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 T he Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said it has not suspended its ongoing nine-month-old strike Dr. Lazarus Maigoro, Chairman of the University of Jos Chapter of ASUU disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Jos. According to him, the union has not signed any agreement with the Federal Government to call off the strike as being purported in some quarters. He said that the Federal Government had promised to fulfill part of the agreement that led to the lingering strike, but had failed to do so to date. “It must be categorically stated here that ASUU never signed any agreement to suspend the strike but agreed on timelines for government to implement certain aspects of the issues in contention. “For instance, one of the issues agreed was that all the six to nine months withheld salaries and check-off dues of ASUU members will be released by Dec. 9, but the date has passed and nothing was done. “The N40 billion earned academic allo...

In an effort to promote excellence in tertiary institutions, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has increased by 150 per cent, the value of its National Tertiary Admissions’ Performance-Merit Award (NATAP-M Award). The board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made the disclosure in an interview with the Newsmen on Friday in  Lagos. According to him, the second edition of the award, initiated in 2018, will take place on Dec. 17 We are set to hold our 2019  NATAP-M Award which is a yearly ceremony This year’s award is the second edition and it is for the year 2019. “Each of award-winning institution will receive 150 per cent increase as against the N25 million awarded in 2018. ”The 2018  edition was carried out in 2019,” Benjamin said. According to Benjamin, the award is in five categories namely: the most subscribed institutions by candidates, the most national institution in terms of admission spread and the institution with the highest number of...