From Uche Nnorom, Makurdi
The Benue State House Assembly has ordered the Chairman, State Universal Basic Education Board Mrs. Grace Adagba to step aside from her official duties to allow the house investigate the recruitment exercise embarked upon by the board.
The House took the decision at its plenary sitting on Thursday during which the Majority Chief Whip Mr Peter Ipusu representing Katsina-Ala West moved a motion suspending the board Chairman.
Ipusu noted that the house adopted resolutions directing the chairman of the board to suspend the ongoing recruitment of Primary School Teachers to allow for investigation into controversies surrounding the exercise but the directive was ignored.
He stressed that a day after the resolution was duly conveyed, the chairman released a statement indicating that new cut off marks had been allocated to the various local governments based on their performance in the Computer Based Test CT, conducted by the board and subsequently shortlisted additional names for physical screening.
