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Withheld salaries: SSANU, NASU holds protest in Lokoja varsity

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Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities SSANU and Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU), Federal University Lokoja (FUL), on Tuesday, staged a protest in demand for withheld four months salaries.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the protest staged by the two unions at FUL’d Felele New Campus, was in solidarity with the Tuesday’s strike action declared by their national bodies, SSANU and NASU.

The aggrieved workers, who filed out the streets of the campus in the morning, carried placards of several inscriptions as they marched around the university campus.

They called on the Federal Government to release their withheld salaries and implement their other outstanding demands.

Some of the inscriptions including:- “FG not fair to SSANU ,NASU,” “FG pay our 4 Months Arrears now, we are not slaves” and ” FG give us that which belongs to us,” among others.

The Chairman, SSANU FUL chapter, Adedeji Suarau, in his remarks, called on the government to hasten the implementation of their demands to avoid a total breakdown of university education.

Suarau said, “All the University unions went on strike in 2022, and because of that the then president Muhammadu Buhari invoked ” No-work-No-pay” .

“When President Bola Tinubu came on board, he pardoned and gave approval that the withheld salaries be paid, but to our dismay, only our Sister union “ASUU” were paid while we the non-teaching staff were left out.

“On enquiry, we were told an approval is still being expected, which informed our decision to embark on this protest to show our displeasure over the ill-treatment.

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“More still, even our promotion arrears have been lingering since 2018. Although some of your members were paid, others are left out till today.

“The Nigerian economy is biting hard on our members as even the wage awards to cushion the effect of removal of Oil subsidy is not being paid running to four months now.”

Saurau urged the federal government to pay all their monies including Earn allowance.

“If the government refuses to listen to our demands, we are going to shut down the country with strike action.”

Also speaking, the NASU Chairman of FUL, AbdulAzeez Yusuf said, the union had no option than to protest saying they have exhausted all their patience hence, the need for the protest.

Yusuf advised the government to wake up and do the needful otherwise they could not guarantee further industrial harmony. (NAN

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FG Directs Tertiary Institutions to Publicly Advertise Job Openings

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April 10, 2025

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The Federal Government has mandated all tertiary institutions that have received waivers for staff recruitment to publicly announce their job vacancies.

In a statement released on Thursday, Minister of Education Dr. Tunji Alausa emphasized the importance of transparency in the hiring process. The statement was issued by Folasade Boriowo, the Director of Press in the Ministry.

Dr. Alausa encouraged these institutions to advertise positions in at least one national daily newspaper, on their official websites, and in pertinent academic and professional journals.

This directive is intended to foster an open and competitive recruitment environment, ensuring equal opportunities for all eligible Nigerians.

“This initiative follows the waivers granted to federal tertiary institutions based on their submissions regarding manpower needs,” he explained. “It reflects the ministry’s commitment to strengthening the capabilities of our higher education institutions.”

He reminded all federal tertiary institutions to submit their recruitment requirements to the ministry for evaluation by the Committee on Waiver and Recruitment.

“The ministry has established effective mechanisms to ensure compliance and will not hesitate to impose penalties on any institution that fails to follow this directive,” he stated. “The Federal Ministry of Education is steadfast in its commitment to upholding integrity and fairness within the Nigerian higher education system.”

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JAMB: 585 Fake A-Levels Uncovered In Q1 Sweep

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it has uncovered at least 585 forged A-Level certificates so far in 2025.

Is-haq Oloyede, the registrar, was at a virtual meeting with JAMB staff on April 2.

The meeting was to discuss operational procedures ahead of the 2025 mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and the main UTME.

Oloyede said JAMB discovered 585 forged A-Level certificates, 13 of which originated from the Interim Joint Matriculation Board (IJMB).

He said the professional registration centres (PRCs) that uploaded the results are now under investigation.

Of those 13 cases, Oloyede said four suspects have so far been arrested.

He said the forgeries were among the reasons for the creation of the Nigeria Integrated Post-Secondary Education Data System (NIPED).

NIPED is a platform designed to collect and manage data related to post-secondary education in Nigeria.

Oloyede alleged that some institutions may have internal collaborators aiding the syndicates behind the forgeries.

He said the board is working closely with police and other authorities to apprehend the ringleaders.

In 2023, JAMB also uncovered 1,665 fake A-level results during a DE registration season.

The board said its NIPEDS lagged multiple cases of forgery, with 13 additional A-level certificates recently identified as fake.

JAMB said some institutions had already processed admissions for candidates using these forged documents before they were detected.

It urged its staff to remain committed to their duties and to avoid any actions that could compromise the integrity of the board.

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INEC: Petition for Natasha’s recall yet to meet constitutional requirement

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April 3, 2025

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Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the petition to recall Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan from the Senate has yet to meet constitutional requirement.

The commission stated this in a short notice posted on its X platform.

“The petition for the recall of the Senator representing the Kogi Central Senatorial District has not met the requirement of Section 69(a) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended),” the notice said.

The commission, however, said that details of why the petition had not met the constitutional requirement would be made available shortly.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a group of registered voters from Akpoti-Uduaghan’s senatorial district had, on March 24, submitted a petition to INEC, urging it to commence her recall process from the senate.

The constituents, in the letter signed by the Lead Petitioner, Salihu Habib, and submitted at INEC headquarters, said they no longer had confidence in Akpoti-Uduaghan as their senator and representative in the National Assembly.

Meanwhile, INEC had, on March 25, confirmed the receipt of the petition, accompanied by six bags of documents said to be signatures collected from more than half of the 474,554 registered voters from the senatorial district.

The commission also said that it had notified the suspended senator about the receipt of the petition to recall her from the national assembly. (NAN)

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