LAKKI MARWAT: The local government representatives and tehsil municipal administration officials have locked horns over the ownership of an office building of the neighbourhood council (NC), Lakl(i-II.

The building was constructed on the premises of Tanchi compound owned by Lakki TMA in 2001 to use it as of fice of Lakki City-1 union council. It remained in use of local government and rural development department since then.

After 2015 local government elections, the building was handed over to the representatives of NC-II to use it as office.

But, on Sept 25, the TMA employees reached the compound, broke the locks of office and removed record, computers and furniture from there without any prior notice, claimed NC-II nazim Shahid Mehmood.

In an application submitted to the district nazim, Mr Mehmood said TMA inspector Khalid and sanitary inspector Fatehullah led the action aimed to occupy the office building of NC.

`The municipal workers loaded the office equipment and goods to tractor trolleys and dumped them in front of my home in Haqdad Abad,` he maintained, saying the council`s record of uplift schemes of ADP 2016-17 and banks` demand draf ts had also been missing. The NC nazim urged the district nazim to intervene and get the building vacated from TMA.

A TMA official contended the building was owned by municipal body and the NC representatives were repeatedly issued notices to vacate it, but to no avail.

Meanwhile, the district nazim has forwarded the application of NC representatives to the district police officer with recommendations to initiate necessary action.

EDUCATION REFORMS: A delegation of district education department led by DEO Abdus Salam met Bannu Division Commissioner Syed Abdul Jabbar Shah and discussed educational reforms and performance of public sector schools.

The DEO told the commissioner that high and higher secondary schools in Lal(ki produced better results in the secondary school certificate examinations as the elementary and secondary education department had ensured implementation of the provincial government`s reforms agenda in letter and spirit.

He said improvement in attendance of teachers and students and provision of basic facilities had helped win the trust of people in government schools. He said 11 high and higher secondary schools had won best performance award as they showed 100 per cent result in the matriculation examinations. The commissioner appreciated the performance of schools and assured of extending all out support to achieve the targets.