613,734 STUDENTS GET N104 BILLION LOAN – NELFUND

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund, an intervention agency set up by the Federal Government, has disbursed over N104bn to students in Nigerian tertiary institutions across the country since inception, data obtained from the Fund revealed on Tuesday. The disbursed funds encompasses institutional fees paid directly to the institutions of applicants and upkeep loans paid directly…

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ASUP SET TO EMBARK ON NATIONWIDE STRIKE

The Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Kaduna Polytechnic Chapter, Comrade Abubakar J. Abdullah, says the union will shut down all polytechnics nationwide by December 2 due to the Federal Government’s failure to meet its members’ demands. According to him, on October 6, 2024, the union leadership issued a 15-day ultimatum to…

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ASUU, others meet FG’s committee next week over 2009 agreement

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, among other academic unions, will meet the reconstituted committee on the renegotiation of the 2009 agreement with university-based unions, Saturday PUNCH can confirm. ASUU’s National President, Emmanuel Osodeke, made this known in an interview with our correspondent in Abuja. Though the ASUU leader didn’t…

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NELFUND disburses N11b to 90,000 students in six months, affirms repayment mode

The Managing Director of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Dr. Akintunde Sawyerr, has said the agency disbursed N11 billion to 90,000 students within six months. Sawyerr announced this during an oversight visit by the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND, led by its chairman, Muntari Dandutse, yesterday in Abuja. The NELFUND boss said the fees and…

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Breaking: NASU, SSANU suspend Nationwide strike

THE Joint Action Committee, JAC, of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, has announced suspension of the ongoing nationwide indefinite strike over the four months withheld salaries. The suspension according to a circular to all branches of the two university based unions…

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VARSITY UNIONS COMMENCES INDEFINITE NATIONWIDE STRIKE OVER WITHHELD SALARIES

Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) have commenced an indefinite nationwide strike within campuses of public universities to demand the immediate release of their withheld salaries. On September 17, 2023, the Joint Action Committee of SSANU and NASU handed the…

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