NECO Registrar, 2 others suspended
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by aminu garko3 all effort to speak with spokesman of the council failed as he did not take calls put to his telephone lines or responded to short messages2 also suspended are two deputy directors in charge of finance and procurement respectively in the council2 rumour had made the rounds that the three top officials of the council had been sacked but a competent source in the council disclosed on sunday that the men were on suspension2 according to the source they are on suspension pending the outcome of investigation of allegation of misappropriation of funds against them2 the source said that the officials were suspended for allegedly awardingcontracts to the tune of n25 billion without following due process2 the registrar of national examinations council neco prof charles uwakwe has been suspended over alleged financial mismanagement and abuse of office2 uwakwe was also alleged to be involved in recruitment in the council without following due process2 i can tell you that nobody was sacked but there was a suspension pending an investigation of certain alleged misdeedswhich details have not been made public the source said2 the source stated that the most senior director in the council mr abubakar gana had been appointed acting registrar2 according to the source the letter suspending the council officials emanated from the parent ministry2 another source said that the non-academic staff union at neco petitioned the minister of education accusing uwakwe of financial impropriety irregular recruitment and flouting of procurement procedures2 they were said not to have sought approval fromministry of education the supervisory ministry or from the governing board of the council2

NECO Registrar, 2 others suspended
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by aminu garko3 all effort to speak with spokesman of the council failed as he did not take calls put to his telephone lines or responded to short messages2 also suspended are two deputy directors in charge of finance and procurement respectively in the council2 rumour had made the rounds that the three top officials of the council had been sacked but a competent source in the council disclosed on sunday that the men were on suspension2 according to the source they are on suspension pending the outcome of investigation of allegation of misappropriation of funds against them2 the source said that the officials were suspended for allegedly awardingcontracts to the tune of n25 billion without following due process2 the registrar of national examinations council neco prof charles uwakwe has been suspended over alleged financial mismanagement and abuse of office2 uwakwe was also alleged to be involved in recruitment in the council without following due process2 i can tell you that nobody was sacked but there was a suspension pending an investigation of certain alleged misdeedswhich details have not been made public the source said2 the source stated that the most senior director in the council mr abubakar gana had been appointed acting registrar2 according to the source the letter suspending the council officials emanated from the parent ministry2 another source said that the non-academic staff union at neco petitioned the minister of education accusing uwakwe of financial impropriety irregular recruitment and flouting of procurement procedures2 they were said not to have sought approval fromministry of education the supervisory ministry or from the governing board of the council2