A contestant in the Kaduna Polytechnic Rectorship, Prof Muhammad Sani Yahaya, has protested alleged exclusion of his name from candidates seeking the exalted office by governing council of the institution.
According to Prof. Yahaya, he was disqualified because he currently lectures at KASU having moved from Kaduna Polytechnic.
Addressing Journalists on Tuesday in Kaduna, Yahaya explained that he had been in the services of Kaduna polytechnic since 1994 as an assistant lecturer, rising through the ranks until he moved to KASU in 2017, maintaining there was no justifiable reason for his disqualification from taking part in the rectorship interview.
He accused the institution’s governing body of defying the polytechnic Act by disqualifying a candidate who applied for a post of the Rector of the institution on the ground that he was a Professor teaching in a university.
“I have been illegally excluded from the interview for the post of Rector of Kaduna Poly in a gross violation of my inalienable right and out of four other candidates that rose to the rank of chief lecturers from the same institution.
“Three, including the current acting rector of the instruction were called for an interview while I was deliberately excluded which is very unfair.
“I believe I was also discriminated against on purpose in favour of selected and favoured candidates for the post while We are all equal in the sight of the law$, he alleged.
Professor Yahaya who lectures in the Department of Agriculture at KASU, called on Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State, Emir of Zazzau, Executive Secretary of NBTE, Chairman House Committee on Tertiary Education and Services among other relevant personalities to prevail on Kadpoly governing council to rescind its decision in the interest of fairness, justice and the rule of law.