Recruitment probe: Benue Assembly orders SUBEB chairman to step aside

He emphasised that a day after the resolution was conveyed, the chairman released a statement indicating that new cut-off marks had been allocated to various local governments based on their performance in the Computer-Based Test, CBT.

The Chief Whip also mentioned that the board subsequently shortlisted additional names for physical screening.

He expressed concern that the statement released by SUBEB was not only reactionary but also disparaging to the honour of the Assembly and its resolutions.

Alfred Berger (APC, Makurdi North), who seconded the motion, stated that the SUBEB chairman lacked the integrity to continue overseeing the affairs of the board. Berger further noted that the law establishing the board granted powers to the Local Government Education Authorities, LGEAs, to recruit teachers, emphasising that the process was decentralised and that the Department of Quality Assurance of the board only supervised it.

Meanwhile, Majority Leader Saater Tiseer appealed to his colleagues to give the chairman a fair hearing on the matter.

Tiseer mentioned that on the day she was scheduled to appear before the House, she had arrived at the assembly by 10 am as requested.

He advised his colleagues not to make decisions based on prejudice, urging them to take actions in line with the Constitution.