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FEC approves N15.57bn for road, university infrastructure

Echezonam Ibezim Jk

The Federal Executive Council, on Wednesday, approved a total sum of N15.57bn for various contracts in the Ministries of Works and Housing, Education, and Industry, Trade and Investment ministries. The Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Raji Fashola , alongside his counterparts in the Ministries of Education, Adamu Adamu, and Industry, Niyi Adebayo, disclosed to State House Correspondents after this week’s Council meeting, which was chaired by the President, Major General uhammadu Buhari (retd.), at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. Fashola, whose ministry received N9.69bn, said the Council approved the…

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ASUU: FG can’t pay unaffordable salary, says Adamu

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The Federal Government  has said that it cannot agree to a percentage salary increase for the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU, which it would not be able to implement. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on Tuesday, said the government could only afford 23.5 percent salary increase for lecturers, while a 35% increment would be enjoyed by professors. The minister also noted that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) warned against signing agreements that the government would not be able to meet. Adamu disclosed this while speaking during…

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ASUU: Minister, VCs, others begin closed-door session

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The Ministry of Education,Adamu Adamu  alongside stakeholders such as the registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Professor Ishaq Oloyede; Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, Professor Abubakar Rasheed; Emeritus Professors Peter Okebukola and Nimi Briggs ; alongside all vice-chancellors and pro-chancellors of federal universities have commenced a special closed-door session over the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities.   Read Also : ASUU welcomes govs’ intervention, wants sincerity   “I will like to ask respectfully that the gentlemen of the press excuse us so…

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Education minister, Adamu Adamu jets out of Nigeria amidst ASUU strike

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Amidst the ongoing strike by the Academic staff union of Universities,  the minister of education, Adamu Adamu  is said to be out of the country, The PUNCH reliably learnt. A highly reliable source disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent on Thursday in Abuja. Though the source did not disclose the country the minister went to, nor the reason for the travel, it was revealed that the minister is expected to come back to the country on September 2, 2022. Our correspondent had sought to inquire about the plans of the…

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Nigerian Students should take ASUU to court – Adamu Adamu

Echezonam Ibezim Jk

The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on Thursday, said it is the responsibility of the Academic Staff Union of Universities to compensate students for the time wasted during the six-month strike, not the Federal Government. He also said the government will not concede to the union’s demand to pay lecturers their emoluments for the six months of no academic activities.   Read Also : ASUU, FG meeting deadlocked, lecturers stage walk-out   Adamu suggested that the affected students should “take ASUU to court” to claim damages incurred over the strike…

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I’m Surprised ASUU Has Gone On Strike – Malam Adamu, Education Minister

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The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has said that he is surprised by the decision of the Academic Staff Union of Universities to embark on a one-month strike. He said this on Wednesday while fielding questions from State House reporters after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The minister, who cleared the government of any fault over failure to reach a truce after several negotiations between ASUU and the Federal Government, said the decision of the…

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Nigerian Students Fume as Federal Postpone school resumption indefinitely

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Nigerian students fume as Federal Government postpones school resumption indefinitely citing Covid-19 precautionary measures. This was made public by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu. Many Nigerians have argued that the federal government and ASUU do not care about their future having noted that they had lost one full calender academic year and about to have another truncated. The premise of their argument was mainly of government’s insensitivity towards their future owing to the fact that their counterparts in the private universities have been attending to lectures while keeping to…

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COVID-19: FG releases guidelines for schools’ resumption

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The Federal Government has released guidelines ahead of the planned resumption of schools at every level in the country but failed to disclose the dates. The guidelines outlined actions, measures and requirements needed for the safe reopening of schools after the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the guidelines released by the Federal Ministry of Education in Abuja on Monday, the safe distancing measures in the new guidelines required that in schools and other learning facilities, learners should be supported to stay two meters apart. The guidelines which was signed by the…

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