Governor sacks governing board of tertiary institutions

Governor Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State has approved the dissolution of the governing council of the three state owned tertiary institutions.

Mohammed Abdullahi, the Secretary to the State Government, announced this on Friday in Lafia.
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He listed the affected institutions as College of Education, Akwanga, College of Agriculture, Lafia and Nasarawa State Polytechnic, Lafia.

Abdullahi thanked the chairmen and members of the councils for their services and wished them well in their future endeavours.

He said that the dissolution of the councils took immediate effect.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the institutions are currently on indefinite strike to press home their demands for better welfare packages.
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