We’ve met requirements for accreditation – Bingham varsity

Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Board of the Bingham University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau State, Prof. Dogara Je’Adayibe, has said that the medical institution has met all the requirements for its accreditation by the National Universities Commission.

Je’Adayibe stated this during the inauguration of hostels, classes and office complex at the university’s College of Health Sciences.

The pro-chancellor, who said the board was committed to providing accountable and purposeful leadership to the university, urged other well-spirited individuals and organisations to support the school.

He said, “As we strive to build an institution to meet the dreams of the founding fathers that will offer quality education, I am confident that with the dedication of this building, we have met one of the basic NUC accreditation requirements for adequate and decent students hostels and

LASU Is The Most Expensive Public University – ASUU

Barely four weeks after university lecturers under the auspices of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) called-off their five months strike, lecturers of the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, have threatened a showdown with the university Management over issues bordering on welfare, facilities and tuition fees.

The union alleged that several letters written and meetings with the Management, Governing Council and the Lagos State Executive Council Ad-hoc Committee have failed to address the issues, noting that danger lies ahead for the long-term prosperity of the university, if nothing is done.

In a reaction, the Management expressed dismay over the union’s threat, saying it is a ploy to impede the progress made by the two years old administration of Professor John Obafunwa, the Vice Chancellor.

The university spokesman, Dr. Sola Fosudo, said most of the issues raised by ASUU-LASU had been discussed and resolved. Fosudo wondered why the union is coming up again with the issues at a point it should be the concern of stakeholders to contribute meaningfully towards the growth of the university.

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ASUU-LASU Chairman, Dr. Idris Adekunle, told Sunday Vanguard that before the ASUU national strike, there were a number of unacceptable developments in the

UNN Teachers Sack Scribe Over Unauthorised Negotiation With Varsity

Secretary of the University of Nigeria branch of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Dr. Aaron Agbo, was Tuesday sacked by his colleagues after being accustomed of unauthorised negotiation with the university administration in the ongoing demonstrations for the recall of the pro-chancellor, Dr Emeka Enejere.

Agbo, who is in the Department of Psychology, had held the post for only a year before the sudden loss of it.
A panel headed by a senior academic, Professor Damian Opata, Head of Department of English, was also set up to determine further punishment to be meted out to the former ASUU scribe.

Members of the four unions in the university operating as Joint Action Committee, JAC, Monday resumed the demonstrations they suspended for Christmas and New Year break. However, Dr Agbo issued a notice instructing lecturers not to join the other four unions.

The chairman, Dr. Ifeanyi Abada, promptly countered the instruction in a different notice mobilising his colleagues.
Academic staff of all levels, therefore, joined the other three unions and marched round Nsukka campus on Monday but unknown to them, Dr Abada had gone to a meeting reportedly called by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Bartho Okolo, at Enugu campus in an attempt to negotiate with the staff.

The other unions, apart from ASUU, were National Association of Academic Technicians, NAAT; Non-Academic Staff Union, NASU, Enugu Campus; and Non-Academic Staff Union, NASU, Nsukka Campus.

Sources said workers at the Enugu Campus, however, resisted the

Strike aftermath: Life Returns As Varsities Resume

Although the six-month strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, was called off on December 16, 2013, academic activities have only just begun in earnest in universities across the country

The strike was called off just in time for the Christmas holidays and stakeholders in the sector took advantage of the situation to enjoy the festivities. After spending nearly seven months away from the academic environment courtesy of the strike and the holidays, many students have returned to school with mixed feelings.

A master’s student at the University of Lagos who did not want her name in print said: “I can barely remember the course titles that I am offering this semester or even my matriculation number.

And from the feedback I am getting from my colleagues, we would most likely begin examinations in February as soon as the undergraduate students are done.

Meanwhile, there are some classes that haven’t held in this semester even before the strike. There aren’t even available lecturers for

Internal Crises Loom As Lectures Begin In Varsities - Charles Abah

The Academic Staff Union of Universities’ strike has ended but other unresolved issues may frustrate proper resumption of academic activities in some of the nation’s public universities.

The human and vehicular traffic at the University of Lagos main gate on Sunday and Monday points to one fact: life is returning to the ivory tower after a long spell of inactivity. There was also verve at the institution’s hostels, classrooms and business centres. In fact, some departments in the university started lectures on Monday.

As it was at UNILAG, so it was also at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, University of Ibadan, Lagos State University, Ojo and the Niger Delta University, Amassoma, Bayelsa State, among other public universities in the country. Life is gradually coming back to these institutions after the over five months of industrial action embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities.

The lecturers embarked on the strike on July 1, 2013, to protest against the non-implementation of an agreement they reached with the Federal Government in 2009. The action, suspended on December 17, lasted for 169 days.

But many of the universities too did not immediately resume for classes after the suspension of the strike because of the closeness of the Christmas and New Year festivities. Perhaps, this explains the joyous mood and celebrations on campuses in the last few days, particularly among the

Okojie Threatens Varsities Running illegal Courses

 

The Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, Prof. Julius Okojie, has vowed to report vice-chancellors of universities running illegal and non accredited courses to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission for prosecution.

He said this on Monday at a press briefing in Abuja.

Besides, he noted that intellectual decay had set into the university system due to politics of appointment of heads of departments and the effect of the just-suspended strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, which made lecturers to stay off duty for almost six months.

He said, “We (NUC) are amazed about the number of vice-chancellors that visit ICPC everyday.

“All these unapproved courses that some universities are running, the