By OLAIDE AYINDE

The Bauchi State Teachers Service Commission has demoted Mallam Musa Ahmed, the Principal of Government Day Secondary School, Kirfi, and Mallam Adamu Shehu, a Senior Master, over gross misconduct.

This was contained in a statement by Mallam Dahiru Adamu, the Information officer of the Commission, on Thursday, in Bauchi.

According to him, the demotion was approved by the commission after thorough investigation.

He explained that the two were found culpable for conniving and selling off some properties of the school without authorisation from the state Ministry of Education.

“They sold 32 scrapped students beds, nine jumbo aluminum pots and roofing zinc.

“The overseeing Permanent Secretary of the Commission, Garba Bashe, had reported that a four-member committee investigated the matter and found the two officers guilty of the allegations.

“The commission has therefore approved the demotion of the two officers by one grade and they will be posted to different schools to teach,” he said.

The Information Officer also said that the two officers would refund N597, 000 which is the value of the sold items.

He also said that the committee recommended that the principal should pay N72,000 to settle the allowances of casual workers of the school he owed.

He expressed the commission’s commitment to collaborate with the security agencies to recover the items. (NAN)