The Academic Staff Union of Universities has vowed to continue the strike it has been holding since December 2020, citing the Federal Government’s claimed inability to honor many of the agreements it made with the Union. Dr. Ibrahim Inuwa, the Chairperson of the ASUU at Bauchi’s Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, announced this to a group of media at the Union’s Secretariat. He said the long-running strike, which was intended to press their demands for the continued existence of Nigeria’s public university system, was called off in December after the two parties agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding on the various issues, which included timelines for implementing each of the eight items. Earned Academic Allowance, Funding for revitalisation of public universities, Salary shortage, Proliferation of state universities, and Visitation Panel, according to Inuwa, have been addressed only two out of the eight issues seven months after the MoU was signed. Renegotiation, the replacement of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) with the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS), withheld salaries, and non-remittance of Check-off Dues are among the others, according to him, but “only salary shortfall and visitation panels to federal universities have been addressed.” He said, “Renegotiation of the 2009 agreement which would have been completed within eight weeks from the date of inauguration of the committee has up… Read more »
Professor Ibrahim Dantani Wushishi has been appointed as the substantive Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the National Examination Council by President Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).Wushishi is the first Niger State native to be selected to the council’s leadership.Professor Godswill Obioma, who died around two months ago, was succeeded by him. On Monday, newsmen in Minna were given a statement announcing the new Registrar’s appointment.The appointment is for an initial period of five years, commencing July 12, 2021, according to the letter, which bears the reference number FME/PSE/NECO/1078/C.1/36. Before his appointment, the new appointee was a Professor of Science Education at the Federal University of Technology Minna in Niger state, according to a statement signed by Azeez Sani, the Head of Public Relations and Information. Professor Wushishi is the first Niger state native to be appointed as NECO’s substantive Registrar. Professor Wushishi was born on April 5, 1965, in the Wushishi Local Government Area of Niger State, and worked as a lecturer at Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto, before transferring to the Federal University of Technology, Minna. He has also held positions in the education sector, including Post Graduate Coordinator, Department of Science Education, Federal University of Technology, Minna; Sub-Dean School of Science and Science Education, FUT, Minna; Head of Department, Department of Science Education, FUT Minna; Head of Department, Department of Science Education, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai; and Head of Department, Department of Science Education, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai. Professor Wushishi has a long list of scholarly works to his name and has been described as an intelligent scholar. He is a father of three children. Source: punchng.com
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has released the portal for printing call-up letters for the 2021 Batch ‘B’ prospective corps members. Prospective Corps members should log on to the NYSC Portal to start printing their Call-up letters. Prospective Corps Members must acquire their Call-up Letters from their individual institutions of graduation if they did not pay during online registration. How to Print NYSC Call-Up Letters Go to the NYSC portal at http://portal.nysc.org.ng. Select the Login here icon (https://portal.nysc.org.ng/nysc2/ResumePayment.aspx) Login with your registered email and password. Click on… Read more »
With 14 per cent pass and 86 per cent failure at the just-concluded 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, divergent views… Read more »
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday in Katsina State, that his administration will devote greater proportions of resources into education. In a statement released by Mallam Garba Shehu, the President’s Senior… Read more »
Lagos State Government (LASG) is now accepting applications from suitably qualified candidates for its teachers’ recruitment exercises. Lagos State Teachers’ Recruitment Requirements Applicants must be Nigerians with a Lagos State… Read more »
In Lagos State, poor trash disposal methods are a problem, particularly in low-income, densely inhabited areas where indiscriminate rubbish disposal has become an eyesore and a health danger. KOFOWOROLA BELO-OSAGIE,… Read more »
Veritas University, Abuja (the Catholic University of Nigeria) is now accepting applications for admission into its various postgraduate programmes for the 2020/2021 academic session. See the courses, requirements and how… Read more »
With the purchase of first aid boxes for its 1,016 primary schools, the Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LASUBEB) has taken school safety to a new level. Health officials,… Read more »
Anambra State Government has commenced recruitment of 500 teachers into primary schools across the state to enhance teaching and learning. Chairman, State House of Assembly committee on Basic Education, Hon…. Read more »