There is disagreement between the Bauchi State Ministry for Local Government and the governing board of Malikiyya College of Health Sciences Bauchi over non-payment of tuition fees of 1000 students sponsored by the ministry from the 20 local government areas of the state.
State Commissioner of Local Government Abdulrazak Nuhu Zaki alleged that government refusal to pay the fees was largely due to the fact the school is not fully accredited by appropriate regulatory agencies, an allegation denied by the college’s board.
Abdulrazak Nuhu Zaki
Zaki said ” as a responsible government we pledge to use the public resources judiciously , I have my two children in the college and that we know the college is not accredited. So, how can we pay money to the body that is not accredited by the regulatory agencies”
The proprietor of Malikiyya College Alhaji Aminu Mohammed however insisted that said the institution was fully accredited by all the Federal government regulatory bodies
He listed the agencies that accredited all the 13 courses to include Health Records Officers Registration Board of Nigeria, Associations of Medical and X – ray Technicians of Nigeria and Community Health Practitioners Registration Board.
Others according to him are Dental Therapies Registration Board of Nigeria, West African Health Examination Board and Medical Science Council of Nigeria.
Alhaji Aminu who is the chairman Bauchi State Committee on Public Private Partnership on establishment of health institutions in the state said the school was opened three years ago on the request of the state government in its effort to reduce the shortage of manpower in hospitals and health institutions in the state.
He said presently the Bauchi State Government has refused to pay the school fees of 1000 students it is sponsoring in the college, totaling over 200 million Naira, because of what he called “political differences”.
“We sent these students back home but they went and sought the intervention of a respected Islamic Scholar who asked the board to allow the students to continue with their studies, promising to intervene between the institution and the government. We listened to his plea and allowed the students back to campus, but we are yet to be paid anything out of the said amount.
