The Kwara State Governor, Abdulfata Ahmed, has deplored the improper management of state owned tertiary institutions and warned against illegal recruitment, saying that anyone who flouts the orders should be ready to face severe sanctions in accordance with the law.
Governor Ahmed handed down the warning, while receiving the reports of visitation panels to the Kwara State College Of Education, Oro and Kwara State College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies (CAILS), at the government house, Ilorin.
He the government could no longer allow its tertiary institutions the latitude for irregular and unauthorized recruitment, revenue leakages and general inefficiency.
Mr Ahmed said the panels were set up in order to raise the standard of the colleges to its core mandate.
He expressed hopes that various recommendations in the report would assist the state government in taking far reaching decisions, that would bring to an end the multi-dimensional problems faced by the institution.
The governor also stressed the need to run academic institutions efficiently, in order to birth self-sufficient and reputable students who can stand among their peers.
He promised that the government would look into at the challenges facing the college and give it necessary support with a view to making it self-sustaining.
“Certainly we can no longer allow our tertiary institutions the latitude for irregular and unauthorized recruitment, revenue leakages and general inefficiency.
“As I have said previously, anyone in these institutions found guilty of illegal recruitment or abuse of public fund, would be dealt with in accordance with extant laws of the land.
The governor emphasized his optimism that recommendations contained in the reports would also form the foundation for ending the unfortunate salary crisis experienced by state owned institutions in recent times.
On a final note, he stated that the resolve of the government was to “end the leakages, inefficiency and unauthorized actions that created the crisis,” in the shortest possible time.