Kano State Government Sacks School Principal

Sabo Muhammad Ahmad, Principal of GSS Dambatta has been relieved from his position for violating its directives on the Eid-el-Kabir break for students. Education Commissioner, Kano State Muhammad Kiru, who approved the immediate removal of the principal said he failed to retain the 300 students writing NECO examinations in his school in breach of a circular to keep students in school throughout the period. “This action is a portrayal of laxity, betrayal of trust reposed in...

Taraba State NUT Chairman Sack, Promoted

JALINGO, (Taraba State) — The chairman, Taraba State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Peter Julius has been tactically relieved of his position with the transfer from teaching line to administration. The decision of the government might not be unconnected with squabbles with the union leadership in the state which led to the closure of the State Secretariat of the union located along Donga road in Jalingo metropolis. The closure of the secretariat...

Anambra Assembly Summons Head of Service, Commissioner for Works, Cancels Employment Exercise

AWKA — Anambra State House of Assembly today, under the Motion of Urgent Importance resolved that employment exercises conducted by the state government for prospective workers at the yet to be commissioned Anambra Airport be canceled, with immediate effect. The Anambra Airport expected to be commissioned soon, we gathered, have employees who are already undergoing training at the Golden Tulip, Agulu Lake Hotel, in Anambra State. The House of Assembly also resolved that employment into...

Unemployment: UNICAL VC Task Students On Skills Acquisition

CALABAR — The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has charged students of the institution to take entrepreneurial training seriously in order to be self-reliant after graduation. Obi gave the charge on Thursday in Calabar during a symposium organised by the Entrepreneurial Development Centre (EDC) to appraise students performance on skills acquisition. The event, which was held at the university’s International Conference Centre, had in attendance thousands of students from all the...

Gombe State Government Employs 22 Fresh Medical Doctors

Twenty-two indigenes of Gombe State who read medical science from the state university as medical doctors have been employed and integrated into the state civil service. Dr. Habu Dahiru state commissioner for Health explained that the 22 fresh graduates of medicine and other related courses from Gombe University were immediately employed to ensure that there is no gap in the health sector. “The development is aimed at bridging the dearth of health workers, especially medical...

Senate Approves N74.7bn Budget for Police Trust Fund

ABUJA — The Nigeria Senate has approved the total of N74,773,916 billion as the 2021 budget for the Nigeria Police Trust Fund. The Senate made the approval after the consideration of a report by the Joint Committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives on Police Affairs during plenary on Wednesday. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Police Affairs, Dauda Halliru Jika, a member of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bauchi Central, in...

National Pension Commission Trains 108 Pension Desk Officers On Online Enrollment

Two-day training for 108 pension desk officers on online enrollment for retirement by prospective pensioners under the National Pension Commission (PenCom) has commenced in Gombe. Participants are drawn from the 54 Federal Government Ministries, Department, and Agencies (MDAs) in the North East. Declaring the workshop, Mr. Anyim Nyerere, Commissioner Technical, PenCom, said the workshop aimed at training the desk officers on how to guide the prospective retirees on the necessary procedures, including uploading their information....

Governor Mohammed Sacks All Commissioners, SSG, CoS, Others

Senator Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has sacked, Secretary to the State Government (SSG), the Chief of Staff (COS) Government House, all Commissioners and Special Advisers.  A statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday by the Special Adviser to Bauchi State Governor, Gidado Muktar however, retained Advisers on Security, National and State Assembly Liaison, Social Investment, and Special Adviser Media and Publicity. “All Commissioners are to handover the affairs of their ministries to their respective...

NLC Petitions FG Over El-Rufai’s Impunity, Threatens A Fresh Strike If Kaduna MoU Is Not Respected

ABUJA — The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari over the non-implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with the Kaduna State Government. The NLC also threatened a fresh nationwide strike in a letter addressed to President on Friday in Abuja. A copy of the petition made available to journalists showed that the NLC President, Mr. Ayuba Wabba, signed the letter. “Your Excellency, Mr. President, may recall that the first conciliatory...

Teachers Yet To Get New Special Salary Package, Nearly Seven Months After President’s Pronouncement

ABUJA — Nearly seven months after the pronouncement by President Muhammadu Buhari on the approval of a special salary scale for teachers, the implementation of the scale is yet to take effect. President Buhari, who was represented by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, during the World Teachers Day celebration in October 2020 also reviewed upward their retirement age to 65 and said the approval was to take effect immediately. The president also approved the...

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