Niger Govt reacts to VP who impregnated his 16-yrs-old student

Faith with her baby. Photo Credit: Punch

Niger Government speaks on Vice Principal who impregnated his teenage student.

The Niger State Ministry of Education has directed the Vice Principal of Government Day Secondary School, Tunga, Niger State, Mohammed Mohammed, who impregnated his 16-year-old student, Faith Galadima, to fend for her and the baby for three years.

Naija News had reported that Galadima put in a family way by her vice principal and abandoned throughout her pregnancy period. She gave birth to a baby boy and called for assistance from the government to further her education.

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Yahaya Garba, on Wednesday, while reacting to the report, said the accused had not been promoted or transferred by the ministry, adding that the ministry was not protecting him from prosecution.

Garba said Mohammed had been suspended from the school and placed on half salary.

He said, “As a ministry, we did not want to make any public announcement of our stand, but because the issue has gone viral, we have to come out to state our stand. I will like to say that the Niger State Ministry of Education is not in any way shielding Mallam Mohammed. When the case got to us, we directed the state secondary education board to set up a seven-man committee.

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“Based on the recommendation of the committee and the acceptance by Mohammed that he committed the crime, the Ministry of Education has placed him on half salary.

“We have also mandated Mohammed to take up the upkeep of both mother and child for three years. Mohammed has not been promoted or posted anywhere. He is still serving his suspension. The ministry will finally decide on his case after the court has concluded deliberation on it.”

Garba said that the willingness of the ministry to provide money needed to carry out the DNA test was to hasten the pending case in court.