Katsina State Government on Tuesday announced the suspension of the principal of its Government Girls Arabic Senior Secondary School, Fago, Fatima Yakubu for alleged negligence.

The state Commissioner of Education, Badamasi Lawal announced the suspension in Katsina while briefing newsmen on the recent death of an SS2 student in the school, Fatima Maikano.

The Commissioner did not disclose the duration of the suspension.

He also announced that a mathematics teacher, Abubakar Suleiman, who was privately engaged by the principal to teach in the school, had been banned from any government schools in the state.

Suleiman was alleged to have flogged the late student along with her other classmates for not submitting their assignment at schedule time.

Late Fatima reportedly fell ill shortly after the flogging.

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It was also learnt that Fatima was allegedly not provided with necessary medical attention at the school’s dispensary and was not taken to a nearby hospital when she fell ill, the development which reportedly led to her death.

The commissioner briefed journalists shortly after a meeting between late Fatima’s parents and the state government officials.

The commissioner further announced that a committee had been set up to further investigate the incident.

He disclosed that the state government had banned corporal punishment in its schools.

He warned principals and teachers to ensure that no student is henceforth flogged with a cane.

Late Fatimah’s father, Tasi’u Maikano, in his reaction, lauded the government decisions, adding that they would soothe his pains and that of the family over her death.