Gregory University Positioned To Fight Youth Unemployment — Rear Admiral Kanu
The Pioneer Military Governor of old Imo state, Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu has applauded the dream of Prof. Gregory Ibe, founder of Gregory University Uturu. According to Rear Admiral Kanu, the university has capacity to transform the education sector in the country by equipping youths with skills, thereby assist in reducing unemployment rate. ABN TV reports that Kanu who stated this...
Abia Govt Reveals Resumption Date For Schools
The Abia State Government has announced the reopening of primary and secondary schools in the State on Monday, 28th September 2020, to complete the 3rd term of 2019/2020 academic session with one week of revision classes. This was announced in a statement signed by the State Commissioner for Information, John Okiyi Kalu, after the State Executive Council Meeting held at...
Environment Not Conducive To Reopen Schools – Imo Govt
The government of Imo State has declared the environment as not yet conducive to reopen private and public schools. This is owing to the coronavirus pandemic which, according to the government, has not been fully contained. In a press release from the office of State’s Ministry of Education, the Commissioner for Education, Prof. B.T.O Ikegwuoha stated that the Federal Ministry of...
BREAKING: Ekiti Assembly Upgrades College Of Education To University
A bill seeking to upgrade the College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti to a full- fledged University of Education, Science and Technology has been passed by Ekiti Assembly. The House, at its plenary on Tuesday presided over by Speaker Funminiyi Afuye, unanimously passed the bill into law following a holistic consideration of the report of its committee on Education, Science and Technology. While...
ASUU Strike Will Soon End – Ngige
The federal government has assured that the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) would soon end. Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, spoke on Channels Television’s Politics Today. He disclosed that the Ministries of Finance, Education, Labour and Employment and the Office of the Accountant General will meet with the union. “The issue of ASUU will soon come...
IPPIS: Government Can’t Use ASUU Platform To Pay Us — University Workers
The university non- academic workers have warned that the Federal Government cannot use the payment platform designed by the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) to pay them, even as they have rejected the new platform introduced by the Federal Government, the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). Rather, the workers asked the government to revert to the former...
We’re Addressing ASUU Strike Holistically – Ngige To Senators
MINISTER of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige on Wednesday said the Federal Government was addressing the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, holistically to ensure that all other unions in the university system were carried along. The Minister said this while defending the budget of his Ministry before the Senate Committee on Labour and Employment. Reacting to...
FG Releases National Common Entrance Examination Results
The Federal Government through the National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the 2020/2021 National Common Entrance Examination Results, pegging the national cut off marks at 142. Announcing the results as presented by the Registrar of NECO at a news conference in Abuja, the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, said a total of 70,580 candidates sat for the examination nationwide, out of...
FG Finally Exempts ASUU From IPPIS
After weeks of negotiations and foot-dragging, the Federal Government on Friday accepted the demand by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, that they are exempted from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System. The government also shifted grounds on a number of issues, including the insistence that all the academic staff of the federal universities must be paid through...
We’ve Not Decided Yet To Call Off Strike — ASUU President
It is still uncertain whether the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, will end soon as President of the union, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi said there were certain steps to be taken to reach that final conclusion on the issue. Professor Ogunyemi told Tribune (not ABN TV) in an exclusive interview on Saturday that even though government...
