Association Suspends Delta Executive

The State Executive Committee of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) in Delta State has been placed on indefinite suspension by the association’s South-South zonal leadership.

The state executives were also threatened with being taken to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC).

The suspension was announced yesterday in Asaba at a press conference addressed by the zonal president, Dr Ochuko Akpeme. He accused all the executives led by the state chairman, Mrs Precious Young, of gross misconduct and constitutional violations.

According to a formal suspension letter, signed by Dr. Akpeme and other zonal leaders, it stated that the Zonal Executive Council (ZEC) invoked constitutional powers to remove the state officers, citing multiple infractions of the NAPPS constitution (2023 as amended).

The suspension letter was copied to the national president of NAPPS, the police, the Commissioner for Secondary Education, the Commissioner for Primary Education, and other critical stakeholders in the state’s education sector.

The suspended executives were accused of insubordination, disseminating misleading information to members, making unauthorized decisions and failure to remit zonal and national dues.

“We may hand them in get to EFCC. It shall get to that. We have warned them to refrain from embezzlement of the money from the local chapters, which they have not been remitting to the zones and national headquarters.

” If not that we are fair enough, by now we are supposed to be in the office of the AIG. To be neutral is to withhold all money meant for the zones and national. You say you want to remain neutral but you keep using the name of the association to collect money from members. We have evidences against them.

“We hereby suspend Delta State Executive members indefinitely. All documents and properties of NAPPS in your possession are to be handed over to the zonal president, South-South, within three days of your receipt of this letter.”

The zone accused the Delta State Exco of representing themselves as a neutral body in violation of the association’s constitution and publishing materials in the association’s name without approval from the National Executive Council (NEC).

Akpeme warned that any action taken by the suspended executives henceforth would be considered “null and void” and treated as criminal.

The development has sent shockwaves through the private education sector in the state, with stakeholders awaiting further directives on the interim leadership structure.

The decision is expected to trigger significant changes within the Delta chapter as the association moves to restore order and confidence among members .

However, the development adds to a series of internal disputes within the association, coming just days after the Delta State wing had suspended the Oshimili South Chapter chairman, Mr. Sampson Ekene, over related allegations of withholding dues and insubordination.

Meanwhile, the suspended state chairman, Mrs. Precious Young, had not issued an official response to the allegations.