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University Education Not For Everybody – Umahi

11Aug

By Kosi UchennaNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

University Education Not For Everybody – Umahi

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has claimed that university education is not for everybody. The governor stated that it would be unreasonable for President Muhammadu Buhari's administration to borrow in excess of N1trn to meet the demands of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. He stated these when he received a delegation from the Nigerian Police Trust Fund led by Dr Ben Akabueze, in Abakaliki, on Wednesday. His remarks follow the lingering strike by ASUU and other university-based unions. Recall that ASUU had on February 14, 2022, declared an industrial action. Umahi said, “Our basic problems in this country remain security, health and education. Let me say a little about education which is in our public domain. I think that our education system ...

NUC: Teachers Still Yet to Enjoy the N30,000 Minimum Wage

10Aug

By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments

Education, Nigeria

NUC: Teachers Still Yet to Enjoy the N30,000 Minimum Wage

Teachers across 15 states are yet to enjoy the N30,000 minimum wage increase since President Muhammadu Buhari signed the National Minimum Wage Act into law. The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) says teachers in states such as Abia, Bayelsa, Delta, Enugu, Nasarawa, Adamawa, Gombe, Niger, Borno, Sokoto, Anambra, Imo, Benue, Taraba, and Zamfara are yet to enjoy the agreed minimum wage even after the third year of the Act being passed into law. See Also: ASUU Calls On NASS To Pass The Bill To Amend NUC Act According to the union, only 15 states which are Akwa Ibom, Ebonyi, Edo, Ekiti, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina, Kwara, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers State including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) are paying the implemented minimum wage to primary and secondary school...

WAEC Releases 2022 WASSCE Results, Records 76.36% Pass

9Aug

By Kosi UchennaNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

WAEC Releases 2022 WASSCE Results, Records 76.36% Pass

The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has announced the release of the 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for school candidates. Mr Patrick Areghan, the Head of Nigeria Office, WAEC, announced this on Monday at the WAEC office, Yaba. He said, “The results are being uploaded on the results website. Candidates who sat the examination and who have fulfilled their financial obligations to the Council can access their results on the Council’s results website within the next twelve hours. “Copies of the Result Listing will be sent to schools shortly. I need not restate the fact that the results of candidates who are sponsored by states indebted to the Council will not be released now until they pay up. We appeal to them to do so to enable the affected sc...

ASUU Replies Keyamo, Says FG Prolonging Strike

8Aug

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

ASUU Replies Keyamo, Says FG Prolonging Strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has accused the federal government of lacking the commitment to resolve the dispute with its members so as to bring an end to the strike. Recall that the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, had accused ASUU of demanding too much. Keyamo during an interview on Channels TV said, “Should we go and borrow to pay N1.2trillion yearly?“You cannot allow one sector of the economy to hold you by the jugular and then blackmail you to go and borrow N1.2 trillion for overheads when our total income would be about N6.1 trillion. And you have roads to build, health centres to build, and other sectors to take care of,” Reacting, ASUU president, Emmanuel Osodeke, in an interview with ThisDay accused the federal government...

ASUU Strike: Govt Has No Money To Meet ASUU’s Demands – Keyamo

6Aug

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

ASUU Strike: Govt Has No Money To Meet ASUU’s Demands – Keyamo

Festus Keyamo, the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, has declared that the federal government does not have the resources to meet the demands of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and other university-based unions. Keyamo who was recently appointed as the spokesperson for the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential campaign, asked parents to beg ASUU members to call off their almost six-month strike. He noted that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government will not borrow money to meet ASUU’s demands. The minister disclosed this when he appeared on Channels Televisions programme, ‘Politics Today’ on Friday. Keyamo described the negotiation between ASUU and the Nimi Briggs led committee set up by the federal government, as ‘unrealistic’...

JAMB Sets Mop-up Examination for UTME Candidates

5Aug

By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

JAMB Sets Mop-up Examination for UTME Candidates

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has organised a mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for candidates that failed to take part in the previous examination for valid reasons. JAMB announced the mop-up examination would commence tomorrow, the Board is giving every candidate an equal opportunity to participate in its examination to enable them to gain admission into their various tertiary institutions. See Also: JAMB Approves 140 as Minimum CutOff Mark for 2022 Admissions According to JAMB, around 1,969 candidates missed the 2022 UTME and Direct Entry (DE) examinations because of technical issues, Bank Verification Number (BVN) challenges, and fingerprint peculiarities while some candidates had their examination voided due to misconduct reco...

ASUP Issues Okowa 30-Day Ultimatum Over Salary Policy

5Aug

By Kosi UchennaNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

ASUP Issues Okowa 30-Day Ultimatum Over Salary Policy

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), has given a 30-day ultimatum to Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, to put a stop to its Salary Subvention Policy in the state-owned polytechnics. The Polytechnic teachers made the demand at a news conference organised by its local chapter at the Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku on Thursday. Precious Nwakodo, ASUP Zonal Coordinator for South-South and South-East, said the order followed the refusal by the Delta State government to reconsider its position on the salary subvention policy. The zonal coordinator conveyed the national body’s stance that the policy be suspended. Nwakodo said: “The Delta State government had on April 2022 introduced a salary subvention policy, which provides that the management of the p...

ASUU Strike: FG Discloses Strategy To End Lingering Strike

3Aug

By Mary UgwuanyiNo Comments

Education, Labour, News, Nigeria

ASUU Strike: FG Discloses Strategy To End Lingering Strike

The Federal Government has said it will utilise voluntary conciliation as a solution to the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and other university-based unions. This was stated by Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, on Tuesday during a 3-day capacity-building workshop on International Labour Standards and Dispute Resolution in Nigeria in Abuja. He said that voluntary conciliation was adopted instead of arbitration in order to hasten the resolution process with the university teachers. The Minister, during the event hosted by the Industrial Arbitration Panel, IAP, in collaboration with the International Labour Organisations, ILO, said that the issue would have been taken to the IAP or National Industrial Court of Nigeria, NICN....

ASUU Strike: Union Extends Lingering Strike by Four Weeks

2Aug

By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments

Education, Nigeria

ASUU Strike: Union Extends Lingering Strike by Four Weeks

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has decided to extend the lingering strike by four weeks after just concluding the previous five months' strike. The Union first declared the closure of public universities on February 14, 2022, because of the failure of the Federal Government to fulfill the Memorandum of Action (MOA) agreed upon by the two parties in 2020. See Also: ASUU Strike: I Will Sack All Kaduna Lecturers, I Swear T God – El-Rufai Speaking on the new development, The National President of ASUU, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke said the Union decided to give the Federal Government time to resolve the issues between both parties. In a statement by the Union’s President, he said: “Following extensive deliberations and taking cognisance of Government’s past failu...

ASUU Strike: I Will Sack All Kaduna Lecturers, I Swear To God – El-Rufai

28Jul

By Kosi UchennaNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

ASUU Strike: I Will Sack All Kaduna Lecturers, I Swear To God – El-Rufai

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has vowed to sack all the Kaduna State University, KASU, lecturers if they fail to return to class due to the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, strike. Recall that ASUU has been on strike since February 14, 2022, due to a dispute with the federal government. The Nigerian Lacour Congress, NLC, on Tuesday commenced a nationwide protest to persuade the government to find a solution to the lingering strike. However, El-Rufai during a radio programme in Kaduna on Wednesday, said the KASU lecturers had no reason to be on strike as ASUU’s dispute is with the federal government, not the state government. He said, “The Acting Vice Chancellor has assured me that they will resume, but I have asked them to find out if they actual...