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By Olasunkanmi Akoni Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has approved the appointment of Dr Oluremi Olaleye as the 11th Rector of the Lagos State Polytechnic, LASPOTECH. The appointment was contained in a statement on Monday by Head Public Affairs, Office of the Special Adviser on Education to the Lagos State Governor, Omolase Yejide. ALSO
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By Adesina Wahab Though what the Federal Government offered striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, fell beyond the lecturers’ expectations, there are indications that the union may suspend its ongoing industrial action soon. The suspension may not, however, be based on the negotiating ability of the government team, but on the
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By Dayo Johnson The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Sunday advocated that public office holders in the country should be banned from sending their children/wards to study in tertiary institutions abroad. According to the union “such policy would reduce the decadence in the nation’s education sector. This was contained in a statement by the Akure zone
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By Adesina Wahab Though what the Federal Government offered striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, fell beyond the lecturers’ expectations, there are indications that the union may suspend its ongoing industrial action soon. The suspension may not, however, be based on the negotiating ability of the government team, but on the
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***No winners, no losers ― Osun govt By Adesina Wahab The resolution of the ownership crisis over the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso by the National Universities Commission, NUC, between Osun and Oyo states was done in a manner that no side lost out, officials of the Osun State Government have said. The
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…Speaks on stalemate over N30bn Earned Allowance for varsities staff members By Johnbosco Agbakwuru Senator Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, in this interview, says the Federal Government has met six of the nine demands made by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) contrary to the union’s claim that nothing has been done,
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By Adesina Wahab It is the ninth month since university lecturers across Nigeria commenced their strike on March 9, leaving undergraduates stranded at home. Issues revolve around unpaid Earned Academic Allowances, Visitation Panels not yet set up for universities as demanded by the lecturers, poor funding of the university system, and the University Transparency and
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By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja The Federal Government has debunked the report that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has been exempted from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS, platform. Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige told Sunday Vanguard that the government was quoted out of context on the matter,
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By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Following the dissolution of the joint ownership of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) by Osun and Oyo State Government, the former has assured its citizens that it was not shortchanged in the new terms of management spelt out by the National University Commission, (NUC). It added that indigenes of
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The Federal Government has agreed to pay the salaries of members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) using a different mode of payment other than the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, said this while addressing newsmen at the end of a closed door
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