FUTA refuses to join ASUU strike
The Federal University of Technology (FUTA) chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has refused to join the nationwide strike declared by its national body, stating that it would not embark on strike until after Wednesday.
Chairman of FUTA chapter of ASUU, Dr Bola Oniya, in a statement on Monday, disclosed that the chapter would join the industrial action after its local congress slated for Wednesday.
The national body of the union had on Sunday night declared an indefinite strike across the country.
Nearly all ‘educational’ apps for children have ads
Research has previously shown that children under the age of seven can’t tell the difference between ads and other content, and yet countless children using their parents’ smartphones and tablets are being targeted by advertisers.
Much of this advertising is being done with “manipulative and disruptive methods”, says the study’s senior author, Jenny Radesky.
“With young children now using mobile devices on an average of one hour a day, it’s important to understand how this type of commercial exposure may impact children’s health and well-being,” says Radesky, a developmental behavioural expert and paediatrician at University of Michigan’s C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital.
The study, published in the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, reviewed 135 different apps, many of which were clearly focused more on making money than on the child’s experience, despite often being categorised as “educational”.
ASUU vs FG
Strike: Zamfara bank customers in panic withdrawals ASUU strike The development follows the indefinite strike embarked upon by the union Sunday night, after its National Executive Council, NEC, meeting held in Akure, Ondo State.
ASUU begins indefinite nationwide strike Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, at a briefing in his office, attributed the delays in meeting some of the demands projected by ASUU on weak financial base of the Federal Government, noting that previous administrations made bogus promises to the academic union when the economy was quite buoyant.
ASUU’s current strike is predicated on delays in implementing the Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, all parties allegedly agreed to in the year 2017, including compelling government to conclude the renegotiation of other agreements also collectively reached in 2009.