COEASU Lauds El-Rufai Over College Of Education Challenges

From Julius B. Kezi, Kaduna
The College of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) Kaduna State College of Education Gidan Waya chapter has expressed satisfaction over what it described as significant commitment by Governor Nasir Ahmad El- Rufai towards addressing critical challenges facing the institution.
The commendation was made by the Chairman of the Chapter, Comrade Dadah Paul Madaki, while addressing reporters at the weekend in Kafanchan.
Comrade Dadah Paul Madaki said the governor had made frantic efforts by evolving a machinery to re-organize, rehabilitate and build the College, having set up a visitation panel and also produced a White Paper on the report of the visitation, Panel as a response to the clarion call made by the Union to the State Government.
Comrade Madaki commended Governor El-Rufai for overhauling the administrative set up of the institution, through the appointment of Prof. Emmanuel Joseph Chom, along with other professionals, to give the college purposeful leadership.
The chairman however appealed to the state Government to further match policy with pragmatic actions by supporting the new leadership to realize set objectives.
He said there was every need for Government to adequately provide funding to the Task Force to implement and execute the necessary reforms and projects conceived in the white paper.
Comrade Dadah Paul Madaki also appealed to the governor to implement the 65-year retirement age policy for academic Staff as introduced by the National Commission for Colleges of Education, to allow for the retention and effective use of experience Staff.
The chairman called on Government to consider the possibility of momentarily relaxing the treasury single account policy in the College, to free up funds for speedy implementation of urgent projects.
He then implored the Governor to implement the current salary structure in the State’s tertiary institutions, to check the increasing cases of brain drain of academic Staff.