Campus Gist NG: September 2013

30 September 2013

UNICAL 2013/2014 admission list released: check your status

This is to inform you that the admission list for UTME candidates into the University of Calabar, UNICAL has already been released.
Information reaching us says that admissions into faculties like Law, Arts, Social science and others are yet to be confirmed, but that of Faculty of Science and Engineering has been confirmed.

How to check your admission status in JAMB website
1. Log on to JAMB 2013 Admission Status Checking Portal at www.jamb.org.ng/postregistrationefacility/CheckAdmissionStatus.aspx?id=15
2. Supply your JAMB registration number in the space provided.
3. Click on "check admission status".

UTME Candidates who took part in the UNICAL 2013/2014 post UTME screening exercise are hereby informed to source information as regarding the official release of the UNICAL admission list.

Gujba agriculture college massacre: Death toll raises to 78

Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram sect members yesterday went on rampage in Gujba community, Yobe state where they opened fire on the students of the College of Agriculture, Gujba, at 3a.m. as they slept in their hostels. They later moved to other houses, where they killed residents at will.
They also blocked the Damaturu-Maiduguri road and killed travellers.
At the end of the attack, 78 persons lay dead, while several others were still missing.
According to members of the community, soldiers arrived the scene two hours after the gunmen had left.
The gunmen were said to be wearing military camouflage with black bandanas round their heads.
An official of Damaturu Specialist Hospital, who requested anonymity, said “immediately after the attack, 40 bodies were brought to the morgue and all are believed to have been students of the College of Agriculture in Gujba.”
The number, however, increased as more bodies were recovered from the bush.
Military spokesman, Lazarus Eli told newsmen that security forces were at the scene, but that details on the number of dead and injured were not yet available.
He added that the early morning assault was targeted at the College of Agriculture in Gujba, Yobe State.
“It was carried out by Boko Haram terrorists, who went into the school and opened fire on students while they were sleeping,” he added.
A police source, who requested anonymity, said that initial reports indicated the death toll could be higher, but he was not prepared to discuss figures.
Provost of the College, Molima Idi Mato, said: “They attacked our students while they were sleeping in their hostels. They opened fire at them.”
He said he could not give an exact death toll as security forces were still recovering bodies of students mostly aged between 18 and 22.
”The school’s surviving students have fled,” he added.
One of the surviving students, Idris, who would not give his first name, said: “They started gathering students into groups outside, then they opened fire and killed one group and then moved onto the next group and killed them.
“It was so terrible. They came with guns around 1a.m. and went directly to the male hostel and opened fire on them”
Ahmed Gujunba, a taxi driver who lives by the college said: “The college is in the bush, so the other students were running around helplessly as guns went off and some of them were shot down.”
Gujba is about 30 kilometres (18 miles) from Damaturu, the state capital.
Yobe has seen a series of brutal attacks targeting students in recent months, all blamed on Boko Haram.
By afternoon after the attack, scores of travellers were also killed, by suspected members of Boko Haram in YobeState.
The militants were said to have blocked Damaturu-Maiduguri Road, shooting indiscriminately.
An eyewitness, who was on his way to Maiduguri, told the media that at least 20 persons were killed.
The witness said: “The situation is terrible. They blocked our way, and were spraying people with bullets.
“Some of us managed to run into the bush. At least, 20 persons were shot dead in the three buses before us.”
NGF seeks end to attacks
Meanwhile, the Northern States Governors’ Forum, yesterday, urged security agencies to “take urgent steps to halt the senseless killing of defenceless citizens.”
Speaking through its chairman, Governor Babangida Aliyu of NigerState, the forum in a statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Danladi Ndayebo, also called for an end to “attacks on places of worship and educational facilities.”
It said: “The forum is particularly alarmed that the shooting to death of 38 students of the College of Agriculture, Gujba, YobeState, followed the same pattern as the killing of 22 students and a teacher at GovernmentSecondary School, Mamudo, in the same state last July.”
It called on security agencies to intensify efforts at protecting the lives and property of citizens, and also ensure that those behind the violence in the region, were apprehended and brought to justice.
Mark, Ndoma-Egba condemn massacre
Senate President, David Mark and Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba, have described the massacre of scores of students at the college by gunmen as a dastardly act and unfortunate as it has a negative impact on the future of Nigeria.
The Senate President and the Senate Leader in their separate condolences commiserated with the people and government of YobeState over the massacre
Senator Mark said: “Violence has never produced any positive result neither has it any solution to problems or grievances.
“If you have any grievances, the only way out is through dialogue. Resorting to killing others can only add to the problem and not solution.
“There are more than enough channels of communication and ways of redressing misgivings.
“These killings, especially innocent citizens are not part of our culture. They are truly alien to us. All right thinking members of the society must rise up to end this carnage raging our land.”

ASUP strike to be resumed on Friday 4th October

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics is to resume its suspended strike on Friday following the inability of the Federal Government to resolve outstanding issues with the union.
ASUP Chairman, Mr. Clement Chairman, told newsmen in Jos on Sunday that “the frustrating inertia of the Federal Government to convincingly fulfill any of the promises and agreements reached with the union before the suspension of the earlier strike on July 17, 2013 shows that government is not serious.”
Chirman said the National Executive Council after its 75th meeting held at the Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Niger State, resolved that the strike would “be total and indefinite” until the government showed committed to honouring the agreement with the union.
He expressed dismay at government penchant for breaking agreements, adding that “since the union suspended its earlier strike in July, government has shown no commitment to fulfilling any of the promises it made to the union.”
The union in its communiqué after the meeting in Bida decried “the anti-labour stance of the National Assembly as exemplified by the recently proposed removal of minimum wage from the exclusive legislative list of the constitution to the concurrent list, as well as the proposed legislation against declaration of industrial strike by unions in the tertiary sector.”
ASUP also lamented government’s abuse of the laws establishing TETfund. And the culpable lack of commitment of the National Board for Technical Education to meeting the needs and demands of polytechnic education in Nigeria.
“The CONTISS 15 Migration for Lower cadres, Needs Assessment of Polytechnics, release of whitepaper of visitation to Federal polytechnics, discrimination between polytechnics and university graduates in job placement and career progression and the constitution of Governing Councils to Federal polytechnics earlier omitted, were among the issues we brought before the Federal Government in the last negotiation, but government has failed to address any of them since after we suspended strike in July”, Chairman lamented.
The communique said:
1. That Government should without delay address all the outstanding standing issues including the NEEDS Assessments of the polytechnics and the corresponding funding, constitution of the Governing Councils of the remaining Federal polytechnics, CONITSS 15 Migration of the Lower Cadres, the removal of disparity between HND and Degree certificates, establishment of the National Polytechnics Commission (NPC), release of the Whitepaper of the visitation panels to polytechnics;
2. That the National Assembly should rescind from its current anti-labour posture in the interest of industrial peace and our desperate move to rescue the endangered soul of the tertiary institutions in the country;
3. That the National Assembly should expedite action on the review of the Polytechnic Act;
4. That a vote of no confidence be passed the NBTE and further calls for the immediate establishment of a National Polytechnics Commission (NPC) to proactively cater for the needs of the sector;
5. That the Nigerian political class and other interest groups should exercise restraint on their utterances and activities in the interest of peace, unity and security of the nation;
6. That the Federal Government should desist from abuse of TET fund laws;
7. That stakeholders in the education sector such as parents, students, religious leaders, the press, members of States and National assemblies to rise to their responsibilities of rescuing the (polytechnic) education sector from imminent collapse;
8. That the position of ASUP on the need to appoint the rectors from within the polytechnic system remains irreversible;
9. That in view of the continued insincerity of Government to honour the agreement reached with ASUP, NEC resolves that the union will resume the suspended strike with effect from 4th October, 2013.
NEC sincerely appreciates the good people of Nigeria and all other stakeholders in the education sector for their sustained support in its struggles to save the polytechnic education from total collapse in Nigeria.

Source: Punch NG

OOU releases 2013/2014 post UTME screening results

This is to inform all Prospective students of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, OOU that the institution has released the 2013/2014 post UTME screening results.
The result which can be accessed in the same page where registration was conducted is available for checking. To check your results, kindly visit www.oouagoiwoye.edu.ng/putme/page/check_result.php (if the link appears broken, simply copy and paste to the URL bar of your browser)
secondly, supply your JAMB registration number then click on check results.

Now available: FUTA change of course forms for 2013/2014 admission exercise

Applications are invited from candidates who are yet to be offered provisional admission into the University’s undergraduate programmes for change of course into some Departments where vacancies still exist in the University. Applicants should be candidates who made FUTA their 1st and/or 2nd choice(s) most preferred institution in the 2013 UTME, sat for the University’s Post UTME Screening Exercise and are included in the list of eligible candidates who could apply for consideration.
In that regard, prospective candidates are advised to log on to the University website, www.futa.edu.ng click on the link: Change of Course Registration Form and use their respective UTME Registration Numbers to check their eligibility status before making payment
for application.
Only eligible candidates will be able to make payment through the e-tranzact and complete the Change of Course Registration Form online. In addition, candidates must have taken the relevant UTME subjects for the courses of their choice and possess a minimum of five (5) relevant Ordinary Level/SSCE credit passes. The credit passes must have been obtained at
not more than two (2) sittings.

40 students killed in Yobe college, Gujba attack

The Medical Director, Damaturu Specialist Hospital, Dr Garba Fika, has confirmed that 40 students of the College of Agriculture, Gujba, Yobe, were killed by gunmen in the early hours of Sunday.
Mr. Garba said this when Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe visited the hospital to inspect the wounded and the corpses of students deposited at the mortuary.
He said that five students including three with fractures, one with bullet wound and other with abdominal injury were receiving treatment at the hospital.
The governor, who spoke in tears, urged security operatives to intensify aerial surveillance of the area.
The state deputy governor, Abubakar Aliyu, the Provost of the College Mulima Mato, and other dignitaries also shed tears at the mortuary when they saw the corpses of the students.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that schools in Yobe re-opened 13 days ago after 10 weeks of forced closure following attacks targeted on schools.
The attacks resulted in the death of 29 students and three teachers.
In June this year, seven students and two teachers were killed at Government Secondary School Damaturu.
In July, 22 students and two teachers were killed at Government Secondary School Mamudo.
As the government makes arrangement for the burial of the slain students, parents were seen in groups discussing the fate of their children in view of the serial attacks on schools in the state
Speaking in an interview with the NAN, a parent who requested anonymity said that he and other parents were scared of sending their children and wards to school.
“We are shocked, saddened and scared of sending our wards back to school with these ugly incidents of attack on schools in Damaturu, Mamudo and now, Gujba,” he said.
Source: Premium Times NG

Jonathan offers no plans to resolve ASUU strike, says union's demands are politicized

President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday offered the clearest sign yet that his administration was in no haste to resolve the three-month-old strike by university lecturers, calling their demands “politicized” and urging the lecturers to return to work for the sake of the students.
On his fifth presidential media chat on the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, the president said the nation’s bitter politics had crept into the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, and was responsible for the refusal of the lecturers to suspend their action despite the government’s effort.
“In the past, they did not go this far when strikes were called off; but now politics has gone into everything,” the president said. He did not elaborate when pressed further by a five-member interview panel on his claim about ASUU demands being politicized.
Mr. Jonathan said his administration had made concessions for the strike to be resolved, and has demonstrated remarkable commitment to addressing the massive infrastructure in the universities, one of the key demands ASUU has made.
He said the lecturers have refused to accept the government’s explanations that broad range reforms cannot be achieved instantly.
“ASUU strike is very very unfortunate,” Mr Jonathan, himself a former lecturer, said. He said crisis in education, in developing countries would always continue.
The president said the biggest indication to his government’s commitment to such reforms was the decision to catalogue the perennial rot afflicting all the universities.
“Throughout this time, no government has taken inventory of all the problems in federal and state universities,” the president said. “We said this must change. But it cannot change overnight. So for ASUU to go on strike over infrastructure, they need to understand that we are serious about intervening starting with N100 billion.”
The president’s remarks on the strike was his first since lecturers downed tools in June, asking for improved pay and better funding for universities. They vowed not to resume until the government fully implements the last agreement both sides reached in 2009.
The lecturers have vowed not to accept partial implementation of the agreement, with multiple intervention by the Senate and the House of Representatives stalemated.
The government said the challenges of improved funding requires more time, and claims it has made concessions by providing initial funding.
As the negotiations deadlock, millions of students have remained stranded at home with each claim of quick resolution to the crisis turning out unrealistic.
Mr Jonathan’s comments on Sunday provided the strongest indication yet, that, save a change in decision, students will remain at home longer as the crisis stretches without a resolution.
Asked specifically what the way forward would be for the strike, the president said he was calling on the lecturers to resume work for the sake of the Nigerian children and to realize that the government was committed to improving education.
He said the 2009 agreement which ASUU has harped upon, was negotiated by officials incapable for such a responsibility as the agreement was “not implementable”.
“Even if we have all the money in the world we cannot change things overnight,” he said. “The members of ASUU are our brothers and sisters, they should look at these young people and look at the commitment of govt.”

Source: Premium Times NG

Apply now: UNIUYO 2013/2014 Direct Entry

The University of Uyo, UNIUYO Direct Entry application form for 2013 admission and screening examination date are out. Candidates who have chosen UNIUYO in the 2013 JAMB DE registration can now follow the steps outlined below to register.
Candidates who applied to the University of Uyo as their 1st choice University for the 2013/2014 Direct Entry Admission are hereby informed that the Screening Test will take place as follows:
University of Uyo Direct Entry Exam Date:
Date:Friday, October 11, 2013
Venue:Town Campus & Town Campus Annexe
Time:8.00 a.m.
REQUIREMENTS FOR UNIUYO DIRECT ENTRY 2013/2014 ADMISSION
Eligible candidates for the Direct Entry of UNIUYO are expected to possess a minimum number of five (5) credit passes in their SSCE or equivalent in the subjects relevant to the programmes of their 1st choice including English Language and Mathematics. They should in addition, have OND, NCE, HND, GCE A/L or a first Degree. Admission will be conducted into the following Faculties:
1. Faculty of Agriculture
2. Faculty of Arts
3. Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences
4. Faculty of Business Administration
5. Faculty of Clinical Science
6. Faculty of Education
7. Faculty of Engineering
8. Faculty of Environmental Studies
9. Faculty of Law
10. Faculty of Pharmacy
11. Faculty of Science
12. Faculty of Social Sciences
UNIUYO DE Candidates must ensure that they had registered online with JAMB. Please note that candidates whose names are not found in the 2013/2014 Direct Entry JAMB printout will NOT be allowed into the Screening Venue.
METHOD OF APPLICATION
(1) Eligible candidates should pay the sum of N2,000.00 (two thousand naira) only, and obtain a PIN Transaction Receipt which should contain a PIN code at the following Banks nationwide:
1. UNIUYO Micro Finance Bank
2. Skye Bank
3. Wema Bank Plc.
(2) Note: The same PIN will be used to access the result of the Screening Test from the internet. Candidates must provide their names and JAMB registration numbers to the Bank during payment.
(3) With the PIN Code, candidates should access and complete the
University of Uyo 2013 Direct Entry (DE) Screening Test Form online at http://www.uniuyo.edu.ng from the students E-Portals Solution Menu applying the following steps:
- Click on Direct Entry Portal Link
- Log in with your Direct Entry registration Number and PIN Code.
- Fill the Direct Entry form and upload a recent passport size photograph (scanned) with red background.
- Submit the online application form and print out a copy of the examination schedule slip.
(4) Note: (i) The same passport photograph used for the online registration will be used during the Screening Test and for registration in the Faculty after offer of admission.
(ii) No complaint of wrong bio-data or blank photograph will be entertained after submission.
(iii) Candidates who up-load wrong bio-data will be automatically disqualified.
(5) Candidates are also required to appear for the Direct Entry Screening Test with the following items:
(i) Four (4) copies of the University of Uyo 2013 Direct Entry ONLINE registration form duly completed with the passport-size photograph printed in colour.
(ii) 2013 Direct Entry Registration Slip.
(iii) Four (4) recent passport-size photographs on red background (same photograph as the one used for the on-line registration) with
the name, Direct Entry registration number and signature of the candidate written on the reverse side of the photographs. These should be packaged in quarto- size envelope and labeled with name, course, department and JAMB registration number.
(iv) HB pencil, eraser and sharpener.
NOTE: No GSM handsets, calculators or any other extraneous materials should be brought into the Direct Entry Examination Hall.
Venue:The Screening Test will hold at the University of Uyo, Town Campus and Town Campus Annexe.
Closing Date:The closing date for registration isWednesday, October 09, 2013
Note: only candidates who comply with the registration procedures outlined above will be allowed to undergo the Screening Test.
Signed
Edak U. Umondak (Mrs)
REGISTRAR
E-mail: registrar@ uniuyo.edu.ng

IMSU releases 2013/2014 merit admission list

This is to inform you that the Imo State University, IMSU has published her 2013/2014 merit admission list at the school's website. Successful students who wrote the IMSU post UTME screening has been awarded admission into their courses of choice for 2013/2014 academic year.
The release of the admission list came shortly after results of students who were unable to see their screening result has been released.
To check your IMSU admission status now, visit http://imsupostumeportal.org/cportal/admission/index.php
Supply your JAMB Reg Number and check your admission status.

Apply now: UNIUYO 2013/2014 Basic Studies Pre-Degree

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for admission into a non residential, one-year Basic Studies programme of the University of Uyo for the 2013/2014 Academic year. The Basic Studies programme is designed to prepare students for the consortium of Ukrainian Universities or the Interim Joint Matriculation Board examination (IJMB).
Holders of the IJMB certificate would subsequently be admitted into the 200 level of the degree offered by the University of Uyo through Direct Entry Jamb on the courses listed below:
A. Faculty of Agriculture F. Faculty of Education H. Faculty of Environmental Studies (i) Agric Econs & Ext. (i) Biology Education (i) Architecture (i) Animal Science (ii) Chemistry Education (ii) Building (ii) Crop Science (iii) Physics Education (iii) Estate Management (iii) Fisheries & Aquaculture (iv) Guidance & Counseling (iv) Geoinformatics & Surveying (v) Forestry & Wildlife (v) Mathematics Education (vi) Urban & Regional Planning (vi) Integrated Science Education (vi) Quantity Surveying (vi) Human Ecology, Nutrition and Dietetics (vii) Food Science & Tech.
(vii) Technical Education (vii) Fine & Industrial Arts (viii) Soil Science (viii) Human Ecology, Nutrition and Dietetics Education (ix) Agricultural Education I. Faculty of Law (x) Physical Education Faculty of Arts (xi) Health Education J. Faculty of Pharmacy (i) Communication Arts (xii) Library Science (ii) English (xiii) Geography Education K. Faculty of Science (iii) History & International Arts (xiv) Economics Education (i) Computer Science (iv) Linguistics & Nigerian Languages (xv) Pre-primary/Primary Education (ii) Microbiology (xvi) Special Education (xvii) Vocational Education L. Faculty of Social Sciences (i) Economics Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences (ii) Geography (i) Anatomy G. Faculty of Engineering (ii) Biochemistry (i) Civil Engineering (iii) Physiology
(ii) Electrical/Electronics Engineering (iii) Mechanical Engineering Faculty of Business Administration (iv) Computer Engineering (i) Accounting (v) Chemical Engineering (ii) Banking and Finance (vi) Petroleum Engineering (iii) Business Management (vii) Food Engineering (iv) Marketing (v) Insurance Faculty of Clinical Sciences (i) Medical and Surgery.
CONSORTIUM OF UKRAINAN UNIVERSITIES
Courses available in the Consortium of Ukrainian Universities are: Medicine & Surgery, Pharmacy, Aerospace Engineering, Computer and Software Engineering, Oil & Gas and Management.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Candidates seeking admission into the Basic Studies programme must possess credit passes in at least five (5) subjects, including: English Language, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Geography, Economics, Literature in English and Government at not more than two sittings in the GCE, SSCE (WAEC/NECO) or equivalent qualification. They must also have taken the 2013 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). At the end of the programme, successful candidates of the IJMB examination will be admitted into 200 levels in various degree courses in the University of Uyo provided they satisfy the admission criteria for such courses.
METHOD OF APPLICATION
Interested candidates will be required to pay the sum of 500.00 (five hundred naira) for Pin Code and 15,000.00 (fifteen thousand naira) only as administrative charge, and obtain a computer-based
Transaction Receipt and Pin Code in any branch of the following banks nationwide: FBN, Wema, Skye, UNIUYO MFB. With the Pin Code, candidates should access and complete the University of Uyo, 2013/2014 Pr-Degree Screening Test Form online at http://www.uniuyo.edu.ng.
From the students E-portals Solution Menu applying the following steps: (1) Click on Basic Studies Portal Link. (2) Log in UTME registration Number and Pin Code. (3) Fill the Basic Studies form and upload a recent passport size photograph (Scanned) with red background Note The same passport used for the online registration will be used during the Screening Test and for registration after offer of admission.
No complaint of wrong Bio-data or blank picture will be entertained after submission Candidates who upload wrong Bio-Data will be automatically disqualified.
VENUE:
The screening test will take place at the CBN Auditorium, University of Uyo (Town Campus) on Saturday, October 12, 2013 at 8.00am. Candidates are required to come for the screening exercise with the following:
(i) A copy of the Basic Studies Programme ON-LINE form duly completed, with the scanned passport size photograph.
(ii) Two (2) recent passport size photographs (with a red background) with the same name and signature of the candidate on the reverse side.
(iii) HB pencil, eraser an sharpener. No GSM handsets, calculators or any extraneous materials should be brought into the screening hall.
(SIGNED) Mrs. EDAK U. UMONDAK
Registrar an Secretary to Senate.

KASU 2013/2014 post UTME date fixed

The is is to inform all 2013/2014 prospective students of the Kaduna State University, KASU that their post UTME screening test has been scheduled to hold beginning from October 3rd, 2013.

"End ASUU strike" - Arewa Consultative Forum

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) on Friday called on the Federal Government and ASUU to reach amicable settlement to end the ongoing strike by university lecturers.

A statement by the ACF spokesman, Mr Anthony Sani, said the strike had brought untold hardship on students, parents and the education sector, and needed to be called off.

The forum, therefore, appealed to the two parties to hasten the resolution of the problems between them by making necessary sacrifices in the interest of the nation.

The ACF restated its call for probe of the recent Apo killings and commended the National Assembly for its stand on the matter.

It said the intervention by the lawmakers was “very necessary and timely, considering the overriding need to know the truth which can inform retribution or otherwise and inspire confidence and trust on the authority”.

On the 2015 election, the ACF canvassed for the holding of all elections in one day, saying it would reduce cost, rigging and problems of logistics.

It noted with dismay the neglect of the North by the Federal Ministry of Aviation, saying Northerners were being denied employment in the industry.

The ACF decried the non availability of international flights from the North, insisting that it was not in the best interest of the nation’s economy.
Source: DailyPost

8 students injured as school building collapses in Abuja

Friday evening in Nyanya, a satellite town and a suburb in the nation’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, a storey building in one of the FCT owned Government Secondary School, GSS collapsed with eight students critically injured.
An eye witness told our source that a section of the balcony of one of the storey buildings was affected, just as all the female students involved in the incident sustained various degrees of injuries, including broken limbs.
According to a source, one of the students who fell head down lost half her teeth immediately and some of the victims of the incidence have since been rushed to the Maitama General Hospital in Abuja, but no life was lost.
Source: Vanguard

BSU ASUU to Suswam: "We will not succumb to blackmail"

Barely 48 hours after the Benue State governor, Dr Gabriel Suswam, ordered the Benue State University (BSU) chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to resume work on October 2, 2013, the striking lecturers have waved the order aside, saying they will not succumb to blackmail.
The governor had directed the management of the state university to evoke the “no work, no pay rule,” on the lecturers if they failed to pull out of what he described as “sympathy strike’’ and resume work as from October.
But the chairman of BSU ASUU, Dr David Ukooh, who spoke to newsmen yesterday after the union’s congress said his members would not succumb to any form of blackmail, threat or intimidation.
Ukooh said the governor’s comment was “mere political propaganda’’ intended to blackmail the lecturers, adding that BSU ASUU executive lacked the power to suspend the strike.
“The strike embarked upon by BSU ASUU is a national strike and not a local one. The branch exco has no power to suspend the strike. We are a union and we have modalities which has to be followed logically. The NEC of ASUU called this strike and it is only when they ask us to call off the strike that we can do so.”
“This is not the first time ASUU will go on strike. If the governor insists on no work, no pay, we are not worried, we will meet our work where we left it. But when we resume, we will also insist on no pay, no work. The governor’s statement is borne out of ignorance,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Vice Chancellor of the Ondo State-owned Adekunle Ajasin University (AAUA), Akungba-Akoko, Professor Olufemi Mimiko, has said that the university will soon recall its students and lecturers back on campus if the three-month-old strike by ASUU is not called off by the end of September.
Mimiko disclosed the plan of the university during an interview with the Nigerian Tribune. He said the protracted strike had affected the activities of the institution, which had unbroken and stable academic calendar in the last four years.
“We had unbroken four-year academic calendar before the strike began. The strike has affected our programmes. It is not in the interest of our students.
“We hope ASUU will call off the strike soon. If not, we are considering taking a measure to bring our students back on campus. Precisely, if by the end of September, the strike is not called off nationally, we will begin the process of calling off the strike locally,” he said.
“We are consulting with our lecturers. Ours is a state university and the case is different. We don’t have any subsisting agreement with the ASUU. It is the Federal Government that has issues with the ASUU.
“In the first instance, our own lecturers are not even expected to go on strike along with the ASUU of the Federal Government-owned institutions. They are not employees of the Federal Government.

SSANU may join ASUU in the lingering strike

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) says it may commence a nationwide strike by Monday if its members are not paid their salaries.
Mr Promise Adewusi, the association's General Secretary, said this at a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday.
He said that the strike was being considered to protest against the stoppage of the salaries of university workers without any justifiable explanation.
He said that the strike was sequel to a letter written to the Vice-Chancellors of the affected federal universities and Sen. Anyim Pius Anyim, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF).
Adewusi said that letters were similarly written to the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, the Minister of State for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike and the Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Julius Okojie.
He, however stressed that SSANU members would be directed to proceed on the strike if the government refused to pay the salaries.
Adewusi advised the vice-chancellors, the SGF and the ministers of labour and education to take immediate steps to remedy the situation.
"Our members in the effected universities have drawn our attention to the non-payment of their August salaries without any justifiable explanations, even as the month of September has almost drawn to an end.
"We, hereby, place on record that our members had long discharged their obligation as workers for the said month and they, therefore, deserve their pay.
"The non-payment of our members in the universities, when some other federal universities have since paid the August salaries, is viewed by our members as an act of punishment against them for working and this has made them restive.
"We, therefore, demand that the August salaries of our members in those universities be paid to them on or before Friday, Sept. 27, 2013.
"Failure to pay by the stipulated date will be regarded as a conclusive act of aggression against the economic rights and interests of our members," he said.
Adewusi said that the union would be at liberty to direct members to stop work, as they would no longer be in a position to continue to pay for their transport to work.
Also, Alhaji Mohammed Aliyu, the SSANU Chairman in Federal University of Technology, Minna, called on the Federal Government to pay the workers so as to promote industrial harmony.
Aliyu said that it was unfair for the government not to pay their salaries, considering the fact that SSANU had employed dialogue rather than embark on a strike like the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASSU).
He, however, warned the government not to misjudge the union's peaceful disposition as a sign of weakness.
"Government should not punish us because of ASUU is on strike. If that is what they intend to do, it means they are inviting more trouble in the system.
"We in SSANU believe that through continuous dialogue, contentious issues can be resolved; but for government to refuse to pay our members for two months is a call for confrontation," he said. (NAN)
Source: AllAfrica

FUOYE 2013/2014 Direct Entry Examination scheduled for October 8th

This is to inform you that the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) Direct Entry Examination date for 2013/2014 admission has been fixed. FUOYE is inviting all candidates who have chosen them in the 2013 JAMB Direct Entry registration.
NOTE: candidates with only UPPER CREDIT or its equivalent are eligible to come for the entrance examination for screening.

FUOYE 2013/2014 Direct Entry Exam Date
Date: Tuesday 8th October 2013
Time: 9.00am
Venue: Ikechwuku Iheanacho ICT Centre, Oye Ekiti.
All applicants coming for screening on the Federal University Oye-Ekiti direct entry test date are expected to come along with the underlisted documents.
1. Academic Transcript
2. Statement of Academic Results
3. Ordinary Level Results
4. Recent Passport
Be reminded that the sum of two thousand Naira (N2,000) only as processing fee will be paid at the venue of the examination.
For more information on the 2013/2014 FUOYE DE examination, kindly visit the institution's website: www.fuoye.edu.ng

Now on sale: KWARAPOLY 2013/2014 Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) Forms

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for admission into the following Postgraduate Diploma Programmes of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, KWARAPOLY in the 2013/2014 Academic Session:
1.Agriculture and Water Resources Engineering Technology
2.Business Administration
3.Civil Engineering Technology
4.Demography and Social Statistics
5.Electrical/Electronics Engineering Technology
6.Environmental Management
7.Financial Management
8.Geographic Information System
9.Hospitality Management
10.Magerial Psychology
11.Marketing
12.Mechanical Engineering Technology
13.Public Administration
14.Public Relations
15.Rural Development

Entry Requirements
Applicants should have the following minimum qualifications:
1.HND/Bachelor Degree or equivalent in relevant area
2.Five (5) relevant Ordinary Level Credits including English Language and Mathematics at not more than two sittings
3.Satisfactory evidence of completion or exemption from the National Youth Service Corps where applicable.
Method of Application
Applications for admission will be done fully online. To make online payment for PGD Programme, follow the link through the School website: www.kwarapoly.edu.ngand other instructions there.
Note:
1.All applications attract a charge of Ten Thousand Naira (N10,000.00) only, exclusive of bank and other charges.
2.All payments for application should be made through the “College Pay” using your Debit Card, Master Card or Prepaid Card
3.All applications close on Tuesday, 31st December, 2013.

KADPOLY 2013/2014 post UTME results released: How to check

This is to inform all prospective candidates who took part in the Kaduna State Polytechnic, KADPOLY 2013/2014 Post UTME screening exercise that the result are now available.
How To Check your KADPOLY 2013/2014 score:
1. Go to the KADPOLY 2013/2014 post UTME scores checking portal at www.kadunapolytechnic.edu.ng/web/Admission/Admission.aspx
2. Supply, in the box provided your JAMB registration number.
3. Finally, click on check POST UTME scores to view your result.

NUT gives FG and ASUU 14-day Ultimatum to end the lingering strike

The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) on Thursday gave a two-week ultimatum to the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to resolve the strike embarked upon by university lecturers since 1 July.
The NUT President, Mr Michael Olukoya, gave the ultimatum in Abuja at the end of the union’s meeting with teachers’ representatives across the country.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that ASUU, had on July 1, embarked on a strike it described as “comprehensive, total and indefinite”.
The lecturers are protesting the non-implementation of some issues, contained in an agreement the union had entered into with the Federal Government since 2009.
Olukoya said that members of the union would not hesitate to close down the nation’s schools, if the two parties failed to reach agreement after two weeks.
He described the current ASUU strike “as nationalistic, patriotic and self-sacrificing.
“We will not hesitate to shut down the education system in the country, if the government fails to fulfil or honour the agreement it entered into with the lecturers.”
The NUT president said that Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo’s call for a complete over-haul of teachers’ qualification as unacceptable to the NUT.
He said that the blame should be put on the doorsteps of the employers and not teachers.
“NUT will forever be proud of all its teachers, believing that all employment agencies are corruption-free, disciplined and quality conscious in their employment drives.”
Olukoya also urged the governors of Kogi, Benue and Cross River to honour the agreement they made with teachers on the payment of 27.5 per cent teachers salary structure.
Source: Vanguard

COEASU Gives FG a 60-Day Ultimatum to Meet Demands or Else

The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has given the Federal Government a 60-day ultimatum to meet its demands. The President of the Union, Mr. Asagha Okoro, said “the nation would regret looking down on the teaching education sector if concrete steps are not taken to address COEASU’s grievances.”
In an exclusive interview with our source, Okoro said: “we have packaged all the issues facing the teaching education sector. If we do not see concrete action within 60 days, we will employ non conventional industrial methods to make our voice heard. What we are asking for is not much; most of these demands can be met with as little as N26bn. After a one week warning strike, the Union met with government representatives at the office of the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Emeka Wogu, last Thursday.
Outome of meeting
Okoro, speaking on the outcome of the meeting said: “We were told that our concerns were germane and will be addressed. However, the issues discussed were forwarded to the Minister of State for Education and we were told that a meeting would be scheduled with him as soon as possible.”
The union had pointed out 17 issues to be addressed by the government. They include: “the suspicious delay in the release of the 2012 visitation white paper; the refusal of colleges managements to recruit commensurate academic manpower to cater for the high dearth of academic staff to meet the contemporary challenges engendered by the rising population of students; the non-harmonization of conditions of service for academic staff of all tertiary institutions to stem brain drain from the colleges of education to the universities; the proposed selective imposition of IPPIS in the CoE and the polytechnics; the truncation of a hitherto functional and innovative Tertiary Education Trust Fund leading to obvious regrettable gaps that compromises the critical need for the consolidation of the gains recorded during the past five years; non implementation of CONPCASS, 65years retirement age and Migration to CONTISS 15 in some state CoE; the non conduct of Needs Assessment for CoE to address students and staff needs for the enhancement of quality teaching and learning.”
Others are: the refusal of government to approve an Independent degree awarding status for all CoE certified by NUC as being qualified to award degrees in Teacher Education; illegal imposition of Group Life Insurance underwriters and the non payment of death benefits to our deceased colleague’s families between 2000 and 2013; non budgetary allocations for outsourced services and the refusal of government to heed the call for the abrogation of outsourced services and the offer of regular employment to all those in the outsourced cadre and the payment of out-standing arrears to the tune of N2,443,278,543.96; the non allocation/release of funds (N2,344,765,841) for crucial academic activities like accreditation programmes, among others.
Meanwhile, in its bid to forestall another strike action by COEASU, the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Wogu, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with COEASU which charged the Federal Ministry of Education to, as a matter of urgency, meet with the Union to determine some of the issues at stake.
At the end of the Thursday meeting aimed at reassessing the extent of the implementation of the agreement reached on the 30th of August 2013 between the Ministry of Education and COEASU.
Source: Vanguard

DELSU releases Pre-Degree to 100 Level admission list for 2013/2014 session

This is to inform you that the Delta State University Abraka, DELSU 2012/2013 Pre-degree Admission list now available on the institution's website: www.delsu.edu.ng
Candidates who their name appeared on the DELSU Pre-degree Admission list have been offered provisional admission into 100 level for the 2013/2014 in the institution.

To check your admission status:

1. Visit Pre-Degree result checking portal

2. Select the department you sat for and it will take you to page where you will be required to enter your Pre-Degree application number.

3. Then finally, click check.

FUNAI releases 2013/2014 2nd batch admission list: Check here

This is to inform you that The Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo, FUNAI 2013/2014 2nd batch admission list has been released. Candidates whom their names did not appear on the institutions 1st admission list which was released about a month ago should endeavour to check back on institution's website, www.funai.edu.ng
The institution also instructed that those who had their name(s) appeared on the list are to pay a non-refundable acceptance fee of N10,000(ten thousand naira only) into their Zenith bank account:
Account Name: Federal University Ndufu Alike Ikwo
Account No: 1013163988
for more information as regarding to this, visit the institution's website at www.funai.edu.ng

ALERT: NNPC-CHEVRON joint venture awarded candidates for 2013 scholarship

Be informed that the 2013 NNPC/CHEVRON joint venture Scholarship result for undergraduates has been released.
The joint venture Scholarship aptitude test was held about five months ago 11th may to be precise and candidates who sat for it will receive their results through email to avoid spam. You are hereby advised to disregard any publication on online forums and/or website that the result has been published on a particular website requesting you to send them money to help you check.
Peradventure a candidate who wrote the test was awarded the scholarship, he/she will be contacted through the email address they provided during registration.

Now on sale: UNIZIK 2013/2014 direct entry forms

This is to inform all prospective students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, UNIZIK that the 2013/2014 Direct Entry forms are now on-sale for all those who wish to continue and complete their studies in the institution.
To get the UNIZIK 2013/2014 Direct Entry form you have to visit the any bank located within the institution.
Below are the prices for various programmes forms available:

Direct Entry: N1,000
Diploma: N5,000
Prescience: N8,000
Postgraduate: N10,000
For more information as regarding to this, kindly visit the institution's website at http://www.unizik.edu.ng

IMT Enugu 2013/2014 provisional admission list released

Be informed that the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu has released her admission list for the 2013/2014 academic session.
Candidates who took part in the 2013/2014 Post UTME screening of the institution and have checked their Post UTME Results can now go online to check their admission status.

How To Check The 2013/2014 IMT Admission List:

Follow the simple guide below to check your admission status:
1. Visit the Institution's 2013/2014 admission list-checking portal at http://46.38.183.171/Admission/JAMBRegNoLoginPage.aspx (simply highlight the link and open in anothe tab)
2. Check the appropriate button corresponding to the programme you applied for; Higher National Diploma (HND) or National Diploma (ND)
3. In the spaces provided, type in your JAMB UTME Registration Number
4. Enter your PIN Code
5. Finally, click on Login button to check your admission status.

FUTA releases 2013/2014 PDS to 100L admission list.

This is to inform you that the Federal University of Technology Akure has released the 2013/2014 PDS to 100L admission list.
The admission list can be viewed offline at the school senate building. The list will also be available online , today, Thursday September 26th, 2013.
REMINDER: The acceptance fee is 35,000 naira and it must be paid before the set deadline which is 9th of October 2013.

LASPOTECH Releases 2013/2014 merit admission list

This is to inform all prospective students of the Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu, LASPOTECH that their merit admission list has been published offline.
Only those students who did excellently well in the post UTME screening test had their names published on the merit list.
Kindly visit the institution's portal at www.laspotech.edu.ng to view the list.

NASU threatens to join ASUU strike by next week

As strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in the nation’s tertiary institutions enters its fourth month, the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) has indicated its resolve to embark on its own indefinite strike next week.
Speaking at the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the trade union in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on Tuesday, NASU’s general secretary, Prince Peters Adeyemi, said members of the union had not been paid for two months, despite working to keep university system running during the ongoing ASUU strike.
“ NASU will commence its own strike next week, because we have been working and government has refused to pay our salary. For us, it does not make sense to continue to keep the system running when we are not being paid. The reason for this is not known to us.
Government has not paid our salary for August and today is September 24; they are owing us two months’ salary and there is no way we can continue to do this work on empty stomach, while they run round the globe on full stomach,” he said.
The NASU’s general secretary, who said no reason was adduced for their non-payment, added that “ the unfortunate thing is that they have no explanation for non-payment of our salary. That is enough patience on our part, despite the fact that we have our grouse before with the Federal Government that things are not running well.
“ However, we think as Nigerians and parents, we don’t have to unnecessarily ground the system, but if you take this our maturity and level-headedness to mean stupidity, then, people who complain that we, in the university system have ruined the future of students by going on too many strikes imposed on us by government will have no reason not to understand, if we go on our own strike next week.”
Also speaking, the national president of NASU, Mr Ladi Iliya, blamed the National Assembly for fighting on their political interest and future at the expense of welfare of Nigerians.
The NASU president, who said the National Assembly should have deliberated on issue of persistent insecurity and ASUU strike when it resumed session, described the attitude of the legislators as shameful.
The labour leader decried issue of corruption, which he said was now an acceptable part of every transaction in the country, both in public and private sectors of the economy, adding that high cost of running the country today was a result of the endemic scourge of corrupt practices, which, he said had long bedevilled the system.
Source: Nigerian Tribune

Computer Based Test will limit examination malpratice in JAMB - Ojerinde

Ondo – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Tuesday said that the introduction of Computer-Based Test (CBT) in its examinations would curb examination malpractice.
Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, JAMB’s Registrar, said this in Ondo at the first technical meeting of the board on 2013/2014 admission to Nigeria National Diploma and National Innovative Diploma awarding institutions.
The meeting took place at Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo.
Also JAMB has commenced the inspection of schools which would be used as CBT centres in the state.
Ojerinde said that CBT was also a way of making the candidates to be ICT-compliant.
He said that CBT would make the results of any examination conducted by JAMB to be ready within a week.
“We have gone digital in JAMB. What we are going to do now is to make use of computers and within a week, the results will be on the Internet.
“Unlike before when we were using the analogue style; the new scheme will stop malpractice,” he said.
Ojerinde, however, noted that everybody now wanted to go to the university to obtain degrees, adding: “Obtaining a degree is not the only way to make it to the top.
“We are encouraging as many people as possible to develop interest in technical education and entrepreneurial education,” he said.
Also speaking, Prof. Adeyemi Idowu, the Provost, Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, lauded JAMB for devising strategies to curb examination malpractice through the introduction of CBT.
“The recent introduction of computer-based examination is one giant stride which I believe, as time goes on, will drastically reduce the spate of examination malpractice,” he added.
In his remark, Prof. Femi Mimiko, the Vice-Chancellor, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, said that the introduction of CBT by JAMB would make Nigerians to be ICT-compliant.
“Ojerinde’s tenure has brought about an uncommon transformation in JAMB; it gives hope that Nigeria has ability to transform itself,’’ he said. (NAN)
Source: Vanguard

JAMB: No more Pencil-Paper Test by 2015 - Ojerinde

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB on Monday said that its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) would be computer-based from 2015.
The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, said this in Akure at an advocacy campaign on the advantages of the Computer-Based Test (CBT).
According to the registrar, “any person who can use the mobile phone can also take part in the test.’’
Ojerinde said that candidates in the 2014 UTME could still choose between CBT and the normal “pencil and paper’’ method.
“After 2014, there will be no option for any candidate to choose again. CBT is the key. The world is changing and technology has reached an advanced stage.
“The way to go now is technology. If we don’t want to remain in the same place,’’ he said.
Ojerinde, who said that there were enough facilities for the CBT in Ondo state, also made it clear that candidates who chose to write the next UTME in the state would have no option than the CBT.
“With the FUTA Centre, the Adeyemi College of Education (ACE), Ondo and the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic , Owo, there is no reason for anybody to write UTME by the PTP (Pen-To, Paper),’’ he said.
Ojerinde said that the board would encourage candidates in Akure and environs to take the CBT because of facilities at FUTA, Adeyemi College of Education (ACE), Ondo and Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo,
The registrar assured that the exam would be free from hackers “because the board will not go through the server of another institution.’’
No fewer than 100 secondary school students from 10 schools in Akure sat for a mock version of the CBT at the Information and Technology Resource Centre, Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA).
Immediately after the test all the candidates got their results before they logged out of the system.
Source: DailyPost

ABUAD Second Choice Post UTME: How to Register

Application for the 2013/2014 second choice post UTME screening in the Afe Babalola University, ABUAD is now opened to candidates who participated in JAMB UTME earlier this year and attained a minimum score of 180.

How Do I Go About This?:
Application forms can be purchased from any of the designated selling points on or before the screening date by following this procedure:
1. Pay the sum of N7,500(seven thousand five hundred naira only) into any of the designated banks
2. Show evidence of payment (Original payment teller) at any of the designated selling points to collect the application form.
3. Original payment teller and completed application forms are to be submitted on the day of screening at the screening centres.

What If I Didnt Chose ABUAD As My 2nd Choice?:
If you did not choose Afe Babalola University on the UTME Form, you must purchase a change of institution form by paying N2,000 into any of the designated banks. Collect a separate teller for the change of institution form.

Which Banks Can I Make My Payments?:
*Skye Bank 17707755995
*First Bank 2017401566
*Wema Bank 0122139765
*Ecobank 2862016620
*Zenith Bank 1012149264
*Union Bank 0034651222

Where Can I Get The Forms?:
*Main Campus: Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Km 8.5, Afe Babalola Way, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State.
*Ibadan: Emmanuel Chambers, 80, Fajuyi Road, Ekotedo, Ibadan.
*Abuja: Emmanuel House, 24, Madeira Street, Imani Estate, Maitama, Abuja.
*Lagos: Emmanuel House, Plot 1, Block 4, CMD/ Jubilee Road, Magodo, GRA, Lagos.
*Port-Harcourt: Emmanuel Chambers, 7, Aba Road, Port-Harcourt.
*Warri: Montessori International School, 66, Airport Road, Opposite Delta Career College, Warri.

What Date Would The Screening Take Place?: Saturday October 12, 2013 at 10 am.

How About The Venues?:
*Main Campus: Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Km 8.5, Afe Babalola Way, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State.

What If I Have Other Questions Partaining To This?:
For further information, you may contact the Registrar on the following telephone numbers:
08038521163, 08030706711 or 08033509150.

ASUU dragged to industrial court over lingering strike

The strike action embarked upon by university lecturers has assumed another dimension as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been dragged before the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) over the lingering strike action.
The suit, with the number NICW/Abj/242/2013 which also has ministers of labour and productivity, education, finance and justice, as well as secretary to the government of the federation as defendants, was instituted by the registered trustees of Golden Women of Integrity and Vision Association and Mrs. Florence Uche Ojieh.
In the suit, the claimants are asking the court to determine whether the strike action embarked upon by ASUU is not illegal and contrary to law and whether members of the union are not bound by the policy of ‘no work no pay’ and therefore not entitled to their salary during the period of the strike.
They also asked the court to determine whether members of ASUU are entitled to continue to retain their employment, having abandoned or deemed to have abandoned their work in the universities; whether or not the union complied with the mandatory provisions of Section 4 and 5 of the Trade Dispute Act CAP T8 LFN 2004 before embarking on the strike; whether the union has complied with the provision of Section 8 of the Trade Disputes Act CAP T8 LFN 2004; whether or not the minister of education is not entitled to determine the employment of the union, same having abandoned or deemed to have abandoned their work in their universities and whether or not the doctrine of collective bargain or the purported 2009 agreement can be the basis for the strike action by ASUU same not having been incorporated in their contract of employment between it and the federal government.
The reliefs sought by the claimants include a declaration that the strike action embarked upon by ASUU since July 2, 2013 is illegal, unconstitutional, null and void.
The claimants also sought a declaration of court that the strike action is unlawful and unwarranted in the face of the payment to the union by federal government of over N50 billion to meet ASUU’s demands from the government.
Other reliefs are an order of mandatory injunction directing the union to go back to work immediately and unconditionally; an order directing the union to return or refund all monies paid to it by the federal government in error or otherwise; an order directing ASUU to return to the negotiation table and a declaration that the strike action is illegal, unconstitutional, null and void.
Others are an order directing ASUU to refund all monies paid to its members as salaries, wages and allowances during the strike action; an order enforcing the no work no pay rule on the union; a declaration that the condition precedent to protest and or strike as provided by the Trade Dispute Act Cap T8 LFN 2004 has not been fulfilled; an order declaring the agreement on which the strike action is based as an extra-legal document which have no force of law; an order declaring any step taken or any further step to be taken in relation to the industrial action by ASUU, agents, privies, assignors, sympathizers, successors or any person whatsoever by whatever name so-called as illegal, unlawful and unconstitutional and an interim order restraining any other trade union and association from joining, participating and aligning with the ASUU strike.
Source: Nigerian Tribune

Withholding our salary will not stop the strike - ASUU

Lecturers in the nation's public universities on Monday the 23rd of September 2013 vowed to continue with the strike, declaring that the attempt by the Federal Government to withhold their salaries would not stop their action.
They also described a section of the National Association of Nigerian Students distancing themselves from the strike as “politically motivated students.”
The Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Abuja chapter, Dr. Clement Chup, stated this in an online interview with our correspondent.
The Federal Government, by withholding their salaries, he said, would not make them to abandon their cause.
He said, “Yes, the non-payment of our August salary is another attempt by the government to stampede us into breaking the strike, and as usual, it will not work. The economic war the government is employing has never, and will never yield any dividend.
“Our next line of action is to continue with the strike. We had, on July 2, commenced a total, comprehensive and indefinite strike action, and as long as the government does not meet our demand of implementing the FGN/ASUU 2009 agreement, the strike will continue.”
On comments by the leadership of NANS that the students were no longer supporting the strike, Chup said those making the call were “political and mercenary students.”
“The NANS that say they do not support us are the mercenary students. They are the political, non-matriculated students. Our genuine students do understand the issues that warranted the strike, and are fully in our support.”
Chup, an associate professor at UNIABUJA, also alleged that the Governor Gabriel Suswam-led NEEDS Assessment Committee was only interested in awarding contracts in the universities.
According to him, the committee is arbitrarily awarding contracts to the governing councils of the universities without considering the peculiarities of the schools.
He added, “The committee is merely giving letters of award to the governing councils and intends to handle the contracts, not minding the peculiarities of the universities.
“The question to ask the governor is, why insist on going ahead with the implementation of the projects when the committee has yet to agree with the principal party involved’? I think the Suswam committee was only interested in awarding contracts.”
Sourrce: MySchoolcomm NG

UI 2013/2014 Post UTME screening exercise holds on 28 september

This is to inform all candidates, who made University of Ibadan, UI their first and/or second choice institution and are duly registered for the 2013/2014 Post-UTME screening exercise that the institution has scheduled Saturday 28 September, 2013 for the screening exercise.
Prospective candidates are advised to log in to the Post-UTME portal using their existing usernames and passwords to check their details from Thursday 26 September 2013.
Eligible candidates will be able to print their letters of invitation which will indicate the candidate’s screening number, venue, and course of choice amongst other information.
Candidates are also advised to dress decently to the venues of the screening and present the following:
1. Invitation letter for the screening.
2. UTME Notification of results.
3. Evidence of Payment for post-UTME screening.
4. 2 Recent passport sized photographs.

UNIPORT Releases 2013/2014 Supplementary (2nd list) admission list

This is to inform you that the University of Port Harcourts, UNIPORT has released her 2nd batch admission list for 1st choice candidates.
Please note that this supplementary list exclusively contains only the names of those who participated in the first (1st) choice post UTME screening. So peradventure you were a second choice candidate, you still have to wait.
To check your admission status, kindly visit: http://www.uniport.edu.ng/files/results/2013-2014%20UTME%20SUPPLEMENTARY%20ADMISSION.pdf

UNIJOS 2013/2014 Post-Graduate admission: How to Apply

This is to inform the general public that applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for admission into Doctoral, Academic and Professional Masters Degree and Postgraduate Diploma Programmes of the University of Jos, UNIJOS in the 2013/2014 Academic Session.
For more information on:
-Available Programmes
-Admission Requirements
-Guide to admissions
-Closing Date for Application
-Submission of Completed application forms, and
-Application procedure
Please visit www.unijos.edu.ng
Application forms are to be printed, filled and submitted in hard copies to the School of Postgraduate Studies, University of Jos. Go to http://mis.unijos.edu.ng/application_form/ to purchase an application form.

How to Register for LASU 2013/2014 Post Graduate Programmes

The Lagos State University Ojo, LASU Postgraduate School invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for admission into her 2013/2014 Academic Session Postgraduate Diploma, Masters and Ph.D programmes.
HOW TO APPLY
1. Go to the institution's www.lasu.edu.ng, click on the "Student Life" menu.
2. Select Pre-Studentship Application
3. Select “Postgraduate Applicants” ( OR click on PG APPLICATION directly on the home page)
4. Fill in the Pre-registration Page
endeavour to write down your Application Number and save the page (an email will be sent to the email address that you provided in (4) above as such it is imperative that you use your own email address as no one email address will be allowed on the system more than once).
5.Click on the “Continue” Button
6.Click on the “Proceed” Button to commence payment.
On the Payment Page, Enter your Application Number in the “Matric Number/Payment ID/Application Number” textbox.
7. Choose “Main Campus” from the Campus dropdown field.
8. Choose “PG Application” from the “Study Type” dropdown field.
9. Click on the “Proceed” Button.
9.1. Proceed to Pay
You will be re-directed to the quickteller portal to pay. If you are not re-directed, then open www.quickteller.com/lasu to pay.
9.2. After successful payment, log on to http://pgschool.lasu.edu.ng/application/
9.3. Fill in the PG Application form
9.4. Preview your entries and
9.5. Print out the form.
9.6.You can re-print your PG Application form as many times as possible.
Take note to keep your Application Number safe. Remember also the Programme you applied for as these are what you will use to reprint your PG form if need be.

UNN postpones 2013/2014 Direct Entry interview

This is to inform candidates who registered for the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN 2013/2014 direct entry that the institution has postponed the scheduled date for their interview till further notice.
The direct entry interview which was earlier scheduled to hold between 17th and 18th of September 2013 has been cancelled.
Although the reason for the changes were not stated, information from From the Office of the Registrar, University of Nigeria Nsukka promised that further information regarding to when the new date would be fixed would communicated later.

UNN postpones 2013/2014 Direct Entry interview

EBSU 2013/2014 Acceptance fee payment procedures

We wish to inform all the candidates to whom provisional admission was offered into the Ebonyi State University, EBSU for the 2013/2014 academic session that the institution has published that all candidates offered provisional admission must pay the approved EBSU acceptance fee to accept their admission.
Successfully admitted candidates are required to pay a non-refundable acceptance fee of ten thousand naira (N10,000) , which is payable into EBSU Account No.: 1010985411
Bank: UBA PLC Abakaliki. You are also to note that you are given three weeks from the date of this publication to complete action on the payment or risk losing the admission opportunity. After payment, candidates are advised to log on to www.ebsu-edu.net as new student and print out the receipt acknowledging payment of the acceptance fee using scratch card purchased from UBA PLC. Thereafter, you are advised to report to the EBSU admission unit for commencement of documentation and other registration processes as soon as the current ASUU strike is called-off.
For avoidance of doubt, documents required for proper documentation/ registration include:
1. Original JAMB Result slip
2. Original O’level result(s) slip (SSCE/NECO or NABTEB)
3. Original LG.A. Identification Letter
4. Post UTME Result slip.
5. EBSU Bursary receipt (ie. evidence of payment of N10,000 acceptance fee).

DELSU releases 2012/2013 Pre-Degree results

This is to inform all 2012/2013 predegree students of the Delta State University that their results has been released. As usual, students who scored cove average would be admitted into 100L of their chosen programme of study.
Be informed also that the institution is yet to announce specific cut-off marks for the various departments.
To this end, candidates who participated in the one year programme can visit the institution's website www.delsu.edu.ng to check their results.

ABUAD 4th supplementary screening exercise scheduled for October 12

This is to inform you that Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, ABUAD has scheduled her 4th supplementary Post UTME screening test for the 2013/2014 admission. Candidates who chose ABUAD in the 2013 JAMB UTME can now apply. Candidates who did not chose ABUAD are expected to apply for change of institution.

SCREENING CENTRE:
Main Campus: Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Km 8.5, Afe Babalola Way, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State.

ABUAD Post-UTME Date: Saturday October 12, 2013 at 10 am.

PURCHASE OF FORM:
Application forms for ABUAD 2013/2014 Supplementary Post UTME can be purchased from any of the designated selling points on or before the screening date by following this procedure:
1. Pay N7,500 into any of the designated banks
2. Show evidence of payment (Original payment teller) at any of the designated selling points to collect the application form.
3. Original payment teller and completed application forms are to be submitted on the day of screening at the screening centres.
CHANGE OF INSTITUTION:
If you did not choose Afe Babalola University on the UTME Form, you must purchase a change of institution form by paying N2,000 into any of the designated banks. Collect a separate teller for the change of institution form.
DESIGNATED BANKS:
Skye Bank 17707755995
First Bank
2017401566
Wema Bank 0122139765
Ecobank 2862016620
Zenith Bank 1012149264
Union Bank 0034651222
DESIGNATED SELLING POINTS FOR APPLICATION FORMS:
Main Campus: Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Km 8.5, Afe Babalola Way, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State.
Ibadan: Emmanuel Chambers, 80, Fajuyi Road, Ekotedo, Ibadan.
Abuja: Emmanuel House, 24, Madeira Street, Imani Estate, Maitama, Abuja.
Lagos: Emmanuel House, Plot 1, Block 4, CMD/ Jubilee Road, Magodo, GRA, Lagos.
Port-Harcourt: Emmanuel Chambers, 7, Aba Road, Port-Harcourt.
Warri: Montessori International School, 66, Airport Road, Opposite Delta Career College, Warri.

UNIUYO releases 2013/2014 post UTME screening Results

This is to inform all candidates who sat for the 2013/2014 Post UTME screening test on the 10th to 14th of September 2013 at the University of Uyo, UNIUYO that the institution has released the results for the screening exercise.
How To Check Your Results:
Candidates are advised to visit the POST- UTME Portal At the institution's website: www.uniuyo.edu.ng

ASUU strike: Union vows to continue, blames NUC boss for rot in Nigerian Universities

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) has blamed the rot in the Nigerian university system on the Executive Secretary of the National University Commission, Julius Okojie, saying his failure to insist on quality has bastardised Nigerian universities.
The lecturers also vowed to continue their strike unless the federal government honours the 2009 agreement it had with the union.
In a statement signed by its University of Ibadan branch chairman, Olusegun Ajiboye, ASUU renewed its call for the scraping or a total overhaul of the regulatory institution if the nation wishes to get it right in university education management.
While calling on the National Assembly to beam its searchlight on the activities of the NUC, Mr. Ajiboye said the recent NEEDS assessment report on universities reflects how much the commission has failed in its duties as a regulator.
According to him, the report undertaken by genuine academics contradicts NUC’s accreditation exercises which gave ‘controversial’ clean bill of health to most universities through “magomago accreditation.”
The union contended that only in a society like Nigeria would Mr. Okojie still remain in office after being heavily indicted in the report, saying “in sane climes, the NUC boss ought to have resigned through the revelations made in the NEEDS assessment report.”
Mr. Okojie had, last week, absorbed his commission of any wrongdoing in the rot plaguing public universities in the country, particularly as regards undeserved accreditation, blaming members of the ASUU instead.
Mr. Ajiboye, who described the statement credited to the NUC boss as ‘careless’, accused Mr. Okojie of using his cronies who can do his biddings to embark on accreditation.
He said the success of the 2011 elections was based on the patriotic zeal and contributions of genuine and patriotic ASUU members nationwide saying that was why the election was free of hanky-panky recorded in past elections.
The ASUU statement titled ‘Where Okojie Got It Wrong,’ insisted that the NUC boss is fond of using his ‘yes sir’ boys to do hatchet jobs during accreditations, thereby compromising quality most of the time.
The union said its almost three-month-old strike is fully on, adding that the it would not allow itself to be fooled again with ‘promisory notes’ of the federal government which had never worked in the past.
“ASUU cannot be blamed for NUC ‘magomago’ accreditations. Rather than blaming the Union, Okojie should take full responsibility for all the fraudulent deeds in the NUC, including the work and eat accreditations.
“The NUC knows the kind of academics they select for their ignoble exercises. These are cronnies of the big man in the NUC. They can never say no to his biddings. Nigerians should be proud of ASUU in it’s efforts at repositioning public universities in the country. One of these major efforts is the NEEDS Assessment Document.
“This was a product of a rigorous academic exercise carried out by dependable and credible members of our Union. Unlike the numerous faulty accreditation reports which had given these universities clean bill of health, the NEEDS Assessment Report stands out as a classical document of reference detailing the rot and decay in public universities in Nigeria. All well meaning Nigerians can see the contrast between okojie’s ‘packaged accreditation reports’ and a credible job done by ASUU.
Source: PremiumTimes NG

ASUU strike: We Are Tired! - NANS

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on well meaning Nigerians to prevail on members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities to call off their three months old strike in the interest of Nigerian students who are currently idling away.
The Union noted that it could no longer continue to tolerate the protracted strike which has perpetually made Students irrelevant and idle.
Addressing a news conference in Akure, the Ondo State capital, NANS National President, Comrade Yinka Gbadebo urged the striking lecturers to call off the strike in the interest of building intellectual capacity for National development which is sacrosanct to the future of the country.
Gbadebo who was flanked by the union’s National Financial Secretary, Comrade Timileyin Ayenuro, an indigene of Ondo State, said it has become imperative for the students to call on ASUU to reconsider its present adamant stand on the continued closure of the Universities.
He said,”We must as Nigerians accept that the problem with our Universities have developed over decades and would therefore be unimaginable that ASUU with its present stand want it totally resolved within a spate of four years that this agreement was signed.
“Objectively, ASUU is expected to expect that the demand for an unproved standard of education in Nigeria shall continue as long as our quest for development as a Nation remains on our investment in the Education sector.
“We hereby disagree with ASUU on the notion that a release of N400 billion per annum as been demanded will face out the mirage of problems confronting the education sector in Nigeria today.
‘While the Government in an unprecedented manner had shown responsibility and concern by releasing N100 billion for infrastructural development in our Universities including State owned, ASUU should reconsider their position”.
Gbadebo said the agreement between the Federal Government and ASUU is frivolous and self-serving to the interest of the striking lecturers alone.
He pointed out that it has become imperative for the Government and ASUU to understand the significant position of Nigerian Students before entering into any agreement.
He added, “While we may not want to go deep into other details of the Federal Government and ASUU agreement which are hitherto considered by us as frivolous and self-serving to the interest of ASUU alone, it is expected that ASUU must at this point bring to the fore the interest of Nigerian Students whom they have been claiming to be fighting for by engaging the Federal Government in further dialogue, while returning to class without hesitation.
” NANS is no longer comfortable with the attendant consequence of the incessant strike on the lives of Nigerian Students and social implication on the society at large.
“If cumulatively in the last 10 years we have lost 30months to strikes by ASUU which is enough to produce a graduate in our Universities, then the question is what have been the gains and the potency of strikes as a weapon when Students are always at the receiving end.
“We are now calling on every well meaning Nigerians to prevail on ASUU to resume negotiations with the Federal Government and reopen the Universities without any further delays. We can no longer continue to tolerate this situation which has perpetually made us irrelevant at the point of arriving at these conclusions by ASUU and the Federal Government”.
Source: DailyPost

Now on sale: EBSU Pre-Degree forms

This is to inform you that the 2013/2014 Ebonyi State University, EBSU Pre-Degree forms are now on-sale for candidates who wish to enroll to the six(6) month programme in the university after which they'll gain admission into 100 level in any course of their choice provided they passed the examinations offered to them at the end of the programme.

The sale of the form kicked off silently and despite the fact that ASUU is on strike the forms are selling, students are advised to hurry and purchase the forms on time so as to speed up their admission process, pre-degree admission list will be rolling out from time to time and candidates who bought the 2013/2014 EBSU Pre-Degree form first will make the first admission list.
Ebonyi State University offers both Science and Art and will be admitting students into medicine this year.

TO REGISTER FOR 2013/2014 EBSU Pre-Degree Candidates will need the following:
1. Local govt identification
2. Passports photographs
3. O’level result

Ekiti state 2013 scholarship/bursary: How to apply

This is to inform all Ekiti State Students across all tertiary institutions in the federation that the 2013 Ekiti State Scholarship/Bursary forms are out.
ELIGIBILITY:
1. Applicant must be a bonafide indigene of Ekiti State.
2. Applicant must be a 200 level student.
3. Applicant must have WAEC/NECO results with a minimum of 5 credits including English and Mathematics at one sitting.
4. Applicant must have a Cumulative Grade Point Average, CGPA of 4.00 and above

Method of Application:

Download application forms from www.ekitistate.gov.ng/media-centre/downloads
Alternatively, you can submit a hand written application at the Ekiti State Scholarship Board, New Secretariat, Ado Ekiti.
Online Applications must be sent to : scholarshipboard@ekitistate.gov.ng

Closing Date:
All application must be submitted on or befor 12 midnight, Wednesday, 2nd October 2013.

ASUU strike: FG, ASUU meet behind closed doors, strike may end very soon

Hope of an early resolution of the strike embarked on by the public universities’ lecturers rises as the Vice-President Namadi Sambo met with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities in Abuja on Thursday. The meeting which held behind closed doors had in attendance the supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike and the Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission, Prof. Julius Okojie. The union was led by its National President, Dr. Nasir Faggae, and two former Presidents of ASUU; Dr. Dipo Fasina and Dr. Abdullahi Sule-Kano. Others at the meeting were the Vice-Chancellors of Uniport, Prof. A Ajienka, Bayero University Kano, Prof. Abdulrasheed Abubakar; Prof. Isaac Adewole of the University of Ibadan; and Prof. Muhammed Hamisu of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi. It was however uncertain if yesterday’s discussion was fruitful as the two parties did not disclose the outcome of the meeting which lasted for two hours to journalists. Fagge, however, told State House Correspondents that the union would make its position known after the National Executive Council meeting. Wike assured Nigerians that students would soon return to school as government was ready to make sure all the contending issues were resolved as soon as possible. But a source at the meeting, who pleaded anonymity, however, told one of our correspondents that going by the new offers made by the Federal Government, the strike might be called off within the next two weeks. This, the source said, was because the Federal Government had agreed to inject fund to revitalize the university system. “The meeting went well, the vice-president made some new offers that were different from what was on ground before. For instance, the Federal Government had agreed to start the injection of revitalization fund into the university system starting with N100bn this year and N150bn in 2014 and this will continue until the university system is solid enough to stand. The source, however, said that the ASUU team promised the vice-president that the union would make it decision on the strike known after its NEC meeting unconfirmed source said had been scheduled for Saturday.

Aftermath of cultist attack: YABATECH students wrecked havoc on campus

Earlier on Thursday morning at the Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, the institution faced commotions, as academic programmes were grounded, while movements were restricted. The development was as a result of a protest by the students of the institution, who were expressing their displeasure at an attack on a student by suspected cult members on Wednesday night. Some policemen, who attempted entering the campus to quell the unrest, were turned back at the gate by the students, who held everyone within the campus hostage for hours. Reports reaching us says that two fully loaded staff buses were prevented from entering the institution. A clash between the cultist and some students the previous night had kept everybody awake. A source in the Department of Mass Communication explained that the clash started after an unnamed student was attacked by some cult members with machetes and was wounded. Our correspondent learnt that the student had a misunderstanding with a suspected cult member. Another source who pleaded anonymity said, “The student had ignored the cult member when that one told him to do something for him. He was later beaten, clubbed and cut with matchetes. “Somebody alerted the victim’s friends and they also came out and faced the cult members.” It was said that in the Wednesday rampage, security men on the campus were assaulted, while some school facilities were damaged. On Thursday, the students took over the gates of the school and chased away security men to protest the Wednesday night attack. One of the students at the gate told our source that the security men guarding the campus had failed in their duties. He said,”Two weeks ago, they (the cultists) stormed the Art Block and wreaked havoc while our security men were merely watching. So the students decided to take over the security of the school.” It was observed that a few of the security men had changed into mufti, while some of the students who tried to record the riot with their camera phones were assaulted. The school’s major road was also barricaded. The students said they were awaiting the Rector to give an address on the way forward. Later, the Dean of Students Affairs, Mr. Omobayo Raheem, addressed the warring youths, urging them to calm down. He said, “Like many of you, I have not been able to sleep as a result of this development. I apologize to every one of us as a result of the injury one of us sustained. There is no doubt that injury to one is injury to all. “I can assure you that the management has set up a high-powered panel to look into this and none of the culprits will go unpunished be they students or lecturers.” He said the wounded student was being treated at the school’s medical centre. The Rector, Dr. Kudirat Ladipo, later came to address the protesters. She capped her address with a prayer for peace on the campus. Source: Punch NG

NECO Releases June/July 2013 Examination results

This is to inform all candidates who participated in the National Examinations Council, NECO 2013 June/July internal examination that their results have been released.
Announcing this year’s school based examination in Minna, the Registrar and the Chief Executive of the Council, Professor Promise Okpala said that 681,507 candidates representing 66.63 per cent made credit pass and above in English Language while 668,314 candidates or 65.50 percent recorded same in Mathematics. In Biology 66.88 percent had credit and above, 66.68 per cent of the candidates that wrote Physics and 66.41 percent Chemistry candidates equally made credit pass and above.
The NECO boss also said that out of 1,034,263 candidates that sat for the examination which had 128 blind candidates, 998,624 candidates or 96.55 per cent made five passes and above. The 2013 NECO results has been fully uploaded online, and can be accessed directly from the council’s result checking portal.
How to Check 2013 June/July NECO Result:
1. Go to NECO result checking portal
2.Select Examination Type
3.Select Year of Examination
4.Enter your card PIN number.
5.Enter your Examination Number
6.Click on “Check My Result” button to finally see your result.

FG agrees to meet ASUP demands

The Federal Government on Monday the 16 of September, 2013 met with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics behind closed doors and agreed to meet the demands of the union. The Minister of State for Education, Nyesom Wike, and the Labour Minister, Emeka Wogu co-chaired the meeting while ASUP President, Chibuzo Asomugha, led the union team. None of the parties, however, spoke with journalists after the brief meeting held at the Federal Ministry of Education in Abuja. However, a source at the meeting, who confided in our correspondent, said the union obtained a strong commitment from the government. He said, “The union tabled three key issues at the meeting. One is the need to constitute the governing councils of the remaining seven polytechnics. Wike was said to have informed the union that the Federal Government had agreed to constitute the remaining governing councils. He promised that the list would be out by this week and the union was happy about it. “He also promised that the white paper on the visitation panel to the polytechnics was almost ready and would be released soon. “On the CONTISS 15, Wike promised to work with the Minister of Labour to get the circular ready from the Head of Service having got commitment from the Presidency to work out the modality on the migration to CONTISS 15 for the polytechnic teachers.

UDOSOK releases 2013/2014 post UTME Screening results

This is to inform all the candidates who took part in the 2013/2014 post UTME screening at the Usman Dan Fodio University Sokoto (UDUSOK) that the institution has released her 2013/2014 post UTME screening exercise results. UDUSOK 2013/2014 post UTME results have been uploaded on the institution’s result checking portal. How to Check UDUSOK 2013 Post UTME Results: 1. Visit the institution’s result checking portal @ http://putme.udusok.edu.ng/checkResult.php 2. Supply your JAMB registration number in the required field 3. Then, click on Fetch Record button to access your results.

ASUU Strike: NANS begs FG and ASUU to resume negotiation

The National Association of Nigerian students(NANS) has called on the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to return to the negotiation table and quickly hammer out an agreement that will end the ongoing strike by university teachers. The student body also requested both sides to keep an open mind and be ready to shift ground so as to put an end to the suffering of students and parents. Speaking to journalists Monday at the headquarters of the Federal Ministry of Education, John Shima the acting Senate president of NANS, said, “ASUU and Federal Government should go back to the negotiating table. Even during wars, issues are resolved at the roundtables. Nigerian students have been idle for 78 days. “Nigerian students are tired of sitting at home. Both parties are urged to shift ground to ensure quick resolution of the crisis.’ “We lost almost three years of study time in the last 10 years due to strikes; the lost time is enough to graduate a student in Germany.” The students had besieged the ministry to meet with Minister Nyesom Wike for an update on what the government was doing to end the strike. But the meeting was later postponed till next week to allow Mr. Wike himself receive briefings from the government negotiating team. Meanwhile, chairman of the Federal Government negotiating team and Benue State governor, Gabriel Suswam, has threatened to go hard on striking lecturers of Benue State University, Makurdi. He said he would insist on a policy of “no work, no pay” policy if the lecturers in the state university refused to call off what he described as their “sympathy strike”. He said the state-owned universities, such as that of Benue, should pull out of the strike, since it was the federal universities and not those of states that were involved in the negotiation with the Federal Government. Mr. Suswam further explained that the Benue State University was already benefiting from the earned allowance for which the Federal Government voted N30 billion and had no cause to complain. Source: PremiumTimes NG

ASUU strike: The Increase In Crime Rate Is As a Result of The Lingering Strike - NANS

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has linked the rising wave of crime in the last two months to the idleness of students, who are currently bearing the brunt of the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The students' body, therefore, appealed to the striking union and the federal government to resume negotiations and ensure quick resolution of the strike, which is now in its 13th week. The acting Senate President of NANS, Mr. John Shima, while addressing a press conference in Abuja Monday, lamented that about three years of study time had been lost to strikes in the last 10 years. The lost time, he said, was enough to graduate from an undergraduate course in other climes. "ASUU and the federal government should go back to the negotiating table. Even after wars, issues are resolved at the round table, Nigerian students are tired of sitting at home," he said. Shima added that although the lecturers were protesting the decline of infrastructure in the nation's universities, the decline was not limited to the universities alone. This, he said, had led to the continual drop in Nigeria's standard of tertiary education. "We call for a NEEDS Assessment in our polytechnics and Colleges of Education as was done for the universities to ascertain their level of decay. This may also stop unions in these institutions from embarking on their own strikes," he said. The students' body appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to urgently appoint a substantive minister to head the education ministry. The candidate, it added, should be an individual from the education sector, who had exhibited the necessary competence, clear understanding of the sector and has the capacity to command the respect of stakeholder unions in the sector. "We commend the out-gone education minister, Prof. Ruqqayatu Rufa'i, for doing her best while she served as minister," Shima said. However, a mild drama ensued at the press briefing, which had to be truncated after a young man who claimed to be NANS Public Relations Officer, Olaogun Victor, interrupted the proceedings on the grounds that his presence was not acknowledged. A group of young men also protested that the press briefing was being done without their knowledge. Source: AllAfrica.com

ASUU strike: Group rallies support for mass protest to save education

Nigerians have been urged to prepare for a mass rally to compel the Federal Government to release funds for the implementation of the agreement it reached with the striking university lecturers. Joint Action Front (JAF), a pro - labour civil coalition, who made the appeal, said with millions of students sitting idly at home because of the on - going strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), coupled with the President Goodluck Jonathan's government reluctance to accede to the lecturers' demand, the situation may linger unless it’s compelled through "mass action" to do the right thing. JAF - Secretary, Comrade Abiodun Aremu, said in Abeokuta that government should be held responsible for the spate of strikes at the nation's education sector and asked Nigerians to join in the mobilisation to "save public education" in the country. Aremu said: "JAF is committed to the nationwide, zonal and state protests until the Government is compelled to give Public Education the priority attention it deserves and urge all students, workers in formal and informal sectors, parents and pro-people organisations across the country to join the mass mobilisation to save public education. "Students from the Universities have been home since July 1st because of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike action. For 3 months, polytechnic students had their academic calendar disrupted for similar reasons. "The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) just last week had a warning strike. All these have implication for disruption of the academic calendars, falling standards of education at all levels, a high level of general insecurity and a bleak future for the current generation and the Nigerian Child." At the press briefing attended by representatives of ASUU, students, civil society organisations among others, The JAF - Secretary said the mass protest to sensitize Nigerians to the dangers in the steady destruction of the educational sector by the Federal Government is slated to hold in Abeokuta, on Thursday, this week while similar one would take place in Kano later. He said: "except we mobilise Nigerians to resist the government, to compel the government to bring the money, the government will not budge in its unwillingness or reluctance to fund education adequately in Nigeria." Source: Worldstage

FUTO: VC Appoints 67 new officers including deans, HODs, . . .

The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, FUTO, Prof. Chigozie Cyril Asiabaka, on Friday the 13th of September, 2013, in pursuant to the prevailing governance in the University, appointed new Deans, Directors, Heads of Department/Units and Co-ordinators for a period of one year with effect from July 1, 2013. In a brief remark, the Vice-Chancellor stated that the new appointment was expected to re-jig the administrative machinery of the University in line with the mantra “Quest for Excellence”. He charged the new appointees to discharge their duties with renewed zeal and vigour adding that they should work assiduously with greater commitment to the ideals of the mandate of the University. BELOW IS THE LIST OF DIRECTORS/HEAD OF DEPARTMENT AND CO-ORDINATORS (JUNE 2013 – JUNE 2014) S/N NAME POSITION DEPT./UNIT 1. Prof. G. N. Onuoha Dean School of Environmental Tech 2. Prof. M. C. Ofoh Dean Student Affairs Unit 3. Prof. C. B. C. Ohanuzue Director Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer Office 4. Dr. A. O. Ojiako Ag Managing Director FUTO Press Ltd 5. Engr. Prof. (Mrs.) G. N. Chukwudebe Director Information and Communication Technology 6. Prof. G. F. Okorafor Director Academic Planning and Development 7. Prof. E. N. O. Ejike Director Central Instrument Equipment Centre 8. Engr. Prof. O. E. Okorafor Director Centre for Industrial Studies 9. Prof. E. B. J. Iheriohanma Managing Director FUTO Bookshop Limited 10. Prof. P. C. Njoku Director Quality Assurance Unit 11. Prof. P. C. Obasi Managing Director FUTO Farms Limited 12. Engr. Prof. N. A. A. Okereke Director Centre for Energy and Power Research Systems 13. Prof. N. C. Nwezeaku Director Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies 14. Prof. M. O. E. Iwuala Director Linkages and Advancement Unit 15. Dr. (Mrs.) Chinyere A. Madu Ag Director Center for Continuing Education 16. Engr. Dr. (Mrs.) B. U. Dike Ag Managing Director FUTO Consult Ltd 17. Dr. (Mrs.) G. N. Okwu Ag Director Office for University Development 18. Dr. A. C. Onyeka Ag. Director University Computer Center 19. Dr. (Mrs.) I. P. Asiabaka Ag. Director Centre for Women, Gender and Development Studies 20. Prof. K. K. Ibe Head Geosciences 21. Prof. D. C. Njoku Head Fisheries & Aquaculture Tech 22. Prof. I. S. Iwueze Head Mathematics 23. Prof. I. M. Mejeha Head Physics 24. Prof. A. N. Amadi Head Public Health Technology 25. Engr. Prof. F. P. O. Ukwuoma Head Project Management Tech 26. Prof. I. O. Igwe Head Polymer and Textile Eng 27. Prof. S. C. Inyama Head Computer Science 28. Dr. N. I. Alinor Ag Head Chemistry 29. Dr. S. N. Asoegwu Ag Head Agricultural Engineering 30. Dr. H. C. Iwu Ag Head Statistics 31. Dr. (Mrs.) U. F. Eze Ag Head Information Management Tech 32. Dr. J. O. Ogunbuwale Ag Head Dental Technology 33. Dr. E. C. Esenwah Ag Head Optometry 34. Dr. P. U. Agbasi Ag Head Prosthesis & OrthopaedicTech 35. Engr. Dr.(Mrs) G. N. Ezeh Ag Head Electrical and Electronics Eng 36. Engr. Dr. J. C. Ezeh Ag Head Civil Engineering 37. Dr. (Mrs.) N. C. Onuegbu Ag Head Food Science and Technology 38. Dr. Gideon I. N. Ndubuka Ag Head Biomedical Technology 39. Engr. Dr. M. S. Nwakaudu Ag Head Chemical Engineering 40. Dr. A. O. Nnaji Ag. Head Surveying and Geoinfomatics 41. Engr. Dr. N. V. Ogueke Ag Head Mechanical Engineering 42. Dr. (Mrs.) M. N. Okoli Ag. Head Financial Management Tech 43. Dr. D. U. Ekwenna Ag. Head Maritime Management Tech 44. Dr. P. C. Ugboaja Ag. Head Transport Management Tech 45. Dr. A. E. Ibe Ag. Head Forestry and Wild Life Tech 46. Dr. A. O. Okwujiako Ag. Head Biotechnology 47. Dr. C. Iroegbu Ag. Head Science Laboratory Tech 48. Dr. (Mrs.) J. C. Orji Ag. Head Microbiology 49. Dr. A. A. Ngwuta Ag. Head Crop Science and Technology 50. Dr. F. N. Nnadi Ag. Head Agricultural Extension 51. Dr. E. U. Onweremadu Ag. Head Soil Science and Technology 52. Dr. N. Nwachukwu Ag. Head Biochemistry 53. Engr. Dr. B. C. Okoro Ag. Head Building Technology 54. Prof. C. C. Eze Ag. Head Agricultural Economics 55. Dr. (Mrs.) C. G. Okoli Ag. Head Environmental Technology 56. Dr. O. O. Emenalom Ag. Head Animal Science and Tech 57. Dr. (Mrs.) R. I. Okechukwu Ag. Head Biological Sciences 58. Dr. J. D. Njoku Ag. Head Urban and Regional Planning 59. Engr Dr C. I. C. Anyadiegwu Ag Head Petroleum Engineering 60. Prince K. N. Egbukole Coordinator Host Communities Relations 61. Dr. B. C. Asiegbu Deputy Director Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies 62. Dr. I. J. Ogoke Deputy Director Linkages and Advancement 63. Prof. C. N. Ubbaonu Coordinator University SIWES 64. Dr. E. B. Etuk Alumni Relations Officer Alumni Relations Unit 65. Prof. I. C. Ndukwe University Admissions Officer Admissions Unit. 66. Dr S. I. Okorondu Co-ordinator Pre-Degree 67. Mr Chike Ezenwa Co-ordinator IPPA. Source: www.futo.edu.ng/news/tabid/272/id/137/vice-chancellor-appoints-new-deansdirectorsheads-of-departmentsunits-and-co-ordinators.aspx

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