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Education

ASUU Kicks Against Resumption of Varsities, Cites Absence of COVID-19 Guidelines
11Jan By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Covid-19, Education, News, Nigeria

ASUU Kicks Against Resumption of Varsities, Cites Absence of COVID-19 Guidelines

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said tertiary institutions across the country are not prepared for safe reopening. This was conveyed by chapters of the union, in separate interviews with Punch on Monday, noting the directive of the National Universities Commission, NUC, that universities could resume on January 18, but must ensure strict adherence to COVID-19 guidelines in hostels and lecture halls. According to the union, although its members were ready to resume work, government was yet to provide measures for the safe reopening of the varsities. The concern came at a time when coronavirus cases and deaths across the county had risen to 99,063 and 1,350 respectively as at Sunday. Dr Adeola Egbedokun, Chairman of ASUU at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Osun...
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COVID-19 and the Professors – Femi Adesina
8Jan By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Covid-19, Education, News, Nigeria, Safety

COVID-19 and the Professors – Femi Adesina

I hate to see professors die. And in recent days, we have lost three of them to the strange ailment called COVID-19, currently ravaging the world. Within two weeks, we lost three professors in quick succession. Habu Galadima, Director-General, National Institute of Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS). Femi Odekunle, renowned criminologist and member of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC). And Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe, former Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos. Each time a professor dies, I say to myself: what a waste! All the learning, gone. All the intellect perished. The research, the knowledge, and quest for more knowledge, kaput. Sheer waste! I have firsthand experience in losing a Professor. My elder sister was one. She was a Professor of Dramatic Art...
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Enugu Approves January 18 for School Resumption
5Jan By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Covid-19, Education, News, Nigeria

Enugu Approves January 18 for School Resumption

Following a meeting of stakeholders in the education sector on Monday, the Enugu State Ministry of Education has announced January 18, 2021, as resumption date for all schools in the state. This was contained in a statement by the State Commissioner for Education, Prof. Uche Eze. He said the decision was reached at a meeting between the Ministry and major stakeholders in the sector, on Monday. Prof. Eze said that all schools in the state were advised to ensure full compliance with the NCDC guidelines for the containment of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), stressing that “the Ministry of Education will engage in constant monitoring of compliance when schools resume”. The Education Commissioner added that “it was also decided that to help engage the students/pupils, all tertiary i...
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Former UNILAG VC, Oye ibidapo-Obe is Dead
4Jan By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Education, News, Nigeria

Former UNILAG VC, Oye ibidapo-Obe is Dead

Professor Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe, a former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos has died, aged 71. Ibidapo-Obe died on Sunday in Lagos State. His death was confirmed by the Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, UNILAG chapter, Dr Dele Ashiru. Ashiru described the late Ibidapo-Obe as a quintessential academic, noting that he would be solely missed in the education sector. He said, "Yes, he is dead. We got the sad news this evening. He is a distinguished scholar, a seasoned university administrator whose death remains a very big loss to the Nigerian university system and indeed the Nigerian society," he added. Ibidapo-Obe was a renowned Professor of Systems Engineering and a former Vice-Chancellor (2000 – 2007) of the University of Lagos. He attende...
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Varsity Technologists Threaten Strike Over N40bn Allowance, Issue 14-day Strike Notice
4Jan By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Education, Labour, News, Nigeria

Varsity Technologists Threaten Strike Over N40bn Allowance, Issue 14-day Strike Notice

The National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, on Saturday said it has issued a 14-day industrial action notice to the Federal Government. The association said the action was informed by alleged incongruity in the sharing of the N40 billion earned allowances released to the four university unions by the Federal Government. The university workers also asked for the release of 50 per cent of the N71b earned allowances being owed members of the union based on the 20019 agreement with the government. Ibeji Nwokoma, the union’s president while speaking to newsmen in Abuja on Sunday, disclosed that the association wrote a letter to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, informing him of their planned industrial action. He said, “We have written to the ...
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School Resumption: Enugu Gov to Meet with Stakeholders on Monday
3Jan By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Education, News, Nigeria

School Resumption: Enugu Gov to Meet with Stakeholders on Monday

The Enugu State Ministry of Education said it has scheduled a meeting with major stakeholders in the education sector, on Monday, January 4, 2021, to discuss a date for schools to resume in the state. This was disclosed by the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Uche Eze. He said the outcome of the meeting will be duly communicated to the general public. Details later...  
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ASUU Suspends Strike
23Dec By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Education

ASUU Suspends Strike

The Academic Staff Union of University, ASUU, has called off the nine-month industrial action embarked by the association. This was made known at a press conference on Wednesday in Abuja led by the president, Biodun Ogunyemi. According to Mr Ogunyemi, the decision to suspend the long industrial action followed the agreement reached with the Federal Government and a meeting with its National Executive Council (NEC). He said the suspension of the strike takes effect from Thursday, December 24th, 2020.  
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Universities To Reopen in January – Ngige
21Dec By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments
Education, News, Nigeria, Youths

Universities To Reopen in January – Ngige

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, says the Academic Activities in Nigeria Universities will resume January. He spoke Monday in Alor, Idemili South local government area of Anambra State, during the launch of Ngige free medical outreach at the Community’s Health Center. Ngige said, “We have met about 98 percent of the request of ASUU. Some 5 to 2 percent is what you can call promissory notes. “So, I am very hopeful that by midnight today, there are some works we are supposed to get on to do. They also have some work they are supposed to do on their own side with their people. “Tuesday, we will meet in the afternoon and we will compare notes. We will put everything on the table and compare. I believe that we might have come to the end of the strike when ...
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Kankara: Buhari Shouldn’t be Congratulated – Ezekwesili
19Dec By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments
Education, News, Nigeria, Safety, Security, Terrorism

Kankara: Buhari Shouldn’t be Congratulated – Ezekwesili

Oby Ezekwesili, a former Minister of Education has said President Muhammadu Buhari should not be congratulated for securing the release of the abducted students from Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State, alleging that the President created the problem. Ezekwesili said President Buhari does not deserve commendation for ensuring the safe return of the schoolboys after six days in captivity. She said this during an interview with Channels Television monitored by African News Today. Ezekwesili who is a prominent campaigner of the Bring Back Our Girls campaign which pressured the government to rescue over 250 schoolgirls abducted from Chibok in Borno State, said the Buhari administration must tell Nigerians exactly what happened in Kankara when gunmen on motorcycles ...
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