Adefioye Iyunade
There is confusion at the Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Niger State, as the Rector, Dr. Dzukogi Abubakar, who retired from the services of the institution two months ago, has continued in office as rector.
It was gathered that his retirement was kept secret from the workers until one of the staff members got hold of his retirement letter and informed the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) and other staff unions in the polytechnic.
Dzukogi, on June 10th, 2020, sent his retirement letter to the Registrar of the polytechnic, titled: “Application for voluntary retirement as staff of the Federal Polytechnic, Bida.”
In the one-page letter, Dzukogi said, “Sequel to receipt of my letter of appointment as rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Bida, reference DHE/Poly.V/C11/12/19 dated June 9th, 2020, today, June 10th, I hereby offer my voluntary retirement as a staff of the Federal Polytechnic, Bida with immediate effect from today, 10th June 2020.
“My retirement is tendered to enable me to serve out my second and final term in office and in line with extant provisions.
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“It is also made in compliance with paragraph two of my appointment letter as the rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Bida reference DHE/Poly. V/C11/12/19 dated 9th June 2020.”
The first letter of his re-appointment signed by the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu , said Dzukogi’s appointment would terminate on February 15th, 2021, after attaining the mandatory retirement age of 65 in line with the conditions of service in the polytechnic sector.
Another letter dated June 9th, 2020 signed by the Director of Tertiary Education, Federal Ministry of Education, Mr. Samuel Ojo, informed the rector that based on extant provisions (circular from the HoS), the Minister of Education had approved he served out his second and final term in office, which terminates on May 20th, 2023.
“However, you are required to retire from the service with immediate effect as a staff of the institution and continue to run the second term. Failure to do so would mean that you would vacate office on attaining the mandatory retirement age of 65 on 15th February 2021, ” the letter warned.
It was gathered that it was in the bid to be able to complete his second term fully that made the Rector choose to retire last June.
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