The Kano State Government has suspended two secondary school principals for alleged absenteeism and negligence of duty.

The affected principals were those of French Bilingual College and Chinese Bilingual College, Kwankwaso in Madobi Local Government Area of Kano State.

The Kano State Commissioner for Education, Umar Haruna, made this known in a statement issued by the Director, Public Enlightenment of the ministry, Balarabe Kiru, on Monday, September 11, 2023.

Kirun noted that the suspended principals were not at their duty posts when the team of ministry officials visited to monitor the commencement of the 2023/2024 first-term school session.

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The team, led by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Kubra Imam, discovered that students of the two colleges were not served food on Sunday night and their breakfast for Monday was not ready at the time of the visit.

Kiru stated that the “commissioner expressed dismay over unconcerned attitudes shown by the two principals and therefore directed them to hand over the school affairs to the new sit-in principals and report to the ministry pending an investigation.

“He warned all the school authorities to shun any act that would undermine the present administration’s efforts in reviving the education sector.”

He added that the commissioner has approved the posting of Umar Sabo as sit-in principal for French Bilingual College and Isyaku Abdullahi as sit-in principal for Chinese Bilingual College, Kwankwaso.

The Star