Ede Poly: Reps threaten arrest of rector, bursar over alleged financial irregularities
The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee has threatened to issue arrest warrants against the Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Engineer Sani Yahaya, and the institution’s Bursar, Aishat Shade…
The House of Representatives Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is the constitutional body charged with scrutinising the annual reports of the Auditor-General of the Federation on the accounts of ministries, departments and agencies, including federal tertiary institutions. Its hearings often surface unresolved audit queries bordering on contract awards, procurement and expenditure that institutions have failed to reconcile, and the committee wields powers, including summons and arrest warrants, to compel compliance from erring public officers who fail to appear or provide satisfactory responses.
Federal polytechnics like Ede have previously featured in reports flagging weak financial controls, unretired advances and questionable contract processes, part of a broader pattern of scrutiny facing federally funded tertiary institutions. The coverage from Tribune Online and ThisDay both confirm the PAC's threat to arrest the Rector, Engr. Sani (Man) Yahaya, and Bursar Aishat Shade over unresolved audit queries, with ThisDay providing more detail by explicitly linking the dispute to contract irregularities. Neither report yet indicates whether arrest warrants have been issued, the specific sums or contracts under scrutiny, or how the institution's management has responded to the allegations.