After serious deliberations that dragged into the early hours of Monday, the National Executive Council, NEC, of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has voted to embark on one-month warning strike to press home its demands from the government.
A source at the meeting held in Lagos told Vanguard in confidence that the strike is to allow the Federal Government do the needful failure to which the union would go on an indefinite strike.
We just want to give the government a long rope hoping that it would see the need to avoid a total paralysis of academic activities in the nation’s universities. We are parents too and have our children in the system but we cannot watch and allow the total collapse of education in the country.
“Our agitation is in the interest of all and if the system is made better, we will all enjoy it. Prominent personalities in the country have waded into the matter but the government seems recalcitrant. Our National President would explain more when he briefs the press later today,” he said
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has appointed the Rector of the Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu, Dr Oluremi Olaleye, as the Acting Vice-Chancellor of the newly established Lagos State University of Science and Technology.
Olaleye announced his appointment while addressing members of staff at a town hall meeting held on Friday at the Ikorodu Campus of the institution.
LASPOTECH was transmuted to LASUSTECH following its accreditation by the National Universities Commission on February 2, 2022.
Olaleye expressed his profound gratitude to Sanwo-Olu for approving his appointment as the acting VC of LASPOTECH.
He also thanked the Special Adviser on Education, Tokunbo Wahab and the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, for their efforts towards the successful transmutation of the institution.
He told members of staff that Gov. Sanwo-Olu had assured that no staff would lose his or her job due to the transmutation and urged them to be more dutiful as the university status required more efficiency and proficiency in service delivery.
“Lagos State Government knows that staff have families and for their needs to be met, nobody will be sacked.
“What is demanded of all staff of this institution is to key into this transmutation process and support the state government, governing council and management.
“This institution will not be a conventional but a specialised university of science and technology.
“Not until the last student graduate, LASPOTECH still exists, the students currently in school will graduate with OND/HND,” he said.
Olaleye also announced the reinstatement of four sacked non-academic staff which resulted in a seven-month crisis that disrupted academic programmes of the institution.
The acting VC disclosed that LASUSTECH had been included in the ongoing UTME being conducted by JAMB for this year.
“Currently, we have about 60 PhD holders in this institution, the governor assured us that nobody will lose his or her job,” he said.
He said that staff had started receiving its arrears as promised by the state government and also approved payment of the one-month outstanding salary owed it since 2013.
LASPOTECH Ikorodu campus erupted into great jubilation on Friday as staff engaged in singing and dancing when the news of Olaleye’s appointment as acting VC and the reinstatement of the sacked staff filtered into the institution.
A young man, Olowookere Victor Oluwaferanmi, has been recognised by the US government after he bagged first class in engineering. Oluwaferanmi was asked to reach out to the US Embassy in Abuja if he is interested in coming to America for post-graduate studies
Nigerians were in wild jubilation for the new opportunity as they said that the brilliant man will have better opportunities there.
A brilliant Nigerian man, Olowookere Victor Oluwaferanmi, who was praised on Wednesday, January 19, for his academic achievement has got a big offer.
In an earlier report, the young man revealed how he made eight A’s in his WAEC before going ahead to bag first class in engineering at the university level with a CGPA of 4.86/5.00
Adedoja, one of the children of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi on Thursday bagged a master’s degree from the University of Lagos.
The first-class monarch was present at the 52nd convocation of the university where his daughter emerged the Best Graduating Student in African and Diaspora Studies
Two students of the Department of Computer Science, Lagos State University, Aniyikaiye Emmanuel Oluwafemi and Akowanu Ganiu Oluwaseto have emerged winner and first runner-up, respectively, in the recently held 2021 Don Etiebet Innovative Prize Award organised by the Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) and sponsored by Chief Don Etiebet.
Aniyikaiye, supervised by Prof. Rahman, M.A, came first for his project titled “Object Tracking and Detention in Videos” while Akowanu, supervised by Dr. Enikuomehin, E.O came second for his project titled “Development of Anti-Theft Mobile Application”.
During a brief presentation ceremony held on Tuesday, 11th January 2022 at the Vice Chancellor’s Office, Dean of the Faculty, Prof. Shehu Akintola, announced that the two representatives stood heads and shoulders above their counterparts from other universities in the national competition with their softwares being adjudged the best among all the entries.
In her remarks, the elated Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, mni, congratulated the graduating students for making themselves and the university proud. She praised them and their supervisors for doing a great job and went on to announce a donation of One Hundred Thousand Naira (N100,000) to the winner and Fifty Thousand Naira (N50,000) to the first runner-up, in addition to the prize money they had received.
The Don Etiebet Innovative Prize is an annual competition for Computer Science Students in Nigerian Universities to showcase software projects developed by them.
The latest accolade makes it the fourth time in a row that LASU students would be winning the competition.
The Federal Government through the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, will inaugurate the Governing Councils of eight Federal Polytechnics and 6 Colleges of Education recently established by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd.) led administration.
A statement signed by the Director of Information, Press and Public Relations at the Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Goong, said the minister would inaugurate the governing councils alongside the Board of the National Senior Secondary Education Commission, NSSEC, on the 18th and 20th of January, 2022, respectively.
“This is to strengthen governance and administration in the institutions and render their performance more responsive to the expectations of the present Administration,” the statement said.
The Edo state police command has effected the arrest of some students linked to the attack on teachers at Idogbo Secondary School in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State, on Monday, December 6.
The incident which went viral on social media showed the students going on a rampage, destroying cars and other school facilities for yet-to-be-known reasons. It was also reported that the students set some offices ablaze and attacked police officers deployed to the school to maintain law and order.
The state police spokesperson, Bello Katongs confirmed the arrest and also revealed that some of the students have been arraigned in court.
A senior lecturer with the Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo, identified as Mr. Adah Echobu Chris has been killed by unknown gunmen.
According to reports, Mr. Adah also known as ‘the Bull’ was attacked at the Eke and Ugbokolo expressway in Okpokwu Local Government Area of Benue State on Sunday evening, December 5.
Following his demise, friends and colleagues have since taken to social media to mourn him.
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