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 N40bn: Earned academic allowance not for all ASUU members — ASSU Chairman President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor ‘Biodun Ogunyemi, has revealed that not all ASUU members will benefit from the Federal Government approved N40 billion Earned Academic Allowance to university workers He said the allowances covered only seven items under the 2009 Federal Government and ASUU agreement, which he said were strictly for lecturers whose duties fell under those assignments. Professor Ogunyemi gave this hint in an exclusive interview with the Nigerian Tribune It will be recalled that ASUU suspended its 10-month-old strike last December after the Federal Government had approved the release of the said N40 billion with a promise to meet other conditions According to Ogunyemi, the 75 per cent ASUU share from the money is meant for lecturers who teach postgraduate students, supervise postgraduate projects,  involve in study leave for sponsored postgraduate pro...

This is to notify all those taking GST 201/301A ( Introduction to Enterprenuishp Studies) that the effort lecture of GST 201/301A (Introduction to Enterprenuishp Studies) would be live on the UniAbuja FM radio (89.9) and online radio through the link  https://s3.radio.co/s496b84e9e/listen The directive was approved by the University Vice Chancellor, Prof. Na'Allah to start lectures on Radio starting from Friday According to the statement approved by the University SUG PRO, Michael Adeshina stated that the lecture would be live on UniAbuja FM from 11am - 12noon and 4pm - 5pm Daily  You can also send your questions after the class to 08037337078 via WhatsApp. Please indicate which course and module your question is meant for when sending the question.

The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has announced that President Muhammadu Buhari has spent over 1.7 trillion of capital projects in universities, polytechnics and colleges of education in the last five years Adamu Adamu made the revelation at the 2020 annual Ministerial press briefing, on Thursday, in Abuja He also revealed that the number of out-of-school children has reduced from 10.1 million to 6.9 million in the last five years He stated that the Federal Government secured a World Bank credit facility in the sum of $611,000,000 and disbursed to state governments, which he said has encouraged massive enrolment of children in schools. The minister, who said he was concerned on the assumption of office that Nigeria was ranked one of the countries in the world with the highest number of out-of-school children, regretted that not much was done during his first tenure to reduce the threat.

The University of Abuja has been selected as one of the six centres of competence in digital education in African universities The other universities are the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania; Moi University, Moi, Kenya; Kabale University, Kabale, Uganda; École Supérieure Multinationale des Télécommunications, Dakar, Senegal and Université Nangui Abrogoua, Abidjan, Ivory Coast A statement, Wednesday, by Dr. Habib Yakoob, Head, Information and University Relations, explained that: “The selection of the universities was announced by EXAF (Excellence in Africa Research Centre)-EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédéral de Lausanne) as part of the joint EPFL-UM6P (Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique) initiative in Excellence in Africa.” All the six universities were selected from 20 shortlisted applications evaluated by experts from the Association of African Universities (AAU), EPFL, and UM6P ,” it explained. According to the statement, “The universiti...