The South-South zonal leadership of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, NAPPS, has placed the executives of the association in Delta State on indefinite suspension.
The suspension was announced on Monday in Asaba during a press conference addressed by the Zonal President, Ochuko Akpeme, who accused the executives, led by the State Chairman, Mrs. Precious Young, of gross misconduct and constitutional violations.
The suspended executives are accused of insubordination, disseminating misleading information to members, making unauthorized decisions, and failing to remit zonal and national dues.
According to a formal suspension letter signed by Dr. Akpeme and other zonal leaders, the Zonal Executive Council (ZEC) invoked its constitutional powers to remove the state officers, citing multiple infractions of the NAPPS Constitution (2023, as amended).
The suspension letter was copied to the National President of NAPPS, the police, the Commissioner for Secondary Education, the Commissioner for Primary Education, and other critical stakeholders in the state’s education sector.
“We may hand them over to the EFCC. It may get to that. We have warned them to refrain from embezzling money from the local chapters, which they have not been remitting to the zones and national headquarters.
“If not that we are fair enough, by now we would have been in the office of the AIG. To claim neutrality is to withhold all money meant for the zones and national body. You say you want to remain neutral, yet you keep using the name of the association to collect money from members. We have evidence against them.
“We hereby suspend Delta State Executive members indefinitely. All documents and properties of NAPPS in your possession are to be handed over to the Zonal President, South-South, within three days of your receipt of this letter.”
The zone accused the Delta State Executive Committee of representing itself as a neutral body in violation of the association’s constitution and publishing materials in the association’s name without approval from the National Executive Council (NEC).
Akpeme warned that any actions taken by the suspended executives henceforth would be considered “null and void” and treated as criminal.
The development has sent shockwaves through the private education sector in the state, with stakeholders awaiting further directives on the interim leadership structure.
The decision is expected to trigger significant changes within the Delta chapter as the association moves to restore order and confidence among members.
The suspended State Chairman, Mrs. Precious Young, has not issued an official response to the allegations.
