Addressing journalists on Monday evening after the meeting with the striking lecturers in Abuja, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said the majority of their demands have been met including the release of N15.4 billion for payment of salary shortfalls.
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.
FG to release intervention funds
The TETFund Executive Secretary, Dr Bichi Baffa, said this in Abuja last Friday, while enlisting 14 new institutions that would receive the funds.
Baffa said the beneficiaries must adhere to the operational guidelines of the funds and ensure transparency in their implementation of various projects.
Our correspondent learnt that the new institutions expected to receive the funds in 2019 include First Technical University, Ibadan, Oyo State; College of Education, Lanlate, Oyo State; University of Medical Sciences, Ondo State; Gombe State College of Education; Ibarapa Polytechnic, Eruwa, Oyo State and Ogun State Institute of Technology, Igbesa.
NATIONAL SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMME TO BECOME AFRICA’S LARGEST BY END OF 2018, SAYS VP OSINBAJO
* Over 9m primary pupils benefiting in 26 states already
* Over $183million has been invested so far
* 95,422 cooks and over 100,000 smallholder farmers benefitting
He added, “it is becoming clearer that the 21st Century will be defined by knowledge and skills. The nations that are best able to present the most knowledgeable and most skilful citizens will prevail in commerce, in science and technology and of course, will enjoy the greatest prosperity and the longevity to enjoy the prosperity. Nations that do not invest enough to produce the required level of talent and skills will be left behind. A farther distance than ever before in the history of mankind.”
By the end of 2018, with the number of new States in the country joining the National Homegrown School Feeding Programme, it is set to become the largest school-feeding programme in Africa, says Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. He stated this in Tunisia, where he delivered a keynote address at the closing ceremony of the 20th Annual Global Child Nutrition Forum held at Four Seasons hotel in Tunis, stating that the programme “has been by all accounts, a remarkable success.” Speaking on the philosophy underlying the Programme, Prof Osinbajo told the 353 delegates from 9 countries, which include experts in the nutrition industry, United Nations officials from World Food Programme, Global Child Nutrition Fund, the World Bank and stakeholders that “Nigeria took the decision to embark on a school feeding programme as an important part of our human capital development agenda, by tackling the broader issues of eradication of poverty, food and nutrition security, and increasing school enrollment.”
COEASU threatens strike, condemns FG’s ‘No-work-no-pay’ rule
The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union has said that its members will not be intimidated by the Federal Government’s no-work-no-pay rule of the Federal Government.
The union, in a statement addressed to lecturers in federal colleges of education across the country, claimed that its members had been receiving “fractional and mutilated salaries” for some years.
It described the government’s decision not to pay striking lecturers as a sign of insensitivity to the labour force of the country.
The COEASU National President, Mr NuhuOgirima, in the release obtained by our correspondent, called on all the members of the Union across the country to prepare for a prolonged battle.
FG To Invest More In Health, Education In 2019 — Minister
The Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has assured Nigerians that the President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration would invest more on health and education in 2019.
The Minister gave the assurance in a statement issued by Boade Akinola, Director Media and Public Relations of the Ministry, on Sunday in Abuja.
According to Akinola, the Minister gave the assurance during a peer review meeting with Chief Medical Directors and Medical Director across the country.
“The meeting, was to enable the participants exchange ideas, share experiences and appreciate challenges confronting each facility in order to help government address them and if necessary capture them in the 2019 budget,” Akinola said.
Adewole said government would not only invest more money on health but also on education.
ASUU supports minimum wage
He explained that payment of tuition in Nigerian universities was unconstitutional as education remained a right and a public good. According to him, the introduction of education banks will do nothing better than enslave students and make them indebted for life. He also declared that ASUU was with the labour union in its efforts for the betterment of the life of Nigerian workers who are also producers and preservation of the wealth of the nation. Lawan lamented the lack of responsiveness of government to the needs of public universities, stressing that government was out to destroy university education as it had done to primary and secondary education in the country.
Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/10/asuu-rejects-introduction-of-education-banks-supports-minimum-wage/
NUNS vs FG
ASUU threatens FG
The National President of the union, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Lagos.
According to him, no meaningful development will be achieved if government fails to put issues concerning education on the front burner for global reckoning and competitiveness.
Children faced with Learning Challenges
Parents whose children are faced with learning challenges can now heave a sigh of relief as special school for special needs education berths in Lagos. In spite of the promulgation of section 8 of the National Policy on Education which states that children with special needs education should be attended to, many public and private educators are yet to fill in this gap. The policy describes special needs education in Nigeria as “a customized educational program that is designed to meet the unique needs of persons with special needs that the general education program cannot cater for”