by the NBTE’s Head, Media Department, Fatima Abubakar, in Kaduna State.

It said the Board took the decision when it realised that the management of the polytechnic was not committed to upsetting the arrears and ensuring regular payment of salaries of its workers.

The Board said that, on several occasions, it had warned the management of the institution, noting that “regular payment of salary is one of the key components of the Board’s normative instruments for quality assurance in the polytechnics, and Technical & Vocational Education and Training institutions under her purview.

“The Board had drawn the attention of the polytechnic to the dangers of non-payment of salaries, including the suspension of quality assurance visits.

“The Governing Council and management of the polytechnic made several failed promises to settle the backlog of salary arrears and ensure regular payment of staff salaries.

“The Board went the extra mile of writing His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, informing him of the dire situation of the polytechnic but all to no avail.”

Against the backdrop, the Board said it had no option but to withdraw the accreditation status of the polytechnic just to safeguard the quality assurance mechanism of the Board as well as to ensure that students were not left at the mercy of demoralised staff that might resort to ‘under the table’ practices to survive.

Meanwhile, the Board has warned the National Youth Service Corps that “no product of the Abia State Polytechnic should be mobilised for national service until the management of the polytechnic resolves the issue of nonpayment of salary to its staffers, while the Board promised to notify the NYSC once the accreditation status of the polytechnic is restored.”

Besides, the Board said notice of the withdrawal of the accreditation of the polytechnic had been sent to the Tertiary Education Trust Fund and Industrial Training Fund in order to stop any official transaction with the polytechnic by those organisations.

“Polytechnic proprietors across the country are advised to take regular payment of salaries of staff seriously as failure could lead to loss of accreditation,” it added.
Source: https://punchng.com/abia-poly-loses-accreditation-over-unpaid-salaries/?amp

Ikpeazu means last in Igbo. I am not surprised

Aha onye na-edu ya

Wonderful,this is typical example of failed state that can not guarantee her citizens one of their basic right.

Imagine, a man that couldn't finish the center table he was building in Osisiima for 8 years. How then do you expect him to pay ordinary salary.
Is well with Abia State

Do you know that for almost two years now, Abia state teaching hospital has being under lock and key. When you want to count a bad governor, if you don't count ikpeazu, that will be injustice to ikpeazu

#justiceforikpeazu

Qtrpst4:
Do you know that for almost two years now, Abia state teaching hospital has being under lock and key. When you want to count a bad governor, if you don't count ikpeazu, that will be injustice to ikpeazu

#justiceforikpeazu

Abia state university teaching hospital just lost accreditation last 2 months. Absu can no longer admit nor graduate medical students. Now a whole Poly lost accreditation

You need to see ariaria and Abia ohuru during the rainy season. That guy is a curse

Guzel:


Abia state university teaching hospital just lost accreditation last 2 months. Absu can no longer admit nor graduate medical students. Now a whole Poly lost accreditation

Guzel:
The National Board for Technical Education, on Tuesday, announced the withdrawal of the accreditation status of the Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, due to the non-payment of staff salaries and allowances for over 30 months.

This was contained in a statement by the NBTE’s Head, Media Department, Fatima Abubakar, in Kaduna State.

It said the Board took the decision when it realised that the management of the polytechnic was not committed to upsetting the arrears and ensuring regular payment of salaries of its workers.

The Board said that, on several occasions, it had warned the management of the institution, noting that “regular payment of salary is one of the key components of the Board’s normative instruments for quality assurance in the polytechnics, and Technical & Vocational Education and Training institutions under her purview.

“The Board had drawn the attention of the polytechnic to the dangers of non-payment of salaries, including the suspension of quality assurance visits.

“The Governing Council and management of the polytechnic made several failed promises to settle the backlog of salary arrears and ensure regular payment of staff salaries.

“The Board went the extra mile of writing His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, informing him of the dire situation of the polytechnic but all to no avail.”

Against the backdrop, the Board said it had no option but to withdraw the accreditation status of the polytechnic just to safeguard the quality assurance mechanism of the Board as well as to ensure that students were not left at the mercy of demoralised staff that might resort to ‘under the table’ practices to survive.

Meanwhile, the Board has warned the National Youth Service Corps that “no product of the Abia State Polytechnic should be mobilised for national service until the management of the polytechnic resolves the issue of nonpayment of salary to its staffers, while the Board promised to notify the NYSC once the accreditation status of the polytechnic is restored.”

Besides, the Board said notice of the withdrawal of the accreditation of the polytechnic had been sent to the Tertiary Education Trust Fund and Industrial Training Fund in order to stop any official transaction with the polytechnic by those organisations.

“Polytechnic proprietors across the country are advised to take regular payment of salaries of staff seriously as failure could lead to loss of accreditation,” it added.
Source: https://punchng.com/abia-poly-loses-accreditation-over-unpaid-salaries/?amp

Abia is in a mess and Ikpeazu is wandering about, going on vacation abroad.

Consequence of voting a political hustler into the place of power. I have always said it and will continue to say it,if you have not succeeded on your own and picked up valuable lesson on human and resources management,then you have no business doing politics.
The reason why we have corruption in the place of power is because we vote in people who go their to better their lives and not the lives of the general populace.