“But regrettably”, she said, “when Dr. Baffa realized the kind of money that he was sitting on and controlling, he suddenly threw all those ASUU rhetorics to the wind and started helping himself by getting involved in so many forms of money yielding deals which were executed for him by his fronts.
Hajiya and her visibly excited co-Tetfund staff who refused to speak but simply said they all concurred with her, thanked the President and the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, for getting rid of Baffa early enough to save the Agency from his greed, who, they opined that had the tendencies of beating the corruption record of the entire former Executive Secretaries of TETfund.
She said the sacked TETfund Boss also used to present himself to the people that, as Mr. Clean and as an ASUU activist, he was in the agency to lead it in line with ASUU principles especially considering the fact that it was ASUU that fought for the establishment of the Agency.
“But regrettably”, she said, “when Dr. Baffa realized the kind of money that he was sitting on and controlling, he suddenly threw all those ASUU rhetorics to the wind and started helping himself by getting involved in so many forms of money yielding deals which were executed for him by his fronts.
Hajiya and her visibly excited co-Tetfund staff who refused to speak but simply said they all concurred with her, thanked the President and the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, for getting rid of Baffa early enough to save the Agency from his greed, who, they opined that had the tendencies of beating the corruption record of the entire former Executive Secretaries of TETfund.
When he resumed, Dr. Baffa told all staff of the Agency that he was in the Agency on a rescue mission, to rid it of the corruption that was institutionalized by the previous Executive Secretaries and to position it on the path of the transformation Agenda of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
She said the sacked TETfund Boss also used to present himself to the people that, as Mr. Clean and as an ASUU activist, he was in the agency to lead it in line with ASUU principles especially considering the fact that it was ASUU that fought for the establishment of the Agency.
“But regrettably”, she said, “when Dr. Baffa realized the kind of money that he was sitting on and controlling, he suddenly threw all those ASUU rhetorics to the wind and started helping himself by getting involved in so many forms of money yielding deals which were executed for him by his fronts.
Hajiya and her visibly excited co-Tetfund staff who refused to speak but simply said they all concurred with her, thanked the President and the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, for getting rid of Baffa early enough to save the Agency from his greed, who, they opined that had the tendencies of beating the corruption record of the entire former Executive Secretaries of TETfund.
One of the visibly happy staff of TETfund who gave her name simply as ‘Hajiya’, said the removal of Baffa, though which came as a nightmare, was never envisaged by any member of staff because of the impression he had always given staff that he is the most loved, closest and trusted by the Minister, out of several other heads of agencies under the Ministry of Education.
When he resumed, Dr. Baffa told all staff of the Agency that he was in the Agency on a rescue mission, to rid it of the corruption that was institutionalized by the previous Executive Secretaries and to position it on the path of the transformation Agenda of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
She said the sacked TETfund Boss also used to present himself to the people that, as Mr. Clean and as an ASUU activist, he was in the agency to lead it in line with ASUU principles especially considering the fact that it was ASUU that fought for the establishment of the Agency.
“But regrettably”, she said, “when Dr. Baffa realized the kind of money that he was sitting on and controlling, he suddenly threw all those ASUU rhetorics to the wind and started helping himself by getting involved in so many forms of money yielding deals which were executed for him by his fronts.
Hajiya and her visibly excited co-Tetfund staff who refused to speak but simply said they all concurred with her, thanked the President and the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, for getting rid of Baffa early enough to save the Agency from his greed, who, they opined that had the tendencies of beating the corruption record of the entire former Executive Secretaries of TETfund.
They said; when Baffa was appointed, they were full of jubilations on the false hope that he was a young man and an ASUU activist, he was coming to instill discipline in the Agency given his years of ASUU activism and looking at the university where he came from – Bayero Univeristy, Kano, which is reputed as one of the few discipline Universities in Nigeria.
One of the visibly happy staff of TETfund who gave her name simply as ‘Hajiya’, said the removal of Baffa, though which came as a nightmare, was never envisaged by any member of staff because of the impression he had always given staff that he is the most loved, closest and trusted by the Minister, out of several other heads of agencies under the Ministry of Education.
When he resumed, Dr. Baffa told all staff of the Agency that he was in the Agency on a rescue mission, to rid it of the corruption that was institutionalized by the previous Executive Secretaries and to position it on the path of the transformation Agenda of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
She said the sacked TETfund Boss also used to present himself to the people that, as Mr. Clean and as an ASUU activist, he was in the agency to lead it in line with ASUU principles especially considering the fact that it was ASUU that fought for the establishment of the Agency.
“But regrettably”, she said, “when Dr. Baffa realized the kind of money that he was sitting on and controlling, he suddenly threw all those ASUU rhetorics to the wind and started helping himself by getting involved in so many forms of money yielding deals which were executed for him by his fronts.
Hajiya and her visibly excited co-Tetfund staff who refused to speak but simply said they all concurred with her, thanked the President and the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, for getting rid of Baffa early enough to save the Agency from his greed, who, they opined that had the tendencies of beating the corruption record of the entire former Executive Secretaries of TETfund.
Some of the Staff that Education Monitor spoke to and who preferred to be anonymous said if there was one good thing that happened to the Agency in the first quarter of this year was the news of sacking Baffa who was too arrogant, pompous and overbearing compared to Prof. Bogoro who they described as more matured, responsible and responsive to the yearnings of staff. They said Bogoro behaves like a father and embodiment of true scholarship.
They said; when Baffa was appointed, they were full of jubilations on the false hope that he was a young man and an ASUU activist, he was coming to instill discipline in the Agency given his years of ASUU activism and looking at the university where he came from – Bayero Univeristy, Kano, which is reputed as one of the few discipline Universities in Nigeria.
One of the visibly happy staff of TETfund who gave her name simply as ‘Hajiya’, said the removal of Baffa, though which came as a nightmare, was never envisaged by any member of staff because of the impression he had always given staff that he is the most loved, closest and trusted by the Minister, out of several other heads of agencies under the Ministry of Education.
When he resumed, Dr. Baffa told all staff of the Agency that he was in the Agency on a rescue mission, to rid it of the corruption that was institutionalized by the previous Executive Secretaries and to position it on the path of the transformation Agenda of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
She said the sacked TETfund Boss also used to present himself to the people that, as Mr. Clean and as an ASUU activist, he was in the agency to lead it in line with ASUU principles especially considering the fact that it was ASUU that fought for the establishment of the Agency.
“But regrettably”, she said, “when Dr. Baffa realized the kind of money that he was sitting on and controlling, he suddenly threw all those ASUU rhetorics to the wind and started helping himself by getting involved in so many forms of money yielding deals which were executed for him by his fronts.
Hajiya and her visibly excited co-Tetfund staff who refused to speak but simply said they all concurred with her, thanked the President and the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, for getting rid of Baffa early enough to save the Agency from his greed, who, they opined that had the tendencies of beating the corruption record of the entire former Executive Secretaries of TETfund.
Barely four months after the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, announced President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval to sack the Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Dr. Abdullahi Baffa Bichi who was accused of involvement in many shady deals and high handedness; staff of the Agency are still celebrating Baffa’s dismissal from TETFund.
Some of the Staff that Education Monitor spoke to and who preferred to be anonymous said if there was one good thing that happened to the Agency in the first quarter of this year was the news of sacking Baffa who was too arrogant, pompous and overbearing compared to Prof. Bogoro who they described as more matured, responsible and responsive to the yearnings of staff. They said Bogoro behaves like a father and embodiment of true scholarship.
They said; when Baffa was appointed, they were full of jubilations on the false hope that he was a young man and an ASUU activist, he was coming to instill discipline in the Agency given his years of ASUU activism and looking at the university where he came from – Bayero Univeristy, Kano, which is reputed as one of the few discipline Universities in Nigeria.
One of the visibly happy staff of TETfund who gave her name simply as ‘Hajiya’, said the removal of Baffa, though which came as a nightmare, was never envisaged by any member of staff because of the impression he had always given staff that he is the most loved, closest and trusted by the Minister, out of several other heads of agencies under the Ministry of Education.
When he resumed, Dr. Baffa told all staff of the Agency that he was in the Agency on a rescue mission, to rid it of the corruption that was institutionalized by the previous Executive Secretaries and to position it on the path of the transformation Agenda of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
She said the sacked TETfund Boss also used to present himself to the people that, as Mr. Clean and as an ASUU activist, he was in the agency to lead it in line with ASUU principles especially considering the fact that it was ASUU that fought for the establishment of the Agency.
“But regrettably”, she said, “when Dr. Baffa realized the kind of money that he was sitting on and controlling, he suddenly threw all those ASUU rhetorics to the wind and started helping himself by getting involved in so many forms of money yielding deals which were executed for him by his fronts.
Hajiya and her visibly excited co-Tetfund staff who refused to speak but simply said they all concurred with her, thanked the President and the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, for getting rid of Baffa early enough to save the Agency from his greed, who, they opined that had the tendencies of beating the corruption record of the entire former Executive Secretaries of TETfund. By Umar Jalingo
Barely four months after the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, announced President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval to sack the Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Dr. Abdullahi Baffa Bichi who was accused of involvement in many shady deals and high handedness; staff of the Agency are still celebrating Baffa’s dismissal from TETFund.
Some of the Staff that Education Monitor spoke to and who preferred to be anonymous said if there was one good thing that happened to the Agency in the first quarter of this year was the news of sacking Baffa who was too arrogant, pompous and overbearing compared to Prof. Bogoro who they described as more matured, responsible and responsive to the yearnings of staff. They said Bogoro behaves like a father and embodiment of true scholarship.
They said; when Baffa was appointed, they were full of jubilations on the false hope that he was a young man and an ASUU activist, he was coming to instill discipline in the Agency given his years of ASUU activism and looking at the university where he came from – Bayero Univeristy, Kano, which is reputed as one of the few discipline Universities in Nigeria.
One of the visibly happy staff of TETfund who gave her name simply as ‘Hajiya’, said the removal of Baffa, though which came as a nightmare, was never envisaged by any member of staff because of the impression he had always given staff that he is the most loved, closest and trusted by the Minister, out of several other heads of agencies under the Ministry of Education.
When he resumed, Dr. Baffa told all staff of the Agency that he was in the Agency on a rescue mission, to rid it of the corruption that was institutionalized by the previous Executive Secretaries and to position it on the path of the transformation Agenda of the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
She said the sacked TETfund Boss also used to present himself to the people that, as Mr. Clean and as an ASUU activist, he was in the agency to lead it in line with ASUU principles especially considering the fact that it was ASUU that fought for the establishment of the Agency.
“But regrettably”, she said, “when Dr. Baffa realized the kind of money that he was sitting on and controlling, he suddenly threw all those ASUU rhetorics to the wind and started helping himself by getting involved in so many forms of money yielding deals which were executed for him by his fronts.
Hajiya and her visibly excited co-Tetfund staff who refused to speak but simply said they all concurred with her, thanked the President and the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, for getting rid of Baffa early enough to save the Agency from his greed, who, they opined that had the tendencies of beating the corruption record of the entire former Executive Secretaries of TETfund.