FG stops sales of Kadpoly staff quarters

The federal government through the Federal Ministry of Education has directed a halt to the alleged sales of Kaduna Polytechnic official quarters under the 2005 federal monetization policy.

The directive was contained in a letter from the Federal Ministry of Education with reference No. DHE/POLY/C.10/ VOL1/T/153 dated 20th

January, 2023 signed by the permanent secretary and sent to the polytechnic’s management in response to the management letter.

The letter stated that, “Please be informed that under the Federal Government Monetization Policy that took effect from 2005, institutional houses/ residents belonging to the federal government are exempted from outright sales to public servants occupying such official quarters.”

Also, in compliance to the letter, the Acting Registrar of the polytechnic, Alhaji Hassan Muhammad Abubakar, in a circular dated 26th January 2023 to all polytechnic staff, drew the attention of the occupiers of the polytechnic quarters that such quarters will not be available for sale now or in the future considering the developmental and infrastructural expansion of the polytechnic.

Similarly, the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP) Kaduna Polytechnic chapter chairman, Engineer Abubakar Jibrin Abdullahi, has demanded an immediate audit of the institution’s landed property with a promise to provide a blueprint that will guide such action.

Speaking at a news briefing, he said, as a union, they are under obligation to protect members of the public who may have taken to the error of judgement and have been under the illusion that the staff housing units of the institution were for sale.