Nasarawa SUBEB Chief Orders Teacher Redeployment, Recovers Stolen School Furniture

In a bold sweep of reform, Kassim Muhammad-Kassim, Executive Chairman of the Nasarawa State Universal Basic Education Board (NSUBEB), has vowed to recover chairs and desks allegedly diverted by education secretaries and headmasters to private schools — even as students are left sitting on bare floors.

Speaking during his first meeting with education secretaries across the state, Muhammad-Kassim didn’t mince words. “I’ve walked into schools and seen children learning from the ground. Meanwhile, records say furniture was supplied. That betrayal ends now,” he declared.

To that end, the chairman revealed that he has already involved the police to identify and retrieve stolen furniture from private schools. “This is not a witch-hunt,” he said. “It’s a mission to restore dignity to public education.”

But that was just the beginning.

He issued an immediate directive halting all illegal salary deductions from teachers — unless justified by disciplinary action and approved by the board. He also slammed the unauthorized sale or lease of school land, warning that such trespasses would no longer be ignored.

In another sweeping move, Muhammad-Kassim ordered the redeployment of 1,300 administrative staff currently warming seats in urban offices back into classrooms, particularly in rural communities starved of qualified teachers.

“We can’t plead teacher shortages when capable hands are buried in bureaucracy,” he said.

To cement the reform drive, he announced the launch of a recruitment campaign with 4,800 teachers to be hired exclusively for rural schools under a project dubbed “Recruitment of Teachers in Rural Areas.” No urban postings, no preferential treatment  only a pledge to strengthen the rural classroom.

The chairman also promised to set up maintenance units in all local government areas to protect public infrastructure. Shoddy contractors, he warned, would not be paid until their work meets standard.

“We can’t keep patching walls every year on the public’s dime,” he said. “That era is over.”

Muhammad-Kassim’s message was clear: this administration isn’t playing politics with education. It’s reform or resign.