Civil Society Coalition for Transparency has condemned the protest supposedly carried out by students of Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK) against the Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), Professor Elias Suleiman Bogoro.
Mr Mike Femi, the President of the coalition chided the alleged students at a news conference Wednesday in Abuja, describing the act as a gross abuse of human rights.
Femi said that the protest was borne out of ignorance on the part of the students for not doing enough to investigate the reason why their sponsors asked them to protest against the TETFund boss.
He described such protest as malicious and an attempt to impugn the character of the Executive Secretary, stating that the protest amounted to a campaign of calumny against his person.
Femi argued that the students were used by political enemy of the executive secretary, who are jealous of his achievements in TETFUND and higher institutions in the country.
“Bogoro’s detractors are desperately seeking to rubbish his many achievements, the corruption allegations against him are baseless and unfounded,” he said.
Femi urged the alleged students to face their studies and desist from being used by desperate politicians who see nothing good in progressive compatriots.
Some ill advised students of Nasarawa State University staged a protest at the gate of TETFund on February 20, against the Executive Secretary, accusing him of corruption and mismanagement and demanded for his immediate removal.
Femi however said that the allegation against Bogoro was unfounded, baseless and lacking in substance as no allegation of corruption had been established against the secretary.
He commended Bogoro for his vision and determination to improve the nation’s education system for better global rankings and recognition, and lauded President Muhammadu Buhari for re-appointing Bogoro as Executive Secretary, TETFund, to help re-shape and develop the nation’s education system.
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