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Vice Chancellor Uni Jos orders security to break down gate locked by protesting SSANU members amid warning strike

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Senior Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU)

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Jos, Plateau State, Prof. Tanko Ishaya, ordered security to break open the gate of the university locked by protesting non-teaching staff members of the university.

 

Non-teaching university staff, under the aegis of the Senior Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), began a one-week strike on Monday, March 18, over alleged unfair treatment and disparity in the payment of their salaries by the Nigerian Government.

On Monday morning, protesting staff members of the University of Jos locked the school gate with a padlock to ground academic activities in the school.

Senior Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU)

However, when the vice chancellor arrived at the institution with armed policemen, he did not let the locked gate stop him from gaining entrance.

 

As the protesting workers chanted solidarity songs, Ishaya’s security broke the gate to gain entrance into the school. The vice-chancellor then got back into his car and drove into campus.

 

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Varsity proliferation: Nigerian Govt moves to sanction illegal satellite campuses

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The Federal Government has said that it would impose tough sanctions on any federal university that establishes a satellite campus without prior approval of the Minister of Education.

The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, gave the warning on Wednesday in a memo sent to the National Universities Commission, NUC.

The minister said the decision is borne out of the Federal Government’s determination to restore the quality and integrity of tertiary education in the country.

Alausa directed the NUC to inform all federal universities that no satellite campuses be established without prior approval of the ministry through the Executive Secretary of the Commission, stressing that failure to comply would attract sanctions.

“There has been a noticeable and concerning trend of federal universities establishing satellite campuses across the country. Many of these campuses are created without clear strategic, academic, or infrastructural justifications,” he said.

Ekwutosblog recalls that several such satellite campuses have been established in the country, infringing on previous regulations and violating the approved guidelines for such creation as set out by the NUC.

The NUC had reportedly earlier warned that such campuses have been banned in the country.

The university regulating body had also, in the past, set up a committee that advised on the closure of such illegal universities and campuses, as the Commission mandated it to identify, locate, and prosecute such illegalities.

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Studying political science, History ,Sociology or micro Biology is usel3ss and waste of time in the university – Prophet Odumeje.

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Prophet Odumeje

 

According to the Controversial Preacher, If you are from a poor family background or you don’t have anybody in Politics or government..
Studying these courses will end you up in Ose Okwodu .

These are the courses he mentioned ;

1. Political Science.
2. History and international relations
3. Micro Biology .
4. Sociology and Anthropology
5, Library and information Science .

“It’s better to go and learn barbing than studying these courses, that’s why some people after going to school, they end up in Ogbomanu,uper Iweka or Ose okwodu “ he added.

 

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Northwest University: Suspend foreign scholarships – APC’s Dankano tells Kano govt

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A member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kano State, Auwal Dankano, has called on the state government to suspend all overseas scholarship programs and use the money to fund local universities instead.

He made the statement while reacting to the recent increase in registration fees at Northwest University, where the charges rose from ₦19,000 to almost ₦53,000.

Dankano said the increase may be due to financial problems faced by the university.

He stressed that it goes against Kano State’s policy on free and accessible education.

“Yes, we are all aware that the management unofficially complained about shortage of funds to run the varsity, hence they decided to make the increase,” he said.

“To say the fact, the school authority has a valid reason to increase the fees. But this is not in line with the Kano State policy on education.”

He advised the government to look for other ways to support universities rather than putting the burden on students and their families.

“In my view, the government should reverse the increase and create an avenue where the deficit should be funded elsewhere,” Dankano suggested.

He urged the government to suspend overseas scholarships and use those funds to support Northwest University and Sa’adatu Rimi University of Education.

“Yes, the government should suspend overseas scholarship and channel the money to the two universities in the state,” he said.

According to him, each of the two institutions has an estimated 10,000 students from Kano, and the government would need about ₦1.5 billion every year to cover their financial needs.

“Based on assumptions, the average 10,000 Kano indigenes in each of the two state-owned universities, the state government needs to pay about ₦1.5 billion annually. That will fill in the gap, and make education for all,” Dankano said.

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