LECTURERS in the nation’s public universities may face bleak Christmas
and New Year celebrations, as they did not receive their salaries in the
last five months.
The teachers only last Tuesday ended their 169-day strike.
They embarked on the strike on July 1 to demand the implementation of an
agreement their umbrella body, the Academic Staff Union of
Universities, reached with the Federal Government in 2009.
The ASUU President, Dr. Nasir Fagge, who announced the suspension of the
strike last Tuesday, said the union had accepted the resolutions it
signed with the government on December 11.
The resolutions include immediate commencement of the revitalisation
processes as contained in a letter with reference number
FME/PS/398/C.1/Vol i.1/110, dated December 12, 2013, entitled, “Opening
of Dedicated Account for Revitalisation of Nigerian Universities.”
But barely one week after the strike ended and 24 hours to Christmas,
findings by our correspondents showed that the teachers had yet to
collect their salaries.
A lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, who
spoke on the condition of anonymity, noted that they did not receive
their August, September, October, November and
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Tuesday 24 December 2013
Monday 23 December 2013
ABU Re-opens December 29th, Exam Kicks-off January 13th, 2014
This is to inform all Greatest ABUites that the school management have
resolved to re-open beginning from 29th of December, 2013 for the
completion of the 2012/2013 session.
On this note, old students of the school are expected to be on campus on or before January 12 as examination is set to commence on the 13th.
As promised, Examination Time Table Will Soon Be Out. Next Session Begins On 2nd February, 2014.
Good luck & Merry Xmas!
On this note, old students of the school are expected to be on campus on or before January 12 as examination is set to commence on the 13th.
As promised, Examination Time Table Will Soon Be Out. Next Session Begins On 2nd February, 2014.
Good luck & Merry Xmas!
Tuesday 17 December 2013
Jigawa sponsors 240 varsity staff for post graduate degrees
The Jigawa government said it had sponsored 240 academic staff of the
newly established state university in Kafin-Hausa to undergo masters
degree in various courses.
The Commissioner for Education, Prof. Haruna Wakili, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Dutse.
He said the move was aimed at starting the school on a sound foundation, with qualified lecturers in all the courses it would be running.
He added that 80 of the university staff were sponsored for PhD courses, while 160 of them were for masters programmes.
Wakili said the programme, which would be conducted in
The Commissioner for Education, Prof. Haruna Wakili, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Dutse.
He said the move was aimed at starting the school on a sound foundation, with qualified lecturers in all the courses it would be running.
He added that 80 of the university staff were sponsored for PhD courses, while 160 of them were for masters programmes.
Wakili said the programme, which would be conducted in
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