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The newly appointed Executive Secretary of the National Commission for Almajiri and Out-of-School Children’s Education, (NCAOOSCE), Dr Muhammad Idris has charged workers of the commission to be dedicated to duty. Idris made this known during his maiden meeting with the staff of the commission in Abuja on Friday . He said the task of solving the problem of Almajiri and out-of-school children is a collective responsibility of all citizens especially considering its security implications. The executive secretary assured the staff of his commitment to their welfare for optimal productivity. Idris also reiterated his determination to taking millions of Nigerian children off the streets in line with the renewed hope agenda of President Bola Tinubu's administration. Meanwhile, the members of staff of the commission pledged to cooperate with the Executive Secretary in the task ahead

The Congress of University Academics (CONUA), University of Abuja Chapter has dissociated itself from the ongoing strike  by the university branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The Chairman, CONUA, University of Abuja Chapter, Prof. Abdul Buba, said this when the group paid a courtesy visit to the Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah in Abuja on Friday. Buba said the University system could not be grounded because it had no Governing Council, a decision that informed the industrial actions. “We believe in stable academic calendar and that’s why we believe that there are other ways of handling labour issues rather than strike actions. “CONUA addresses issues and not personalities. We also respect opinions of our members and not a predetermined objective of the leadership. ”We address issues without sentiments and meet with the right stakeholders in the pursue of our objectives. “We are conscious of the negative effects of strikes, and we

As public outcry trailed the mass failure in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), the President’s Schools Debate Nigeria (PSDN) has pledged to promote a reading culture and academic excellence among Nigerian students. The Chairman, PSDN, Usman Mohammed made this known at a news conference on Friday in Abuja. Mohammed, represented by the National Coordinator, PSDN, Dare Oritu said that the organisation’s 24th edition of democracy debate, scheduled to hold in July would feature participation across all public primary and secondary schools in the country. He pointed out that national debate would also promote harmony and inter-regional unity amongst the youth as well as advance democratic values in them at an early age. “With over 70 per cent of candidates who sat for the just concluded UTME scoring less than 200 out of 400 obtainable scores, some analysts have attributed the cause on the dying reading culture among young ones,’: he said. Mohammed urged Nigerian stu

The Edo State Government has said that the long-term impact of Governor Godwin Obaseki’s projects cannot be appreciated by the All Progressives Congress (APC) because they have always thrived on subversive politics which imperil the people for the gains of a few. The Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Hon. Chris Nehikhare, who said this in a statement, noted that it was regrettable that the APC would find the commissioning of the new Labour House and the construction of Temboga road as distasteful. According to him, “It is curious to learn that the All Progressives Congress (APC) finds the building of a Labour House and the construction of an access road in the Temboga area in bad taste just because they want to play politics.  “But we are not surprised by their lack of understanding because they have always been used to subversive politics that have never placed the people at the center of development. In their reasoning, projects should only be constructed for the benefi

...Approves Land For FG Project Governor of Bayelsa State, Senator Douye Diri, has said affordable housing for people of the state will be accorded top priority in his second term. Senator Diri disclosed this on Friday when the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Federal Housing Authority (FHA), Hon. Oyetunde Ojo, and the  management team paid him a courtesy visit in Government House,  Yenagoa. The governor, who expressed his administration's commitment to collaborate with the federal government to attract more development in the housing sector, approved the provision of land for the FHA to actualise President Bola Tinubu's housing vision for people of the state. He said: “In our first term, we focused more on infrastructure development to open up the state. We saw road construction as our number one priority. But, this time around, we are prioritising housing for our people. Our focal person in the sector will liaise with you to ensure that President Bola Tinubu&#

  The University of Abuja branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared an indefinite strike over some unresolved issues between the management and the union. Some of the issues include the illegal Advertorial for vacancy of the position of Vice Chancellor by the current vice chancellor of the institution and illegal recruitments without due Process. A statement by the Chairperson of the ASUU University of Abuja chapter, Dr Sylvanus Ugoh says the decision to embark on the indefinite strike was reached after the congress of the Chapter with approval by ASUU National.  Ugoh said after following due process in line with ASUU procedures, the Trustees and Principal Officers granted the branch the permission to proceed on an indefinite, comprehensive and total strike until the issues in contention were addressed. He said other issues include the refusal to conduct the election to the positions of Deanship into various faculties and Provost College of Health Sciences