Ekiti Govt Suspends Headteacher Over Illegal Fees

Ekiti State government has suspended Mr. Adeniyi Olutayo Ayodele, the headteacher of a primary school in the state, over alleged collection of illegal fees from the pupils.

Ayodele, who is the head teacher of St. Philips CAC Nursery and Primary School, Erio-Ekiti in Ekiti West local government area, was suspended for two months with immediate effect.

Speaking on the matter in Ado Ekiti, the executive chairman of SUBEB in the state, Prof. Femi Akinwumi, said that there is evidence that Mr Ayodele was collecting N25,000. 00 from each of 28 pupils in primary six while another N8,000.00 was being collected from each of primary four pupils.

He said the headteacher was sanctioned after confessing that he committed the infraction and pleaded guilty to some of the allegations levelled against him.

Akinwumi said Ayodele had been engaging in the illegal activity despite several warnings against such an act which he described as sabotaging the free and compulsory education policy of the present administration in the state.

He said the punishment was to serve as a deterrent to other headteachers in the state public primary schools who are fond of breaching government policies.

Akinwumi revealed that the headteacher has been directed to hand over to the most senior assistant head teacher in the school and should henceforth report to the SUBEB headquarters pending further determination of the case.

The chairman also asked the erring head teacher to quickly refund all the money he had collected from the pupils for repayment to the parents of the pupils.