A seven-member investigating committee has been established by Enugu State Governor Peter Mbah to look into the operations of the state College of Education (Technical).
The governor’s media office released a statement on Friday outlining the committee’s mandate, which includes looking into serious claims of mismanagement and dishonest administrative procedures in the institute’s and its Governing Council’s management.
The suspected scam involving Bluetag Technologies, a financial company hired to collect payments for the college with unsolved issues totaling more than N84 million, is another matter that members are expected to look into.
Other terms of reference are, “to ascertain the veracity of the alleged undue recruitment process and probe the subsequent increase in the college’s monthly subvention; and provide recommendations based on their findings regarding the appropriate measures and actions to address the issues raised in a petition to the government.
According to the announcement, the committee was officially inaugurated at Government House on Thursday by Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, Secretary to the State Government, who was representing the governor.
Prof. Ndubueze Mbah, Commissioner for Education, is the chairman of the committee. Members include Prof. Obiamaka Egbo, Reverend Father Ikechukwu Ani, Dr. Emma Onyeabor, Edmund Ngene, and Larry Oguego. Onuora Okeke serves as secretary.
They were exhorted to perform with credibility and offer pertinent advice.
“It is our hope that members of this committee will bring to bear their experiences in carrying out this assignment and providing the right type of recommendations to the governor so that our teaching and learning process and model in Enugu will be world-class.
“So this committee is supposed to dig deep and unravel the issues surrounding all these allegations and provide recommendations based on your findings,” he said.
The chairman of the committee, Prof Ndubueze Mbah, while speaking on behalf of the committee, thanked the governor for finding them worthy of the assignment.
He assured that they would not let the state down, and would work assiduously to submit their report within the specified timeframe.
The committee has two weeks to submit its report.
