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Nigerian universities operating without electricity for past three months – SSANU

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The leadership of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANÙ, has lamented that for the past three months, many public universities in Nigeria have been operating without electricity to carry out research and do other major academic works.

Speaking to newsmen at its national secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday on the sidelines of the association’s national leadership retreat organised for the union’s National Administrative Committee (NAC) members, the President of SSANU, Comrade Mohammed Ibrahim, said, “A decisive action will be taken against the state governments and other employers of labour who have failed to implement the new national minimum wage of N70,000 and payment of consequential adjustment by the end of the first quarter of 2025.”

According to Ibrahim, till now, the federal government and many state governments had not implemented N70,000 minimum wage in the public universities, particularly for members of SSANU whom he said were mostly professionals such as accountants, lawyers, engineers, medical workers, among others.

The union leader assured that if the alleged demand of N8 million from each of the vice chancellors of the federal universities for budget approval by members of the National Assembly turned out to be true, labour will ‘fight’ the lawmakers.

He added that “as they stand in Nigeria, all the public universities, without fear of any contradiction, no university has enough resources to pay for its electricity bill”.

Ibrahim lamented that so many universities were operating in the last three months without electricity, wondering where they would get the N8 million to give the National Assembly members.

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ASUU shuts down Kaduna Varsity indefinitely

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Kaduna State University, KASU branch, on Tuesday commenced an indefinite strike over unresolved welfare concerns.

This was captured in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Chairman of the union, Peter Adamu and secretary, Peter Waziri.

According to the statement, the action followed the approval of the National Executive Council of ASUU, stating that the strike was total, comprehensive and indefinite.

The statement added that the union “unanimously and vehemently rejected the promises from the Kaduna State government for lack of substance, specific details and actionable timelines on the payment of the outstanding entitlements to members”.

The union pointed out that non-payment of all withheld salaries was part of the unresolved welfare issues it has been fighting for.

It said other issues were non-payment of Earned Academic Allowances from 2016 till date, payment of promotion arrears and Students’ Industrial Work Experience Scheme supervision allowances.

Also unresolved were Group Life Assurance and other entitlements to deceased members, non-remittance of pension from 2009 to 2019, and implementation of 25 per cent and 35 per cent wage awards.

Another gray area, according to the union, is the restoration of the university’s autonomy.

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Tinubu appoints Danjuma Ismaila as head of Nigerian College of Aviation Technology

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President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday appointed Dr Danjuma Adamu Ismaila as the Rector and Chief Executive of the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, NCAT, Zaria.

This was confirmed in a statement signed by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Technology, Bayo Onanuga.

Ismaila is an expert in air transportation management, transport economic policy, and aviation security.

He studied Physics at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, and graduated in 1989.

Ismaila also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Transportation and has attended numerous courses, workshops, and seminars on civil aviation management and transportation.

He is a member of the Royal Aeronautical Society in the United Kingdom and the Air Transport Research Society, among others.

Before this appointment, Dr Ismaila was a lecturer at the Federal University of Transportation, Daura.

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Unknown assailants kill new Ondo Poly student

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A student of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, RUGIPO, Ondo State, identified as Oluwaseun, has been killed by some unknown individuals

The deceased, who was a student of Mass Communication in the Polytechnic was allegedly macheted to death outside the institution’s premises.

While describing Oluwaseun’s death as gruesome, some sources within the institution disclosed that the attack took place at Opomulero Street in Owo, headquarters of Owo Local Council Area of Ondo State.

One of the sources, who is a student of the institution, disclosed that the deceased had newly secured admission into the institution before he was killed.

According to the source, who craved anonymity, “He (Oluwaseun) had spent just a few weeks on campus. He was also a course representative and a musician.

“He was a fresher who had been on campus for only three to four weeks. In fact, he was our course representative. It is painful that we lost him so soon. Sadly, he was attacked with a machete.”

Meanwhile, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, CSP Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, stated that an investigation had begun in order to unearth those behind the killing.

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