Nanji Vanley conducted this investigation for ICIR
AMID several indictments by at least four separate panels against him, Yusuf Dalyop, the Head of Department of Public Health, Plateau State College of Health and Technology, Pankshin, is aspiring to be the provost of the institution. This is raising serious questions in many quarters.
Alpha Dubagari Isaac, a widower, said he promised to provide quality education for the five children his wife left behind. That was why he met with the Head of Public Health Department, Plateau State College of Health and Technology, Pankshin, Yusuf Dalyop, to discuss the possibility of his first child getting admission.
“I am an alumnus of the school, and he (Dalyop) was my lecturer. I asked him if he would assist to admit my son into Public Health department, to which he said yes. After we bought the form and did everything, my son’s name didn’t appear on the first, second, and supplementary lists. He called me in November that year and was asked why he didn’t see my son in school. I told him his name wasn’t on the list. He said I should forget the admission list, asking if didn’t know there was a supplementary list,” Isaac said.
Plateau College of Health and Technology Pankshin campus. PC: Nanji Nandang/ICIR
Isaac said he went to the school thinking Dalyop would show him his son’s name on the supplementary list but instead he asked him to pay the sum of N35,000 to his secretary. He paid in cash and was given a departmental receipt of N15,000 only. This done, he said he then went on to pay the tuition fee and other charges into the school’s account.
“He (Dalyop) told me that most of the school officials were not available at the time and that all necessary documents would be given to my son upon resumption. When my son resumed, the department still collected N15,000 from him to open his file. Throughout the first semester, my son’s class representative repeatedly informed him that his name was not on the class register, yet Dalyop continued to collect more money from him, claiming it was to settle lecturers,” he said.
Sharing the receipt of payments and all the relevant documents with The ICIR, Isaac said he spent a total of N354,400, and it was only when he applied for a deferment for his son after the first semester, and was asked to complete a deferment form and attach the candidate’s admission letter that he discovered his son was never issued an admission letter.
“I wrote a petition to the provost; they invited me to give an oral testimony on how my son was admitted. During the process, Dalyop tried to persuade me to withdraw the case, even going as far as typing a letter and pressurising me to sign it, with the promise that once he became Provost, he would secure my son’s admission. I refused to submit the letter to the provost,” he added.
The report of the investigation committee obtained by The ICIR indicates that the Chairman, Grace Hirkop and the Secretary, Istifanus Kopji Kumwar, signed and submitted its findings to the school management on October 18, 2025.
“Our findings revealed that Midah Chogkon was given a matriculation number and paid tuition fees for the 2024/2025 complete to the sum of N212,700 but had no admission letter to his name. The committee discovered that there were students who have actively been in class without admission letter and a search into the students’ files revealed that 29 students were not having the basic requirements to be admitted into the college,” the report read.
When contacted, Dalyop admitted giving Isaac the assurance that his son was offered admission. He, however, alleged that the Acting Provost of the institution instigated Isaac to write a petition against him because they were both contesting for the position of the provost.
“He was my student, a very nice student and wanted admission for his son. He bought form, and when they wanted giving him letter, the admission office said letter head paper got finished. The provost hid his file. All the files of those in 200-level students were with the provost for more than a year. Now this man came for deferment. He has paid all that needed for the deferment. When they went to the provost for the file, he told him that he should write… you know I am contesting for provost with him,” Dalyop claimed.
The College of Health and Technology is a key training institution responsible for producing frontline health workers for Plateau and neighbouring states, and it offers various accredited paramedical programmes at the certificate, National Diploma, Higher Diploma, and Professional levels.
