Those Feeding Fat On IPPIS Will Soon Be Exposed – ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said it will soon expose those feeding fat on the adoption of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System, IPPIS, by the Federal Government as its payment platform. This is just as the union alleged that some people in the Office of the Accountant General of the Federation are subverting its efforts...
Unizik student invents machine that converts sachet water nylon to fuel
A fresh graduate of Chemical Engineering Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Anthony Obikwelu, has stunned the science world after he developed and manufactured a machine that can convert plastic and other waste materials into fuel. Below is the detailed inscription on what the machine is all about. He writes, This machine produces petroleum-based fuel (closely diesel) from thermal pyrolysis of waste plastics. Pyrolysis is...
Only University Lecturers On IPPIS Will Be Paid – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has insisted that members of the Association of Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will get salaries. He stated this on Thursday in his annual speech to the joint session of the two chambers of the National Assembly which is currently ongoing. In the highlight of the 2021 Appropriation budget being presented to the National Assembly, he explained that...
FG Gives Committee Three Months To Renegotiate 2009 Agreement With ASUU
The Federal Government has given its seven-person committee a deadline to conclude renegotiations of the 2009 Agreements reached with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The committee which is chaired by Emeritus Professor Nimi Briggs, pro-Chancellor, Alex Ekweme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, has three months to conclude the renegotiation with ASUU. Other members are Pro-Chancellor, Federal University, Wukari, Arc. Lawrence Patrick...
Teachers To Enjoy New Salary Structure From January – FG
The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, says teachers will begin to enjoy the new salary structure promised by President Muhammadu Buhari from January 2022. Nwajiuba made the disclosure on Thursday, in Abuja at a symposium organised by the Ministry of Education. The symposium is part of activities to mark the forthcoming 2021 World Teachers Day with the theme “Teachers...
Bill Seeking Conversion Of Abia State College Of Education To University of Technology & Education Passes First Reading
Abia State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed to First Reading a Bill seeking to convert Abia State College of Education Techincal, Arochukwu, to Abia State University of Technology and Education, Arochukwu (ABUTEA). At the Tuesday plenary, the Bill...
Poor Management: Handover Abia College Of Education To FG Now, Sen. Kalu Tells Ikpeazu
*Concentrate on bad federal roads in your constituency — Abia govt fires back Senator representing Abia North, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu has appealed to the state governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu to handover the State College of Education located in Arochukwu to the federal government, citing poor management. Kalu, a former governor of the state made this call last week shortly after...
ABSU Inducts Medical Graduates, Announces Increase In School Fees
The Vice Chancellor of Abia State University, Uturu, Professor Onyemachi Ogbulu, on Wednesday, pleaded with parents/guardians to prepare themselves for a slight adjustment in fees by the school. Addressing the 17 newly inducted “Batch B” medical doctors during the 28th induction/swearing-in ceremony, the VC said that the present economic realities had made it necessary for an upward review of school...
FG Releases Six Conditions For Reopening Of Schools, Varsities
Ahead of the reopening of universities and others, the Federal Government has listed six conditions to be met by each school. It said the six conditions are to protect pupils and students against Coronavirus. It also asked all heads of schools to start putting measures in place to meet the terms. Among other conditions, the government is demanding decontamination of all schools...
FG Puts Ban On New Polytechnics, Monotechnics Registrations For A Year
Dr. Tunji Alausa, the Minister of Education, has authorized a one-year ban on monotechnic and polytechnic new applications. He, however, exempted health institutions due to low enrollment challenges. This was contained in a statement by the Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education, Prof. Idris Bugaje, on Thursday in Kaduna. Bugaje said the moratorium, which takes immediate effect, means that...
