The Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi has sacked two of its lecturers allegedly found guilty by the disciplinary committee of its governing council for sexually harassing some female students.
The institution said the move will serve as a deterrent to others yet to be caught in the act or reported to the management.
The Deputy Registrar of the Polytechnic, Mohammed Wada who confirmed the dismissal of the lecturers, said the decision was taken at a meeting of the Governing Council of the Polytechnic on Saturday.
He identfied the dismissed lecturers as Musa Baba Abubakar of the General Studies Department and Adebusoye Michael Sunday of the Nutrition and Dietetics Department.
He said, “After getting a complaint from the victims, we initially gave the suspects a query before they finally appeared before a competent investigative committee constituted by the management, then the committee made its findings and recommendations to the management.”
“Consequently, the Senior Staff Appointment, Promotion and Disciplinary Committee met and invited the suspects and read out the findings of the committee. Based on that, their sack was recommended to the governing council which upheld their recommendation.”
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“Though we gave the lecturers a fair hearing but they were unable to absolve themselves of some of the accusations”
“The Council hence approved the dismissal of Abubakar Musa Baba from the service of the Polytechnic, Bauchi. Also, Adebusoye Michael Sunday from the services of the Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi with effect from Saturday”
Condemning the act, he said that despite the fact that there is a staff manual guiding staff on how to conduct themselves in terms of relating with female students, with zero tolerance for sexual harassment, some lecturers still don’t want to remain disciplined.