Press Release: ‎ UNAUTHORISED COURSES: FG WARNS UNIVERSITIES OF AGRIC, TECHNOLOGY

..says they should stick to their mandate‎

The Federal Government has directed that all specialized are to stick to their core mandates which they were set up to carry and desist from running programmes which have no bearing to their foundation.
Specialised Universities are University set up to pursue specific courses/ programmes to steer the need of manpower in a particular sector of the economy. Some of these specialized institutions include Universities such as Universities of Agriculture, Universities of Technologies, Universities of Medicine, amongst others.

Why FG scraps post UTME, PEGS CUT-OFF AT 180

Prof. Dibu Ojerinde

The Federal Government Thursday scrapped the conduct of post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) for candidates seeking admission into higher institution.

The government explained that all tertiary institutions were at liberty to conduct screening for candidates seeking admission into any school.
Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, said this on Thursday in Abuja after declaring open the 2016 Combined Policy Meeting on Admissions to Universities, Polytechnics and other higher institutions in Nigeria.

Adamu, expressed confidence in the examination conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), adding that there was no need for other examination to be conducted by universities after JAMB.

Ezekwesili to Buhari - Your economic policies are not feasible, outdated –

Erstwhile Minister of Education, Oby Ezekwesili has taken a swipe at the current economic policies of President Muhammadu Buhari, describing them as opaque and archaic.

Speaking at The Platform, a yearly public policy forum currently holding in Abuja, Ezekwesili said the Buhari’s current economic policies are similar to those he promulgated during the military regime he led in the 1980s.

According to Ezekwesili, Buhari’s “archaic and opaque,” economic principles are not only encouraging massive corruption and abuse of power, but also hurting the poor they were intended to help.

She said, “During the first coming of this our new president, a command and control economic system was adopted.

UPDATE: ASUP, COEASU Plans Protest On Tuesday In Abuja

There appears to be no end in sight for students of polytechnics and colleges of education to return to school as the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) and Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) announced plans to embark on a peaceful protest in Abuja on Tuesday.

At a joint news conference in Abuja on Sunday, the National President of the ASUP, Dr Chibuzor Asomugha and the Abuja chapter chairman of COEASU, Dr Ahymed Lawal, criticised the Federal Government’s refusal to implement agreements reached with the unions in order to suspend the indefinite strike.

Ateke Tom, Ex-Niger Delta militant to contest 2015 governorship election in Rivers state

Governorship campaign posters of ex-Niger Delta militant, Ateke Tom has flooded major roads and streets in Port Harcourt. Tom, who hails from Okrika Local Government, hometown of Nigeria’s First Lady, Patience Jonathan, has become the second obvious candidate aiming for the Brick House in Port Harcourt after the numerous endorsement of Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike by PDP stakeholders in the state.

The posters, which were seen around Aba Road, Garrison Bus Stop, CFC, Artillary and the ever busy Rumuola Junction has the picture of the ex-Militant with the inscription: “For 2015 Governor Rivers State, Vote Chief Comr. Ateke Tom”. Though the posters do not bear the name or logo of any political party, sources hinted that he would be running under the PDP.

Wike not qualified to be a minister of education - COEASU

Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike is a Special Adviser to the President on Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s affairs

Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union [COEASU] of Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Saturday trooped out to protest what they called the”maladministration”of the Supervising Minister of Education, Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike . They maintained that he is not qualified to be a minister.

Its former National President, Comrade Remi Makinde said it would have been logical if Wike holds the office of “Special Adviser to the President on Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s affairs rather than be in an office that decides the future of all Nigerian students.

Makinde said Wike is a lawyer, who is interested in helping the Presidency to fight Amaechi rather than looking for ways to tackle all the challenges in the education sector.