Strike Continues Until FG Pays Withheld Salaries – ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that the strike will continue until the Federal Government paid all the salaries of its members it withheld. The ASUU President, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, said this on Sunday in a telephone conversation with journalists in Lagos. He said government should not expect the lecturers to resume without paying the withheld salaries. On November 27, there was a report that the union had agreed to end its...

Governor Mohammed Distributes 655 Keke Napep (Okada), 154 Commercial Motor Vehicles

By Hassan Umar Shallpella, News Correspondent _____ To improve transportation system in Bauchi State, Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed has distributed 655 units of Keke Napep under the second phase of the initiative and 154 units of commercial motor vehicles for the improvement of transport system in the state. Presenting Keke and the vehicles to the beneficiaries in Bauchi, the governor said the exercise was part of his administration’s readiness to give citizens the opportunity to...

Bauchi State Mandates Public Officials To Declare Their Assets

By Hassan Umar Shallpella, News Correspondent Public officers in Bauchi state have been mandated to declare their assets in line with the provision of Code of Conduct Bureau so as to guard against the wrath of the law. Governor Bala Mohammed gave the directive Tuesday while declaring open a two day workshop on “Strict compliance with assets declaration and Code of Conduct for public officers and career civil servants” in the state held at Command...

Medical Director Tasks Doctors on Brain Drain

The Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abuja, Prof. Saad Ahmed, has advised medical practitioners who had benefited from government’s investment in the health sector to reconsider their decisions to leave Nigeria for practice in other countries. Ahmed gave the advice at the Annual General Meeting and scientific conference of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), FMC Jabi Chapter, in Abuja. He said that the rate at which the country was losing its professional healthcare...

Nigeria’s Gas Programme to Create 2m Jobs Annually – Minister

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, says the National Gas Expansion Programme (NGEP) of the Federal Government will create two million jobs annually in the country. Sylva disclosed this at the inauguration of the programme by President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja on Tuesday. He said the introduction of gas for the powering of automobiles and other engines was a step in the right direction, adding it remained a cheaper and cleaner...

Taraba State Government Trains Over 8000 Youths In Skills Acquisition

Governor Darius Ishaku of Taraba State says his administration has trained over eight thousand (8000) youths in various skills in the last five years. The Governor who disclosed this in an interview with newsmen in Takum said the training is part of efforts to ensure that youths are empowered to be self-reliant and contribute positively to society. “Youth empowerment is a solution to many problems facing youths in the Country and the government will engage...

Fifty Youths In Yola To Acquire Tailoring Skills

In in order to impact tailoring skills on youths for them to be self-reliance and contribute to the economy, the Tailoring Association of Nigeria (TAN) Yola South local government branch, Adamawa State has flagged-off training of fifty (50) youths in tailoring. The training which is holding at Hammawa Primary School Yola town have participants to include school leavers, and house wives.  Zakariya`u Idris, branch Secretary of the Association Yola South Local Government, said the training...

NDE Trains Over 6,500 Women and Youths on Various Skills In Kano

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has trained and empowered over 6,500 women and youths on various skills acquisition programmes in Kano State from January 2020 to date under the Basic National Open Apprenticeship Scheme (B-NOAS). The programme was part of the federal government’s efforts to reduce unemployment, had also trained over 500 women on Cosmetology through the directorate’s Vocational Skills Development (VSD) programmes. Alhaji Iliyasu Ahmed, NDE Coordinator in Kano, who disclosed this in...

Enugu State A Favourable Investment Climate, Says Innoson Group Of Companies During IVM Cruise Launch

The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of Innoson Group of Companies, Chief Innocent Chukwuma has commended the Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for his administration’s efforts in ensuring a favourable investment climate for commercial activities to thrive within the state. Represented by Mr. Alfred Nwosu, a Director of Board of Innoson Group, the Chairman disclosed, “The flag-off is indeed auspicious as it is the realization of our company’s vision to among other things contribute...

FG To Employ Only First-Class Graduates As Teachers From 2021

The Federal Government of Nigerian on Saturday said it is only professional teachers with First Class certificates will be employed starting from 2021. The government added that it would also consider graduates with 2.1 qualifications, saying that the measure was part of its renewed efforts to improve the quality of teaching and learning in public schools. This was disclosed by the Permanent Secretary to the Federal Ministry of Education, Arc Sonny Echonu, during a monitoring...

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