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csnc:
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has rejected the hiking of school fees of university students as proposed by Dr Wale Babalakin, the chief government negotiator in the ASUU/Federal Government renegotiation exercise.

Prof. Lawan Abubakar, the Bauchi Zonal Coordinator of the Union made the disclosure at a press conference in Jos, the Plateau State capital.

Abubakar said, “One of the major issues our union wishes to bring to public domain is the wild idea of sharing the cost of education between the government and parents proposed by Dr. Wale Babalakin. This idea of sharing the cost of education since government alone cannot fund education, and that parents need to pay for it too.

“He proposed a minimum of N350, 000 as tuition fee for undergraduate students of Arts and Humanities, and N500, 000, for those in Sciences.

“Our union rejected the proposal based on the fact that the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria clearly states that funding education is the sole responsibility of Governments at various levels and not parents,” he maintained.

He added, “In his response, he proposed the idea of an Education Bank, where students will obtain a loan of N1 million each, every session to pay the tuition fee and sustain themselves.
“However, our union also rejected the idea of Education Bank, because for one, not all the students will have access to loan, and for those who will access the loan, it is the same parents who served as sureties, and subsequently pay back the loan, considering the very high rate of unemployment in the country.

“Supposing that the student is able to secure a job after graduation, he cannot start a life while paying back a loan of 4 to 6 million naira, as the case may be.

“In this kind of situation, the graduate would be subjected to, when will he finish paying the loan and establish himself? He asked.
“Frustration will gradually set in and make them live a life of misery”, he further lamented.

The Zonal Coordinator said Babalakin, who owns a private University, gave all the aforementioned proposals because they are aimed at guaranteeing funding for private Universities.

He also said that the federal government owed the Universities revitalization fund of N1.1 trillion.
According to him, the federal government had in 2013 agreed to disburse the sum of N1.3 trillion for the revitalization of Nigeria universities, between 2013 and 2018, but said out of that amount only N200 billion has been released.

“The Bauchi zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), hereby reiterates its unflinching support to the National Leadership of the Union towards its untiring efforts and commitment to the implementation of the 2017 Memorandum of Action (MoA), and by extension the 2013 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), the 2012 NEEDS Assessment Report, the 2012 Roadmap, the 2011 (MoU), indeed, the 2009 FGN/ASUU Agreement”.

On the financial situation bedeviling the university system in the country, the Zonal Coordinator lamented that it has continued to remain pathetic.

“The 7% of total budget allocated to the education sector in 2018 budget by the federal government of Nigeria is, to say the least, grossly below the UNESCO recommended minimum of 26%.

“As if this mirage is not bad enough, State Governments across the country are establishing State Universities and abandoning them to TEFUND, the brain child of ASUU as an intervention agency in the funding of education”, he decried.

He denied claims of a report credited to the Acting Minister of Finance, that N20 billion has been release to the Union.
“This is not true as common sense would not take this since ASUU is not an organ of government”, he stressed.

http://dailypost.ng/2018/09/27/ASUU-rejects-proposed-hiking-university-fees-fgs-chief-negotiator/



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zoba88:
Read more. http://www.trezzyhelm.com/2018/09/police-officers-deployed-by-igp-to-osun.html

tendingNews:
Meet Kafayat Olaitan Oyetola, the incoming First Lady of Osun state, the wife of the incoming Osun Governor, Gboyega Oyetola

Adegboyega Oyetola is happily married to Kafayat Olaitan Oyetola and the marriage is blessed with wonderful children and grand children who are successful professionals in their chosen field of studies.
His wife, Olaitan Oyetola, once revealed a lot about him.

She explained that when they first met she never took him seriously though, “because all I wanted was to further my education”, she explained in her tribute to him @ 60, “He later left Kaduna (where we met) for Lagos on transfer.
Ironically, the distance between Kaduna and Lagos brought us closer. He called me at least once a week.”

Source: http://www..com/2018/09/meet-olaitan-oyetola-biography-age-of.html?m=1
CC: Lalasticlala

Chidex50:
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TheTrueSeeker2:
Adebayo Shittu should resign immediately. These illegalities must really stop...!!!

TheTrueSeeker2:
Dear @HMAdebayoShittu We disagree that your holding of political office has atoned for compulsory national service under the NYSC Act for Nigerians graduating before the age of 30. Your defence isn't known to the Act. The illegality must stop; we're considering our legal options - SERAP

https://mobile.twitter.com/SERAPNigeria/status/1043635125555101696

gocac:
Gents and ladies do we have a LABOUR UNION in Nigeria??

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BrandHakim:
The Federal Government said the Tripartite Committee on the National Minimum Wage would conclude its negotiation before the expiration of the 14-day ultimatum issued by the Nigeria Labour Congress.


The organised labour had on Sept. 12 issued a 14-day ultimatum that would expire on Sept. 25 to the Federal Government for the committee to reconvene and complete it assignment.

Labour also said it would commence nationwide strike immediately after the expiration of its 14 days ultimatum if their demand was not met.


Ms Amal Pepple, Chairman of the committee gave the assurance while speaking in Abuja yesterday.

https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/fg-to-avert-strike-over-minimum-wage-pepple.html

sophsia62:
A group, G23 Foundation, seeking the reelection of President Muhammadu Buhari in next year’s general elections has exonerated the president over the Indigenous People of Biafra’s proscription.

Speaking at a press conference in Awka, the Anambra State capital, the leader of the group, Mr Johnbosco Onunkwo, said what Buhari did in the circumstance was to endorse a request by the South-East governors to proscribe the group.

He said no sane and responsive leader could ignore a security report of that magnitude in the circumstance.

The Governors of the South-East, under the umbrella of South-East Governors’ Forum, had in September last year proscribed IPOB.

Justifying their action, the governors said the IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu, had lost control of the group.

They added that IPOB had lost focus and was causing tension.

They said, “The activities of IPOB in the South-East have denied us of foreign investments and it is very important that our people should understand that and should know that.

“There are things you do that you have control over and so you work on things you have control over and leave the rest that you don’t have control over.

“Nobody wants to come to a place that is under tension that’s why we want to keep pressing for peace.


The governors’ action was followed about a week later by the Federal Government’s proscription of the secessionist group through the court.

The pro-Buhari group at the press conference said nobody should blame the president for the action.

He said,” Have you seen any of the South-East governors speak against the proscription? They were the people that told Buhari to proscribe IPOB as chief security officers of their states, and no sane and responsive president would reject to act on such a report. So blame your governors and not Buhari on that issue.

“Federal Government acted in consonance with the stance and position of the Southeast governors who initiated the process of proscription of the IPOB as the chief security officers of their respective states.

The group enjoined the Igbo to stop being self-effacing on national issues but to stand up and be counted.

The group said its endorsement of Buhari for reelection was to enable him to consolidate on the achievements he had recorded within four years.

Saying that Buhari had salvaged Nigeria from the shackles of corruption which had crippled its growth, the group noted that Buhari took over the leadership of the country when it was on the verge of collapse, economically.

http://www.akelicious.net/2018/09/south-east-governors-asked-muhammadu.html

Realdeals:
Why did he have to pose smiling, despite the destruction?

PrettyGist:
Mavin first lady goes on her kneels as she greets music legend sir Shina Peter at the launch of perfume brand, Sapphire Scents at Lenox mall in Lagos yesterday and also the unveiling of Cee-C as their latest brand ambassador.

Source >>> http://gistmore.com/tiwa-savage-kneels-greet-sir-shina-peter

PrettyGist:
Mavin first lady goes on her kneels as she greets music legend sir Shina Peter at the launch of perfume brand, Sapphire Scents at Lenox mall in Lagos yesterday and also the unveiling of Cee-C as their latest brand ambassador.

Source >>> http://gistmore.com/tiwa-savage-kneels-greet-sir-shina-peter