Abdullahi Baffa, former executive
secretary of Tertiary Education Trust fund (TETFund), has accused Adamu Adamu,
minister of education, of being behind his sack.
He said Adamu accused him of
corruption and speaking to the press without permission.
President Muhammadu Buhari fired
Baffa on Tuesday and immediately replaced him with Suleiman Bogoro, the
agency’s former executive secretary.
In an interview with BBC Hausa
Service, Baffa said it was not the first time the minister asked the president
to relive him of his duty.
He said he had learnt of his
removal as well as of the “unfounded” allegations levelled against him from
presidency sources.
According to him, “I asked what
was my offence? They alleged that the offences were inaccessibility,
insubordination and speaking to the press without the minister’s permission.
“Allegation of inaccessibility is
unfounded as the minister knows that I spend more time in the ministry as his
technical aide than in my TETfund office.”
Baffa also denied that he had
ever received a contract or kickbacks from tertiary institutions in the
country.
He said the termination of his
appointment did not surprise him because of the misunderstandings he has had
with minister.
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Sacking another northerner and replacing with yet another who has even occupied the position better. Are there no equal or better heads across the niger river?
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