THE Federal Government has been called upon
to as a matter of urgency declare a state of
emergency on the education sector as
necessary measures to address the situation
and safe it from further collapse.
A retired Director of the Federal Capital
Territory (FCT) administration, Alhaji Sagir
Hamisu stated this while addressing newsmen
shortly after the 3rd year graduation ceremony
of the FAMAKS International schools Kaduna.
According to Alhaji Hamisu who is the founder
of the school and a 2015 governorship aspirant
for Zamfara State on the platform of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the
government is trying her best but more needs
to be done in the education sector to meet
international standard.
He also attributed the lack of quality education
to being a contributory factor to the
insurgencies being experienced across the
country, stressing that once the problems of
education is adequately addressed and
students are more engaged in schools than at
home occasioned by recurring strike actions, it
will be better off for the country.
He said, “If somebody is educated even
minimally, he can be trained to acquire skills
and will be gainfully employed. So when it
comes to total quality education, then you are
talking about excellent but less start from the
basic education. Once we have that, I can
assure you that there would be no insurgency.
“With education, you open the mind, create
employment, create good citizens, you have
good governance and every citizens will know
his rights and privileges. And so there is no
doubt that education should not only be the
priority of any government or aspirant but
mandatory for any government to give to his
citizens” he stressed.____________________________Visit. www.facebook.com/donpressnews for more educational news.. Don't forget to like the page so that our new post will be delivered into your inbox

The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of
Polytechnics (ASUP) has praised the new Minister
for Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau,
describing him as “matured” and somebody who
has the interest of the lecturers at heart.
The National Publicity Secretary of ASUP,
Clement Chirman, made this disclosure after the
meeting between the new minister and the
union where a major breakthrough was made
towards the resolution of the strike action.
He said the minister is fully committed in
ensuring the polytechnic crisis will be a thing of
the past and expressed the union’s confidence in
his abilities following a positive outcome of the
meeting.
Mallam Shekarau had at the meeting, expressed
his disappointment that the union is receiving
him from home saying he will do everything
within his power to make sure polytechnic
students return to class.
“Let me begin by expressing my sincere thanks
to the leadership of ASUP. As you rightly said I
would have loved to be welcomed on a very
happy note with a lot of celebrations eating and
dancing. Nevertheless, it’s a very important
issue that has been lingering. I have always
referred to our polytechnics as an engine room of
our technological growth and development. We
cannot afford to ignore the polytechnics,” he
said.
He however pleaded with the lecturers to
suspend the strike as he assesses the situation
with a view of finding a lasting solution.
In his reaction, the ASUP president, Chibuzor
Asomugha, congratulated the new minister and
restated the demands of the lecturers which
includes the constitution of the Governing
Councils of Federal Polytechnics, the migration of
the lower cadres on the CONTISS 15 salary scale,
the release of the White Paper on the Visitations
to Federal Polytechnics, and the need for the
commencement of the Needs Assessment of
Nigerian Polytechnics amongst others.
He expressed his delight at the way the meeting
went and promised that the NEC members of the
union will meet to reveal the outcome of the
minister’s discussion with a promise that the
situation will be remedied soon.
Polytechnic lectures has been on strike since
October 4th, 2013 over disagreements with the
federal government.
Students have lost one academic session as a
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On the 16th March, 2005, the then
Governor of Ekiti State, Peter Ayodele
Fayose and his Deputy, Mrs.
Biodun Olujimi, were overwhelmingly
impeached by the Ekiti State House of Assembly
after they were found guilty of charges of
corruption.
In an ironic twist on the 21st June, 2014, Peter
Ayodele Fayose was elected the Governor of Ekiti
State in an election that he defeated roundly the
incumbent Governor, Dr. John Kayode Fayemi.
The election of Peter Ayodele Fayose really
shocked many Nigerians because Governor Fayemi
was highly rated and was expected to have won the
election against Fayose in view of the fact that
Fayose was dogged by character largely arising out
of his impeachment from office.
The pertinent question is: Is Peter Ayodele Fayose
eligible to be elected Governor in view of the fact
that he was impeached in 2006 by the House of
Assembly?
The constitutional disqualification for anybody who
desires or aspires to be Governor in Nigeria is spelt
out in Section 182 of the Constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended). Accordingly
Section 182 (1) (h) of the Constitution provides that
nobody is qualified to be Governor if he has been
indicted for embezzlement or fraud by a Judicial
Commission of Inquiry or an Administrative Panel of
Inquiry or a Tribunal set up under the Tribunals of
Inquiry Act, a Tribunals of Inquiry Law or any other
law by the Federal and State Government which
indictment has been accepted by the Federal or
State Government, respectively.
Undoubtedly by the provisions of Section 182 (i) (h)
of the Constitution (as highlighted) above, it appears
that Peter Ayodele Fayose is not qualified to be the
Governor of Ekiti State of Nigeria on the ground of
his impeachment from office of Governor of Ekiti
State on the 16th March, 2006, by the Ekiti State
House of Assembly after it found him guilty of
sundry allegations of embezzlement of public funds
and corruption.
It is clear as the crystal that the impeachment of
Peter Ayodele Fayose by the Ekiti State House of
Assembly after finding him guilty of allegations of
embezzlement of public funds and corruption,
constitutes an indictment contemplated by Section
182 (1) (h) of the Constitution.
Undeniably impeachment contemplated by Section
182 (i) (h) of the Constitution is akin to an
indictment
under Criminal Law Procedure. However the
impeaching proceeding does not in itself constitutes
a criminal trial.
By Section 188 (5) of the Constitution the Panel
constituted by the Chief Judge of a State to look into
allegation contained in a Notice of Impeachment
containing allegation against a Governor is
tantamount to the Administrative Panel of Inquiry
envisaged by Section 182 (1) (h) of the Constitution.
If Peter Ayodele Fayose failed to state in his
Nomination Form that he submitted to the
Independent National Electoral Commission after he
was nominated by his Party (Peoples Democratic
Party [PDP]) as a Candidate for the Ekiti State
Gubernatorial Election he would certainly have
contravened Section 31 of the Electoral Act, 2010
(as amended) and this would constitute a ground for
his disqualification if challenged in the Court or
Election Tribunal.
Section 31 (5) of the Electoral Act, 2010 (as
amended) provides that a person who has
reasonable grounds for believing that the fact stated
by a Candidate in an affidavit or a document
submitted to the Independent National Electoral
Commission is false may file a suit in the High
Court or Federal High Court against such a person
seeking a declaration that the information contained
in the affidavit is false.
Under Section 31 (6) of the Electoral Act, the High
Court or Federal High Court is empowered to issue
an order disqualifying a candidate if it determines
that the information contained in an affidavit
deposed to by the candidate submitted to
Independent National Electoral Commission is false.
It is trite that election into the Office of the Governor
of Ekiti State was held on the 21st June, 2014. It
stands to reason that the period of for the filing of
suit envisaged by Section 31 (5) of the Electoral Act
has passed because election has taken place.
Anybody that wants to challenge the qualification of
Peter Ayodele Fayose now will have to file a Petition
within 21 days from the 22nd June, 2014, when he
was declared the winner of the election.
However, since election has taken place already,
the right vested on anybody to file a suit to
challenge the eligibility of a candidate who supplies
false information in an affidavit or document
submitted to the Independent National Electoral
Commission is extinguished.
In Farouk Salim vs. Congress for Progressive
Change (2013) LPELR-SC. 160/162 (a case argued
by this writer), the Supreme Court of Nigeria held
that after an election has taken place the right of an
aspirant to file a case in the High Court or Federal
High Court under Section 87 (10) of the Electoral Act
becomes extinguished. Mary Peter Odili, J.S.C.,
illuminated the position of the law thus:
“In conclusion, it has to be stated that the issue of
disqualification, nomination, substitution and
sponsorship of candidates for an election precede
election and are therefore pre-election matters. The
instant situation where the Appellant as Plaintiff did
not complain to court before election and even then
38 days after the election to talk of a pre-election
matter for the first time is a pill too difficult to
swallow. He by his lack of consciousness took his
matter out of the domain of pre-election can only go
before the Election Tribunal to try his luck since the
status of the matter was post election clearly
outside the ambit of either the Federal High Court,
State High Court or High Court of the FCT. The other
way to say it is that the matter had become spent
or no longer alive to be adjudicated upon by any of
those Courts above mentioned as in this instance...”
As it stands only Governor John Kayode Fayemi
and the All Progressives Congress (the Party that
sponsored Governor Fayemi) can file a Petition
before the Governorship Election Tribunal under
Section 138 (1) (a) of the Electoral Act on the
ground that Peter Ayodele Fayose at the time of his
election was not qualified to contest.
Unfortunately, Governor John Fayemi cannot
question the eligibility of Peter Ayodele Fayose
because he has uncharacteristically of a Nigerian
Politician accepted the result of the result and
congratulated him.
Fortunately the APC that sponsored Governor
Fayemi has the locus standi to file an Election
Petition seeking for an order that Peter Ayodele
Fayose was not qualified to contest the 21st June,
2014, Governorship Election in Ekiti State. It is
imperative that APC files the Petition in order for the
Election Tribunal to make a pronouncement on the
construction and intendment of Section 182 (1) (h)
of the Constitution on whether or not an impeached
former Governor is eligible to contest an election as
Governor or President or member of the National
Assembly. This will surely enrich our electoral and
constitutional jurisprudence.

Lagos State University, Ojo LASU post utme 2014
first round registration has
commenced. Applications are invited from
qualified candidates for the Lagos State
University 2014/2015 Post UTME Screening
Tests, for candidates seeking admission via
UTME (100 level). These screening tests are
mandatory requirement for entry into Lagos
State University.
There shall be two rounds of Post-UTME
Screening Tests.
ELIGIBILITY
(i) Candidates who have chosen Lagos State
University as their First Choice of institution,
in the April 2014 Unified Tertiary Matriculation
Examinations (UTME), and have scored
a minimum of 180 marks are eligible to
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The National Information Technology
Development Agency NITDA scholarship 2014
list of successful candidates has been released.
Sequel to the NITDEF scholarship scheme
aptitude test conducted on 11th and 12th June,
2014 at Chamms City, Garki, Abuja, the NITDA
hereby invites successful candidates to come for
screening exercise.
Candidates are expected to come along with the
originals of the following documents;
i) Academic Certificates.
ii) Certificate of LGA indigene.
iii) Letter from respective State Government
confirming State of Origin.
iv) Letter of Admission (if any)
The exercise is scheduled to hold as follows;
Venue: Conference Room, NITDA Headquarters,
No 24 Port Harcourt Crescent, Off Gimbiya
Street, Area 11, Garki, Abuja.
Date: 30th – 31st July, 2014.
Time: 10.00 am.
The list of successful candidates can be viewed
from the Vanguard Newspaper of 9th July, 2014
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The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP)
have listed the final conditions to the Federal
Government before they can call-off the ongoing
industrial action.
Stating these conditions, the ASUP chairman,
Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Dr Sola Ojeniyi, said
that the government should approve
the establishment of the national polytechnic
commission (NPC) and enforce the total removal
of the dichotomy between university and
polytechnic education before the lecturers strike
will be suspended.
Dr. Ojeniyi lamented the government’s
negligence towards polytechnic education in
Nigeria and urged that proper funding should be
directed to polytechnics.
“It is a symbolic display of apathy against
children of the poor that were denied opportunity
of university education and attempt to remove
every dignity attached to their portion”, he said.
He called on the federal government to quickly
resolve the current crisis as the over a year-old
strike is negatively affecting the countries
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Registration of candidates for the 2014/2015
post UTME
screening of the Federal University of Oye Ekiti has
begun.
Details as follows:
1.0 POST-UTME TESTS
The Federal University Oye-Ekiti has scheduled its
2014/2015
Post-UTME Screening tests to hold from Monday 28th
to
Thursday 31st July, 2014.
2.0 VENUE
Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Ekiti State
3.0 ELIGIBILITY
Candidates who obtained the UTME cut-off scores of
180 and
above who chose Federal University Oye-Ekiti as
their first
choice.
4.0 REGISTRATION FEE
Each candidate will be required to pay Two Thousand
Naira
(N2,000.00) only, excluding bank charges as
Registration fee.
Payment could be made through e-transact or inter-
switch.
REGISTRATION/PAYMENT PROCEDURE USING
ETRANSACT
i.) Visit any bank and pay through e-Transact
platform
ii.) You will receive a print-out with receipt number
and
confirmation-order.
iii.) Visit Federal University Oye-Ekiti website
www.fuoye.edu.ng and click on post-UTME link from
the
homepage
iv.) Go to payment portal section and insert the
details received
from the bank and this will enable you access to the
Application
Form.
REGISTRATION/PAYMENT PROCEDURE USING
INTERSWITCH.
i.) Click on Post UTME Link from the University home
page.
ii.) Click on Post UTME Fees and Proceed to Payment
using the
details on your Debit Card.
a) Card Number:
b) Expiry date:
c) The 3-digit Cvv2 number (behind the Debit Card)
d) Enter your Debit Card PIN and click on PAY, this
will
enable you access to the Application Form.
5.0 SUBMIT APPLICATION ONLINE
Candidates are advised to download their POSTUTME
Application Forms after submission and bring them
to the venue
for screening on the day of their examination.
6.0 IMPORTANT NOTICE
i.) Please use exactly the same names (and in the
same order) as
used on your JAMB Registration Form.
ii.) Submit a valid e-mail address and a valid cell
phone number
in your Registration Form.
iii.) Registered Candidates are requested to visit our
website:
www.fuoye.edu.ng on Saturday 19th July2014 for
their
scheduled date of examination
7.0 REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMITTANCE INTO
SCREENING
VENUE
i) UTME result slip( You are advised to get the one
that has
your passport embedded on it. If you don’t have this
document,click here to get yours immediately)
ii) Photocopies of SSCE, GCE, NECO or NABTEB
results
iii) Downloaded Application Form.
iv) Writing materials – HP Pencils and Erasers
8.0 CAUTION
The following items are not allowed into the
screening halls
i) Mathematical Tables
ii) Biros and Pens
iii) Cell Phones
iv) Calculators
Candidates who arrived at the venue of screening
after 30
minutes ofthe commencement of the test will not be
allowed to
take the test.
Candidates who make false declaration of UTME
score and
Ordinary
Level Grades (SSCE, GCE, NECO or NABTEB) as well
as State
of Origin shall not be considered for admission.
9.0 AVAILABLE COURSES FOR 2014/2015 SESSION
A. Faculty of Agriculture
i) B. Agric Agricultural Economics and Extension
ii) B. Agric Animal ProductionHealth
iii) B. Agric Crop Science and Horticulture
iv) B. Agric Soil Science
v) B. Fisheries and Aquaculture
vi) B. Food Science and Technology
vii) B. Water Resources Management and Agro-
Meteorology
B. Faculty of Engineering
i) B. Engr. Agricultural Engineering
ii) B. Engr. Civil Engineering
iii) B. Engr. Computer Engineering
iv) B. Engr. Electrical and Electronics Engineering
v) B. Engr. Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
vi) B. Engr. Mechanical Engineering
vii) B. Engr. Mechatronics Engineering
C. Faculty of HumanitiesSocial Sciences
i) B.Sc Demography and Social Statistics
ii) B.Sc Economics and Development Studies
iii) B.A. English and Literary Studies
iv) B.Sc Sociology
v) B.Sc Psychology
vi) B.A Theatre and Media Arts
D. Faculty of Science
i) B.Sc Computer Science
ii) B.Sc Geology
iii) B.Sc Geophysics
iv) B.Sc Industrial Chemistry
v) B.Sc Mathematics
vi) B.Sc Microbiology
vii) B.Sc Physics
Please note: all candidates who applied for
BIOTECHNOLOGY
in JAMB should choose from any of the courses below
as
FUOYE no longer offers BIOTECHNOLOGY.
i) B.Sc. AnimalEnvironmental Biology
ii) B.Sc Biochemistry
iii) B.Sc. Plant ScienceBiotechnology
CLOSING DATE FOR REGISTRATION: Registration for
POST-
UTME closes Friday 18th July, 2014.
Applicants that do not strictly adhere to the
instructions above
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