Abia State Home of Meeting Joint Committee on Training, Public Petition and Judiciary has commenced investigation right into a petition written by Mr Chukwudi Onwudinanti, an indigene of Ubani Emede-Ibeku Umuahia East constituency on the alleged actions of the members of Fisher Training Growth Belief.
Within the petition, Onwudinanti, who’s a former scholar of Authorities Faculty Umuahia, GCU, alleged that the members of Fisher Training Growth Belief, FEDT, have shut out good kids inside Ibeku and Umuahia East State constituency from assessing high quality schooling in Authorities Faculty Umuahia by rising the annual college charges to multiple million Naira.
He additionally complained that monumental buildings within the college have been pulled down and changed with lawns.
He additionally alleged that members of the Authorities Faculty, Umuahia, Outdated Boys Affiliation (GCUOBA) have been not been allowed by the FEDT to appoint members within the Board.
Within the petition learn out by his Lawyer, Ugochukwu Chigozie Zik, Onwudinanti stated that the youngsters of low and center class individuals, together with the youngsters of most GCUOBA members can not be admitted into the Faculty due to outrageous and elitist college charges, amongst different complaints.
In line with him, the privatization and elitist system during which the varsity is presently run, is opposite to the July 21, 2014 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Abia authorities and GCUOBA.
He referred to as on the Abia State Home of Meeting to intervene within the matter, lamenting that the varsity which produced Professor Chinua Achebe, Ken Saro Wiwa, Professor Elechi Amadi, Professor Laz Ekwueme, Professor Fubara, all current Senators from Abia State, amongst others, has now been allegedly pocketed as a non-public enterprise.
Additionally talking, the Nationwide President of the Authorities Faculty Umuahia, Outdated Boys Affiliation, Dr Chinedum Ahaiwe alleged that the Certificates of Occupancy (C of O) of the Faculty has been stored out from the attain of his members by the FEDT officers.
However the Secretary to the FEDT, Chuma Onwudiwe, who arrived later within the Home, stated that the discover of the invitation from the Home of Meeting was not communicated to him or the members of FEDT.
In his determination, Chairman of Abia State Home of Meeting Joint Committee on Training, Public Petition and Judiciary, Anderson Akaliro, stated that the members of FEDT can be given the chance to defend themselves earlier than the Home would take its determination.
He directed that the members of FEDT ought to seem earlier than the Home committee by Thursday subsequent week, whilst he urged the members of Authorities Faculty Umuahia Outdated Boys Affiliation to even be current.
Additionally, the Deputy Speaker of the Abia State Home of Meeting, Austin Okezie stated that the Committee has solely two weeks to conclude its works.
