Access in and out of many universities and inter-university centres across the country on Monday was difficult for many workers, students, and residents as protesting members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Edational and Associated Institutions (NASU) blocked entrances, obstructing human and vehicular movements. From the…
Governor AbdulRazaq seeks TETFund’s support to upgrade state-owned Colleges of Education to Universities in Kwara Earlier today, I met with the leadership of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) in Abuja, where I sought for more support for our tertiary institutions and infrastructural upgrade of our Colleges of Education in Kwara State. On my entourage…
Delta State government has approved the payment of over N674,000,000 as bursary to students of its origin for the 2022/2023 academic session. The approval was part of the decisions reached at the State Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Sheriff Oborevwori. According to the State Commissioner for Information, Dr. Ifeanyi Osuoza who briefed journalists…
President Bola Tinubu has asked the national assembly to repeal and reenact the student loan law. Tajudeen Abbas, speaker of the house of representatives, read the president’s letter during plenary on Thursday. The president sent a similar letter to the senate, asking the lawmakers to accord his request “expeditious consideration”. Pursuant to Section 58 (2)…
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) have declared a 7-day warning strike to demand the payment of four months of withheld salaries of their members, after the 2022 nationwide strike. The decision was part of the resolution of the joint action committee of the two unions, after…
The National Executive Council, NEC, of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, has approved a seven day warning strike starting on March 18, over the federal government inability to pay members the four months withheld salaries. The seven day warning strike is expected to commence immediately after the Joint Action Committee, JAC comprising…
The Federal Government has said the recovery process from beneficiaries of the Nigeria Education Loan Scheme would commence two years after the National Youth Service Scheme. The Executive Secretary, NELFund, Dr. Akintunde Sawyer, made this known during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja. On June 12, 2023, President Bola…
NLC President, Joe Ajaero responds to President Tinubu, says he should stop playing politics and address hunger, unemployment facing Nigerians Ajaero’s full statement below: MR. PRESIDENT: WE ARE NOT AFTER YOUR JOB The recent statements attributed to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu during the commissioning of the Red-Line Railway Project have sparked deep concern within the…
The Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions have threatened to disrupt industrial peace in universities should the government fail to release the withheld salaries of members. The salaries were seized by the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari during their…
The House of Representatives on Thursday asked the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to extend registration for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for 2024. The House of Representatives on Thursday asked the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to extend registration for Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for 2024 by two weeks to enable…
