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Galadimat:
Nigeria Scraps Award of HND Certificates by Polytechnics – The Federal Executive Council (FEC) yesterday approved a comprehensive reform of Nigeria’s tertiary education system, scrapping the award of the Higher National Diploma (HND) by the nation’s polytechnics.
In effect, the award of the HND will be limited to only the students currently admitted for the programmes.
Also, all the programmes currently being run by the polytechnics, which are not technology-based, and which are about 70 per cent, will be scrapped.
Under the new rule, the polytechnics will now become campuses of the proximate universities with the Vice Chancellors of those universities appointing provosts for the polytechnics, subject to the ratification of the Universities Councils.
The polytechnics will now be limited to award of the National Diploma (ND) while those desirous of further education will be awarded the Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) by the proximate university.
To kick-start the new policy, the nation’s two most prominent polytechnics – Yaba College of Technology and Kaduna Polytechnic – will henceforth be known as City University of Technology, Yaba and City University of Technology, Kaduna.
And to give legal teeth to these approvals, the FEC approved the submission of two Executive bills to the National Assembly for enactment into law.
With education being on the concurrent list, the states may wish to consolidate their tertiary institutions. But if they do not wish to follow the federal example, their programmes will continue to be regulated by the relevant agencies of the Federal Ministry of Education.
The first bill will concretise the setting up of the two city universities while the second will approve the preparation and consolidation of all federal polytechnics and colleges of education as campuses of proximate universities.
The Ministry of Justice will do the preparation and submission of the two bills to the National Assembly.
Minister of Education, Mall. Adamu, told journalists after the weekly meeting of the council that under the reform measures, her ministry would, however, continue to licence private polytechnics and colleges of education for the award of qualification at ND and National Certificate in Education (NCE) levels.
She said: “There will be no more award of HND.
After we have exhausted the current students under the programme, there will be no more award of HND. This means that there will be no fresh admission for HND programmes. And in addition, any programme that is not technical will be out of the polytechnics. About 70 per cent of polytechnic graduates are in the non-technical courses. It is going to be a rigorous implementation programme.”
A ministerial committee to ensure the smooth implementation of all that is required for the take-off of the reform initiatives is to begin work immediately.
Mall. Adamu said: “The HND certificate will remain a legal tender in Nigeria and holders of such certificate will continue to be recognised as the equivalent of first degree holders without discriminatory remunerations and limit to progression in the work place.
The NCE certificate will be retained as the minimum teaching qualification at the basic level of education. Any higher qualifications by these private or state-owned polytechnics will be only affiliation with a university. So, HND is no longer in existence, but existing HND will be respected and considered legal tender.”
The council also approved the Federal Government’s formal take-over of the Waziri Umaru Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi, which will be the College of Technology campus of the Othman Dan Fodio University, Sokoto, as well as the Hussein Adamu Polytechnic, Kazaure, Bauchi, which will be a College of Technology of the proximate university in the state.
Also, the Alvan Ikoku College of Education, Owerri, Imo State, has been taken over as a campus of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri.
A state that had never had any federal institution, like Bayelsa, is to have a College of Technology as a campus of the College of Technology of the University of Port Harcourt.

https://www.financialwatchngr.com/2018/06/05/nigeria-scraps-award-of-hnd-certificates-by-polytechnics/amp/

Alas, one of the most cheering news from this Government.
At least allowing this to see the light of the day starting almost 8 years ago.

Now, the second part is mandating the NUC to standardize our universities curriculum and course content/programme to be at par with the Sydney Accord, Washington Accord and any of the acceptable accords.

The Education Minister should be given the following milestone to achieve.

1. Get all our university programs certified and ractify by any1 of these accords.

2. Show beyond reasonable doubt, via comprehensive English Language Course structure using the internationally recognized method of measure of proficiency in Reading/Writing/Speaking and Listening for English Language.

Get Nigerian spoken English variously documented, and measured with other English Speaking Nations to achieving an acceptance worldwide for its standard based on the measures listed above.

This will serve dual purpose of legalizing what is known all over the world already and also stop the current waste of funds used for IELTS/TOEFL Exams that serves no useful purpose for us.

If I lie, ask the late Chuka Okadigbo, Eziefe, Wole Soyinka, Chimamanda and numerous others too many mention.

To make us take these belittling exams is an affront given our contribution to the robustness of English Language itself.

3. Make our universities programmes relevant to national development.
How?
Make sure Technology/Engineering Theories are taught in the first 2 years of university.
Mandate all multinationals and local manufacturing/production Companies as part of National Service under a declared Emergency on Education to undertake CAMS study for the next 2 years with corresponding CAMS agent in all these companies making reports to the school about their students.

And in exchange grant 1 to 5 percent tax reliefs for their help with regards to this national assignment.

Secondly, all Professor/Doctors will be only allowed to retain their degree/certification if they contribute to the world body of Knowledge in their respective fields at least once every 2 years via R&.

If no meaning advancement of the body of knowledge in their respective fields is forthcoming after 2 years, such certification be suspended until such a time, he can meaningfully add/contributes to the advancement of knowledge or invent/innovates something that solves a national problem or world’s problem and if after 5 years he still is not inspired, demote him or kick him out of the academia.

Thirdly, for other courses a similar 1 year understudy after the third year of school should be initiated with non-engineering/technology based companies catering for these sectors.

Doctors and medical education are doing okay in this segment but more importantly the performance based or innovation based retainership of their certificates should be stringent more than before as much they require brilliant minds in this field.

This way we will set ourselves up for educational greatness, Intellectual vibrancy and development.

Kudos to Nigerians music talents and their innovative dance moves.

A good look at the video, one is happy to note than more than 3 Nigerian popular dance steps were used in the video

AutoReportNG:
For those who have been to the Muritala Mohammed International lately in Lagos, you must have noticed a massive construction site which is being managed and handled by the Chinese giant, CCeCC, well we can reveal to you that the construction site is the new terminal of Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos. What this means is that all activities at the old terminal will be moved to this new site. These are some of the pictures from the new terminal in Ikeja, Lagos from the starting to the finishing though it is yet to be commissioned.

Source:
https://www.autoreportng.com/2018/06/ongoing-construction-of-new-terminal.html





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Admirable as this may seem, but this is a disgrace to our country as we are yet to get a single befitting airport that is of international standard, not all this mushroom airstrips.

Both guys died as a result of any one of the confined space hazards.

The most dangerous being the danger from Hydrogen Sulphide gas and Oxygen deficiency.


We need to avoid pits, soak away system without appropriate forced ventilation.

Weakling.

Tufiakwa.

Political correctness.

My dear, it was God that simply saved you.

A little look at the list will instantly tell the story for a discerning mind.

Nigeria figure thou cheering as it may seem, is only natural, and did I hear you ask why?

The size of a country's GDP is almost entirely dependent on her market size. being the most populous black nation on earth, and blessed with bustling young entrepreneurial population, Nigeria population size translates to instant economic gain.

This gain in GDP, is however dampened by the average Purchasing Power of her Population, which in this figure is lowest in Nigeria's case even though possessing the highest gross GDP value.

An oxymoron? No, because the productivity- produced wealth is still revolving in a small circle and hardly permeates the population, consequently the low economic utilization.

Harnessing her population to its full economical advantage could easily double our present GDP figure, hence improving our PPP.

Self hate and denial is all you need to be a Buharist.

Indeed by their name we shall know them.....ALMUSTAQIM is that name of a person or an annoying sound.

ALMUSTAQIM:
OP,

YOU ARE A COMMON LIAR JUST TRYING TO CONFUSE OTHERS.

YOU COMPILED & RELEASED THAT LIST BY YOUR LAZY SELF.

YOU ARE EITHER A Biafra OR A FAKE NIGERIAN

GET YOURSELF A DECENT JOB

STOP THESE USELESS CAMPAIGNS OF CALUMNY

Gross domestic product (GDP) is the market value of all final goods and services from a nation in a given year. Countries in Africa are sorted according to data from the International Monetary Fund. The figures presented here do not take into account differences in the cost of living in different countries, and the results can vary greatly from one year to another based on fluctuations in the exchange rates of the country's currency.Such fluctuations may change a country's ranking from one year to the next, even though they often make little or no difference to the standard of living of its population.

Some countries may have citizens that are on average wealthy. These countries/regions could appear in this list as having a small GDP. This would be because the country/region listed has a small population, and therefore small total economy; the GDP is calculated as the population times market value of the goods and services produced per person in the country.
These figures should therefore be used with caution.

Comparisons of national wealth are also frequently made on the basis of purchasing power parity (PPP), to adjust for differences in the cost of living in different countries. PPP largely removes the exchange rate problem, but has its own drawbacks; it does not reflect the value of economic output in international trade, and it also requires more estimation than nominal GDP.[5] On the whole, PPP per capita figures are more narrowly spread than nominal GDP per capita figures:




10.Tanzania GDP – $49 billion Per Capita – $943

9. Kenya GDP $64.688billion, GDP (PPP) Per Capita $1,422

8. Ethiopia GDP – $67.435 billion Per Capita – $859

7. Angola GDP – $81.643 billion, GDP (PPP) Per Capita: $3,150

6. Sudan GDP $93.729 billion, GDP (PPP) Per Capita $2,366

5. Morocco GDP – $108 billion Per Capita – $5,765

4. Algeria GDP $165.974 billion, GDP (PPP) Per Capita $4,082

3. South Africa GDP – $312.798 billion, GDP (PPP) Per Capita: $4,768

2. Egypt GDP – $330.779 billion, GDP (PPP) Per Capita: $3,740

1. Nigeria GDP $594.257 billion, GDP (PPP) Per Capita $2,929

Guys, it was officially released based on indices of public response, perception of respondents, stolen wealth of Government Officials and official Government released corrupt cases.
The most corrupt countries are

10. Uganda
9. Equatorial Guinea
8. Angola
7. Cameroun
6. Mozambique
5. Zimbabwe
4. Kenya
3. Liberia
2. Sierra Loene
1. Nigeria

What is striking, is the number of West African Nations in this list. 50% of the most corrupt countries remains in the West Africa sub-region.

What do you think about the list.

Some of the criteria used in the ranking include comfort, services, security and cleanliness as well as free wifi, pay-to-use lounges and budget-friendly food options.
Cape Town International Airport was voted the best in Africa while The worst airport in Africa was Juba International in South Sudan.
Here is the full list of the top 10 airports in Africa:


1) Cape Town International Airport
2) Kigali International Airport, Rwanda
3) Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam (Port Louis) International Airport, Mauritius
4) OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg
5) Algiers Houari Boumediene International Airport, Algeria
6) Durban King Shaka International Airport
7) Rabat-Sale International Airport, Morocco
Oujda Angads International Airport, Morocco
9) Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Kenya
10) Cairo International Airport, Egypt

We really need to do better in this department, we are Africa most travelled people but we do welcome the least of foreigners, no thanks to our Airport and Visa Procedure.

At least Six mega Airport Projects to be embarked upon like yesterday.

derriere

.....On what he does during his leisure time, President Buhari said he hardly listened to music but rather always obeyed his doctors’ advice on the need to eat and have enough rest

Napster would have made PMB their icon in their days

Little wonder he knows next to nothing on what is happening right under his nose.

Make no mistake, this call has 2019 Elections calculation in mind.

These two states did not return APC in the last elections.

eTECTIVe:
It is embarrassing how tym and tym again d govt uses d previous govt to make excuses and comparisons.. D same govt u claim is ineffectual and clueless is d same govt U use as a benchmark to justify ur own ineffectiveness and cluelessness.. Isn't dat stupid and a whole new level of cluelessness.. How can U make mistakes and even worse nd still b confident becos someone made d same mistakes..?

Anyways madam, wen are U Ppl going to merge Dapchi gals to Chibok gals movement? Madam Oby has abandoned d fight for only U

Bravery indeed still resides in Nigeria. For people like her, I still have hope.

This unadulterated truth to power.
Savage and brazen bare knuckles.

People need to galvanize their voice and possibly see an end to this bad governance.

kapasi89:
It Alpha Beta is audited it will cause riots in Lagos. This is likely one of the biggest frauds ever perpetuated by any politician any where in the world.

Very true Kapasi.

This is so spot on....but as usual it will be seen as bad-belle politics.


This is enough reason to vote out this Tinubu-led Lagos government, as this act and several others geared towards revenue generation is unexplainable at any stretch.

What currently they trying to do, will increase the economic hardship for an already battered Lagosian who, have to put up with every inconceivable avenue/excuse to make more money for BAT and his Alpha Beta money spinning machine.

A multi-headed, siphoning contraption smuggled into Lagos Law as if it is a government creation or revenue collection agency.


We ought to start taking our lives in Nigeria more seriously, if we allow this nonsense to stand without a fight, then they will tax the air we breathe and the roads we walk on in Lagos.

Alpha Beta should be unveiled for public security, as not to do this may result to public disturbance and an independent auditor appointed to determine revenue so far generated by its operations and its Directors both active and inactive with a view to stopping this collective rape of our commonwealth by a multi-hydra headed briefcase company with tentacles in all facet of Lagos revenue generation collection.

midastouch:
I hope you realise that the bi-lateral agreements with Britain are operated by BA/Virgin Atlantic (which are private airlines and NOT National Carriers).

It still does not exclude the fact that BA is UK National Airline.

A good model where it is privately driven like BA is what we seek.

You mean, a privately owned home grown airline to be used for Bilateral Agreements? This is okay but will put the fate of over 200 million and those in diaspora to constant chest beating and profiteering intent of the owner.

On the poor countries not needing an airline, men you are wrong here.

If the airline is the only shining light in checkered history of the nation, like Sri Lanka Airways, Ethiopian Airways and many others....then it is one thing worth celebrating.

Do not throw the baby with the bath water.

AZeD1:
Over 200 hundred countries in the world and you name six?

British Airways is a private Airline, Qatar and Emirates are run by peeps with way more money than Nigeria. The remaining 3 have been in existence since way back, we had our opportunity and we ruined it.

We have more pressing need than a national airline. If the private companies cannot survive in this clime, what hope does a government run business have?

The question is not whether a national air carrier is required, it how to evolve a management solution and busness model such that continuity and profitability are sustained.

To not have National Air carrier is hurting our economy and the major reason most airlines charge way too much on return flight from Nigeria instead of the other way around.

The presence of no competition means some Air Bilateral Agreement signed with most countries national airlines are one sided and profit other countries only.

Lastly, it is a thing of pride to see your national airline outside our country.

So as long as the business model, continuity/profitability is perfected, then I do no see why not.


It is an open sky, let the competition begin, so market demand and supply will solely determine flight prices and not the current situation where flight prices are fixed unilaterally due to lack of competition.

balmofgilead:
In your mind you haven't talked trash.keep shut.

Dude abi babe wey you be....face front.

You hurting because it defines you and calls you out.

Stop cyber bully in all forms especially in the name of feminism.

word!!!

Enough of the misogynist internet bully.

So AJ can no longer give his opinion; nemo dat quid non abet.

He is the product of a society.

Cyber bully must stop. To ask AJ to kowtow just because of Feminist is to reduce him to a puppet.

Enough of grooming and telling our ladies men are goofy, unclear mentally, always on heat, not reliable, can be controlled by their assets.

A case of e ba mi no omo mi- the same ladies who cry Feminism will be the ones to cry the loudest when the rules are applied without preference; claiming ungentlemanly behavior of their male counterpart.

Men be men, women do you.

That was the theme of AJ message.

"...I have no intention to inflict pain on Nigerians. To save Nigeria, we must all be prepared to make sacrifices" GEJ.

"...The best advertisement for good governance is its positive expressions of happiness in the lives of the governed...|" GEJ

"...The choice before Nigerians was indeed very clear has you rightly said. The choice of progressive and leaping into the unknown.|" GEJ

[size=8pt]How prophetic.[/size]

At least, he sees the future and read the hieroglyphics correctly, rightly discerning the meaning.

Hell Roof Hi, you know you will be roundly voted out, hence your throwing in the towel due to abysmal showing of your party both at National and your state level.

Most Nigerians tell ourselves lies in other not be in arms way.

Most of us want to belief in the reports of INEC committee to avoid confrontation.

We need to recognize something, mere wishing will not make the North stop this useless cheat.

The South must tell all her children to line up in the queue for the presidential elections and all others, to bring about the change we desire.

This "Northocrazy" must stop.

As they found no evidence, may they not find any evidence later when the South does it, else it will be free for all brawl.

Bleeding steel is his current movie.

Sheer brilliance. Loved him instantly when I saw Armor of God.

Since then I have kept a date with all his movies ever since.

The realest Chinese in the game.

mbaboy:
Jonathan saw all these coming and warned but unfortunately they didn't heed to his advice

Prophet Jonathan.....you are so spot on.

Are Miyetti Allah Nigerians?

In saner climes these renegades will be concerned in regularizing their document to stay in Nigeria or their permit to work/farm and graze in other regions, than issuing threat to aborigines.

What effrontery.

If the North request for cattle colonies in the South, South East, South South and North Central, The Southern regions should in turn request for PIG COLONIES in all Northern States with financial support/protection by the Governors.

wicked.

They killed Benue indigenes, the FG deployed IG to epicenter of the crisis to find a POLITICAL SOLUTION.

They killed now, 7 Fulanis, soldiers were deployed to Benue.

The question is, to what purpose was the recent soldier deployment?

To the un-informed, it will be to maintain peace and order, but to those who know better, it is to brutalise, intimidate the Benue indigenes until they provide information of those who carried out the "justified" reactionary killings of the Fulanis.