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Jul 29, 2013
Dokubo Urges Al-Mustapha to Forgive His Accusers
Alhaji Mujahideen Asari-Dokubo
By Tobi Soniyi
The leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF), Alhaji Mujahideen Asari-Dokubo, has appealed to the former Chief Security Officer (CSO), to the late General Sani Abacha, Major Hamzat Al-Mustapha, to forgive his accusers and all those who wanted him
dead.
Dokubo spoke Sunday when the former CSO paid him a visit at his Abuja residence.
Asari said he was convinced that Al-Mustapha did not kill the late Mrs. Kudirat Abiola, a matter that necessitated Al-Mustapha's arrest and subsequent incarceration in the last 14 years.
He said: "For me as a person, I was very convinced that you were not part of what happened because I was very close to Kudirat and I was very close to the Lagos group that was responsible for the judicial manipulation that was going on. And I wrote those things and people said we were paid to write. People believe that anybody who says the
truth or has a contrary opinion has been paid to do it."
He expressed appreciation to God for sparing the life of Al-Mustapha in prison even as he urged him to forgive his enemies.
Asari-Dokubo said what was important was that the truth had finally prevailed.
According to him, "We just thank God that this is not a period for politics and making political statements but what is important is that the truth has prevailed and the hypocrisy of those who wanted to sacrifice an innocent man to satisfy their perceived interest.
"As a brother, I will tell you to forgive all the people who have offended you over these years, those who have kept you there. In one way or another, they would have killed you if you have not been away but Allah who kept you alive this period of difficulty when it was
quite easy to kill you didn't put it in their mind."
"For me, forgive them. It is when you forgive that you gain more benefits from Allah."
Responding, Al-Mustapha recalled his days in detention and said he was not found guilty of murdering Kudirat Abiola because he did not do it.
He said: "You know there were 10 panels I faced in five years. None of these panels found me guilty of anything. My offence was just one: Mrs Abiola's murder. All in all, I stayed for five years and two months in solitary detention."
He said he chose not to assume power during the death of General Abacha.
He regretted that some people cashed in on his humility and loyalty to the service of the country to punish him unjustly.
He stated that God used him to stabilise the country which was thrown into turmoil after Abacha's death.
He said: "Ours is to serve, preserve the country and I did. If I had wanted, after the death of General Sani Abacha, this country would have witnessed another thing. But in our character, ours is to serve the country and I did. Nobody fired one bullet the day General Abacha died. God gave me the courage. But there were so many confusion, so many agitation at that time.
"But God used me to stabilise a course and it is the course that gave birth to this democracy. So, if I had not done so that time, we would have changed the course of history. Bur because we kept quiet, we were humble and committed to the country, people now turned it around."
U.S. bound Nigerian students attend pre-departure orientation
RANDY university lecturers, who are in the habit of sexually harassing their female students, will soon be made to face the full wrath of the law.
Besides, indolent non academic staff members, who derive pleasure in treating students’ requests for academic transcripts with levity, thereby frustrating such students’ efforts to secure admission in foreign universities, will also, in due course, be made to face the consequences of their actions.
According to the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Mr. Ekpo Nta, the bogus excuse – Matured Consent – which some university teachers rely on to perpetrate immoral acts, will no longer be acceptable in the new comprehensive legal framework, being put together by the ICPC, to address the several lapses discovered in the university system.
Briefing journalists in Abuja last week, Nta revealed that several complaints and petitions by stakeholders to the ICPC, informed its decision to carry out a University System Study and Review, code-named USSR, which led to startling revelations. Section 6 (b – d) of ICPC’s enabling Act, empowers it to undertake a comprehensive review of the Nigerian university system.
But Nta was quick to assert that the commission was not seeking to regulate the tertiary education system, but only seeks to work with a key regulator like the National Universities Commission (NUC) and other stakeholders like the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TTFUND).
Among the serious challenges discovered in the universities, according to Nta, were abuse and utter disregard for stipulated rules, policies and procedures in terms of admissions, examination management, recruitment, promotions, contracts awards and infrastructure. The commission also discovered several cases of sexual harassment of both staff and students, examination malpractice, falsification of official documents like transcripts, nepotism, plagiarism and contract manipulation among others. The pilot study was carried in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago- Iwoye (OOU) and Salem University, Lokoja. The commission’s fact finding mission also led to visits to the University of Ibadan (UI), Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State and the Osun State University.
As a result of the findings, the commission has produced a “Template for Prevention” of systemic corruption in the universities. The idea is to ensure that Nigerian tertiary institutions comply with the basic tenets of higher education management and also conform to international best practices.
“Our role,” Nta stated, “is limited strictly to correcting and preventing corrupt prone processed and procedures, as provided in Section 6 (b-d) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.” He affirmed that at the conclusion of the review exercise, a new system of operation would be established, which universities must follow. Any deviation from the rules, he warned, would attract prosecution, just as regular monitoring and evaluation exercises would be carried out without prior formal notice.
Speaking extensively on sexual harassment, Nta said: “We know some of the pressure that our young girls go through in the university system. At the end of this exercise, even if some would say, yes, they are consenting adults and that they can be in love with their lecturers, this will not acceptable. You would have to hold on to that “love” until you graduate, because you are in a master-servant relationship. There is no way such a relationship would not affect the grading of your paper.”
Commenting on the challenge of obtaining transcripts from the universities, he said: “Issues of missing transcripts occur because someone has misplaced the file deliberately. We are going to help the universities to come to an agreement on how things should be done and we intend to give a time frame, within a number of days, that transcripts must be produced when students apply for such. Corruption thrives when you have discretion over whether to respond or not (to requests for transcripts), but when we make it part of the regulation, that you must respond within four days, and that if you don’t respond within those four days, there would be a problem, then institutions would sit up.”
The commission also discovered many illegal degree-awarding institutions across the country. Besides, there was a revelation that even approved institutions run unaccredited programmes, the true status of which the hapless students may not know.
His words: “When we visit, we demand for documents and equipment that have been listed as existing in the various universities. We will not treat this as a minor breach because the intention is very clear, which is to deceive or defraud. If money was appropriated for the procurement of certain equipment, why would a university go and borrow during an accreditation exercise and then return them after accreditation.”
The ICPC boss disclosed that the commission was able to close down 20 illegal degree-awarding mills, including those with acclaimed foreign affiliations without proof. According to him, out of the 41 identified illegal degree mills scheduled for investigation, some of them voluntarily closed shop and went out of business.
The exercise, which was carried out in Lagos, Abia, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Enugu, Anambra, Ebonyi, Delta, Edo, Kano, Nassarawa, Kwara, Imo, Kogi, Osun, Benue, Plateau and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, has so far led to series of arrests and arraignments in court.
Nta said: “The commission is taking every legitimate step to ensure that only the indicted individuals are prosecuted. Arrangements are also being finalized to ensure the re-opening of four institutions earlier closed down and to also ensure that their names are delisted from the NUC’s list of illegal universities.”
He continued: “Some of these institutions claimed to be representing institutions abroad. And while we had to make contacts with the ambassadors of such countries, some ambassadors were even surprised.”
According to him, there is an urgent need to re-orientate the parents on the seriousness of the situation. “The desperation of some parents is actually contributing to pushing children into the wrong places,” he observed. “When you begin to send children between the ages of 15-17 to countries like Ukraine, where they would have to learn a new language, it brings about unintended consequences. If it’s a boy, it can be controlled. But you can imagine a 16-year-old girl in Ukraine, just because you want the child to read medicine abroad, in a society that is obviously racist; where jobs are not available even for the local people; and where they look at these students as aliens.”
On examination malpractice, Nta said: “When there is news that students are arrested for examination fraud, have we ever gone behind to find out the condition of the schools where these students learn? We did a study on the background of the schools the students are coming from and most of them don’t have laboratories and teachers. When the law says arrest students, in such a situation, whom would you be arresting? Is it not better to arrest the person, institutions or agencies who put such schools in place than to arrest innocent children?”
Also under the new template, universities would be required to report to the commission, students that they have punished for examination malpractice so that their records would be included in the Commission’s database of offenders.
As a result of various stakeholders’ meetings held with institutions in respect of their operations and virements in their budgetary statutory allocations, the ICPC Chairman revealed that some institutions were already returning unremitted balances of personal votes, based on the circular that all institutions and agencies must return the remnants of their personnel votes, if they were not utilized.
His said: “We promised we were going to prosecute any agency that did not return such money and we are in the process of verifying. I am happy to state that quite a number of our institutions complied and are returning money to the treasury and we are compiling the records”.
Also in the course of the review, Nta stated that it was discovered that certain utility sub-heads, like power and water supply on campus, were conflicting and may prove difficult to manage. He however insisted: “The government regulation is that you cannot take money from one sub-head to fund another sub-head. One major outcome of our findings showed that, there was a need to adequately fund the provision of outsourced services, like security and cleaning; utilities like power, water, communications and others. So far, our findings and recommendations have been communicated to the Ministry of Finance and the Budget Office for consideration.”
However, Nta pointed out that the most powerful weapon in the ICPC Act is prevention. “If we prevent someone from stealing N1billion naira,” he explained, “it may not attract much response. But when we arrest someone for stealing N100, 000, it would be on the front pages of newspapers. But in terms of effect, the prevention approach would yield a better result in future. Even during system review, we tell the institutions that we have not come to arrest but to help them develop the system.”
Meanwhile the National Values Curriculum (NVC), jointly formulated by the ICPC and the National Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) will soon be unveiled as a weapon for attitudinal change of Nigerians, through education.
The NVC, which also comes with a Teacher’s Guide, is applicable at all levels of education and is geared towards exposing the Nigerian child to sustained good values and ethical issues from the early years to young adulthood.
On the response in some of the institutions the commission has interacted with, Nta was very emphatic that ICPC’s officers do not condone any form of welfare package. He said: “The universities complained bitterly about Visitation Panels, not from the NUC, but from different bodies. When they (panels) come, they expect the institutions to provide accommodation, transport and make all kinds of demands. We have put that in our reports. We are now going to make it public.”
Author of this article: By Mary Ogar
Besides, indolent non academic staff members, who derive pleasure in treating students’ requests for academic transcripts with levity, thereby frustrating such students’ efforts to secure admission in foreign universities, will also, in due course, be made to face the consequences of their actions.
According to the Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Mr. Ekpo Nta, the bogus excuse – Matured Consent – which some university teachers rely on to perpetrate immoral acts, will no longer be acceptable in the new comprehensive legal framework, being put together by the ICPC, to address the several lapses discovered in the university system.
Briefing journalists in Abuja last week, Nta revealed that several complaints and petitions by stakeholders to the ICPC, informed its decision to carry out a University System Study and Review, code-named USSR, which led to startling revelations. Section 6 (b – d) of ICPC’s enabling Act, empowers it to undertake a comprehensive review of the Nigerian university system.
But Nta was quick to assert that the commission was not seeking to regulate the tertiary education system, but only seeks to work with a key regulator like the National Universities Commission (NUC) and other stakeholders like the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TTFUND).
Among the serious challenges discovered in the universities, according to Nta, were abuse and utter disregard for stipulated rules, policies and procedures in terms of admissions, examination management, recruitment, promotions, contracts awards and infrastructure. The commission also discovered several cases of sexual harassment of both staff and students, examination malpractice, falsification of official documents like transcripts, nepotism, plagiarism and contract manipulation among others. The pilot study was carried in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago- Iwoye (OOU) and Salem University, Lokoja. The commission’s fact finding mission also led to visits to the University of Ibadan (UI), Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State and the Osun State University.
As a result of the findings, the commission has produced a “Template for Prevention” of systemic corruption in the universities. The idea is to ensure that Nigerian tertiary institutions comply with the basic tenets of higher education management and also conform to international best practices.
“Our role,” Nta stated, “is limited strictly to correcting and preventing corrupt prone processed and procedures, as provided in Section 6 (b-d) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act 2000.” He affirmed that at the conclusion of the review exercise, a new system of operation would be established, which universities must follow. Any deviation from the rules, he warned, would attract prosecution, just as regular monitoring and evaluation exercises would be carried out without prior formal notice.
Speaking extensively on sexual harassment, Nta said: “We know some of the pressure that our young girls go through in the university system. At the end of this exercise, even if some would say, yes, they are consenting adults and that they can be in love with their lecturers, this will not acceptable. You would have to hold on to that “love” until you graduate, because you are in a master-servant relationship. There is no way such a relationship would not affect the grading of your paper.”
Commenting on the challenge of obtaining transcripts from the universities, he said: “Issues of missing transcripts occur because someone has misplaced the file deliberately. We are going to help the universities to come to an agreement on how things should be done and we intend to give a time frame, within a number of days, that transcripts must be produced when students apply for such. Corruption thrives when you have discretion over whether to respond or not (to requests for transcripts), but when we make it part of the regulation, that you must respond within four days, and that if you don’t respond within those four days, there would be a problem, then institutions would sit up.”
The commission also discovered many illegal degree-awarding institutions across the country. Besides, there was a revelation that even approved institutions run unaccredited programmes, the true status of which the hapless students may not know.
His words: “When we visit, we demand for documents and equipment that have been listed as existing in the various universities. We will not treat this as a minor breach because the intention is very clear, which is to deceive or defraud. If money was appropriated for the procurement of certain equipment, why would a university go and borrow during an accreditation exercise and then return them after accreditation.”
The ICPC boss disclosed that the commission was able to close down 20 illegal degree-awarding mills, including those with acclaimed foreign affiliations without proof. According to him, out of the 41 identified illegal degree mills scheduled for investigation, some of them voluntarily closed shop and went out of business.
The exercise, which was carried out in Lagos, Abia, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Enugu, Anambra, Ebonyi, Delta, Edo, Kano, Nassarawa, Kwara, Imo, Kogi, Osun, Benue, Plateau and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, has so far led to series of arrests and arraignments in court.
Nta said: “The commission is taking every legitimate step to ensure that only the indicted individuals are prosecuted. Arrangements are also being finalized to ensure the re-opening of four institutions earlier closed down and to also ensure that their names are delisted from the NUC’s list of illegal universities.”
He continued: “Some of these institutions claimed to be representing institutions abroad. And while we had to make contacts with the ambassadors of such countries, some ambassadors were even surprised.”
According to him, there is an urgent need to re-orientate the parents on the seriousness of the situation. “The desperation of some parents is actually contributing to pushing children into the wrong places,” he observed. “When you begin to send children between the ages of 15-17 to countries like Ukraine, where they would have to learn a new language, it brings about unintended consequences. If it’s a boy, it can be controlled. But you can imagine a 16-year-old girl in Ukraine, just because you want the child to read medicine abroad, in a society that is obviously racist; where jobs are not available even for the local people; and where they look at these students as aliens.”
On examination malpractice, Nta said: “When there is news that students are arrested for examination fraud, have we ever gone behind to find out the condition of the schools where these students learn? We did a study on the background of the schools the students are coming from and most of them don’t have laboratories and teachers. When the law says arrest students, in such a situation, whom would you be arresting? Is it not better to arrest the person, institutions or agencies who put such schools in place than to arrest innocent children?”
Also under the new template, universities would be required to report to the commission, students that they have punished for examination malpractice so that their records would be included in the Commission’s database of offenders.
As a result of various stakeholders’ meetings held with institutions in respect of their operations and virements in their budgetary statutory allocations, the ICPC Chairman revealed that some institutions were already returning unremitted balances of personal votes, based on the circular that all institutions and agencies must return the remnants of their personnel votes, if they were not utilized.
His said: “We promised we were going to prosecute any agency that did not return such money and we are in the process of verifying. I am happy to state that quite a number of our institutions complied and are returning money to the treasury and we are compiling the records”.
Also in the course of the review, Nta stated that it was discovered that certain utility sub-heads, like power and water supply on campus, were conflicting and may prove difficult to manage. He however insisted: “The government regulation is that you cannot take money from one sub-head to fund another sub-head. One major outcome of our findings showed that, there was a need to adequately fund the provision of outsourced services, like security and cleaning; utilities like power, water, communications and others. So far, our findings and recommendations have been communicated to the Ministry of Finance and the Budget Office for consideration.”
However, Nta pointed out that the most powerful weapon in the ICPC Act is prevention. “If we prevent someone from stealing N1billion naira,” he explained, “it may not attract much response. But when we arrest someone for stealing N100, 000, it would be on the front pages of newspapers. But in terms of effect, the prevention approach would yield a better result in future. Even during system review, we tell the institutions that we have not come to arrest but to help them develop the system.”
Meanwhile the National Values Curriculum (NVC), jointly formulated by the ICPC and the National Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) will soon be unveiled as a weapon for attitudinal change of Nigerians, through education.
The NVC, which also comes with a Teacher’s Guide, is applicable at all levels of education and is geared towards exposing the Nigerian child to sustained good values and ethical issues from the early years to young adulthood.
On the response in some of the institutions the commission has interacted with, Nta was very emphatic that ICPC’s officers do not condone any form of welfare package. He said: “The universities complained bitterly about Visitation Panels, not from the NUC, but from different bodies. When they (panels) come, they expect the institutions to provide accommodation, transport and make all kinds of demands. We have put that in our reports. We are now going to make it public.”
Author of this article: By Mary Ogar
Scrap JAMB,UTME, retain NECO
News that Nigerian government is planning to cancel two of its major examinations-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and the National Examination Council is welcoming on one hand and calls for caution on the other.
Welcoming, because if implemented, it will curb the excesses of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board which has held candidates seeking university education by the jugular for a long time.
For years, JAMB has been the only authorised body conducting examination into the nation’s universities and polytechnics.
Every year, at least 1.5million candidates patronise JAMB and of this figure, less than 250,000 eventually secure admission. Yet, each of the 1.5 million candidates pays an average of N5, 000 [about $34] to buy a form.
Aside this, candidates are expected to pay all kinds of sundry charges including buying scratch cards for checking their results and scratch cards for printing their admission letters.
Yet, the exam process was at a stage so compromised that universities lost confidence in it and pushed for a post UTME, a move which though JAMB vigorously rejected, went through all the same.
Of course, this is also at an extra cost to candidates who have to buy forms from the respective universities of their choice and still pay for the Post UTME exam. So you find candidates going through tortuous processes to secure admission to either a university or polytechnic.
These are some of the reasons why plans to cancel UTME and leave universities to select their candidates on their own is a welcome development. However, I have reservations about the fact that JAMB as a body would still be in charge of clearing candidates for universities. That seems to me that JAMB will still be milking its candidates dry but through other means.
According to reports, under the new arrangement, authorities of all tertiary institutions will now be at liberty to conduct their entrance examinations as they have been doing for post-UTME. JAMB will however serve as a clearing house. Though JAMB will no longer conduct examinations, it will still be setting the standard alongside the schools authorities.
JAMB will be a clearing house like Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) in UK. If somebody gains admission into three universities and hold down space, immediately such person picks his first choice, JAMB’s system will automatically free the remaining two slots for other applicants.
I think government should scrap JAMB outright and allow candidates to apply to the universities directly. A few things are likely to happen if this is done.
One, each university is likely to put in place a process that will ensure it attracts the best of brains since universities will be rated by the quality of their products. Two, the current multiple costs of securing university admission will be scrapped and third, the torture candidates are forced to endure in a bid to compete for a limited space in available institutions will be lessened.
As for NECO, I think scrapping the body is taking us back to the old system where the West African Examination Council was the sole exam body in the country. It is a known fact that monopoly stifles competition. Rather than encourage monopoly, government should create a conducive environment for competitive examination bodies and allow students to make a choice. Government should think of making NECO work better than scrapping it.
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Successful young Nigerians give career tips to pupils
Successful young Nigerians give career tips to pupils
April 16, 2013 by Olabisi Deji-Folutile
Public schools’ pupils had a rare opportunity of listening to the success stories of some accomplished young Nigerians at the Define My Tomorrow Project organised by the Nigerian Bottling Company to mark this year’s Children’s Day, Olabisi Deji-Folutile reports
Finding one’s true love is vital to succeeding in life, this is the summary of the Managing Director of the Flying Doctors Nigeria Limited, Dr. Ola Orekunrin, at the third edition of the career counselling programme of the Nigerian Bottling Company Limited, tagged ‘Define My Tomorrow Project’.
Since 2010, NBC, described by its Head of Public Affairs and Communications, Mrs. Adeyanju Olomola, as a youth friendly organisation, brings accomplished professionals from various disciplines to interact with select pupils from various public schools in the country to mark the Children’s Day. For the 2012 edition, NBC collaborated with the Rivers State Government.
The aim is to empower pupils to think more broadly by opening up their minds to various career options available to them given their varied and unique skills to help them make more intelligent, creative and rewarding career decisions in life.
Orekunrin, a medical doctor and the only black student in her medical school in England, told the 120 senior secondary school pupils from over 10 public schools in Rivers State that she found her true love at the age of five while growing up in England. “Then I used to act as a medical doctor using my teddy bear as the guinea pig,’’ she said.
Sharing the story of how she established her company, she told the pupils how she lost her younger sister in Nigeria because there was no air ambulance to take her to the UK for medical treatment. “We went to as far as South Africa to get an air ambulance, but my sister died before the ambulance could come because of a six-hour delay. From then I desired to set up this company,’’ she said.
Choosing not to dwell on her challenges, she told the pupils to always believe anything is possible. “My parents nurtured true love on me and made me to believe that anything is possible. Medicine is not just a job but a gift. I feel truly and madly in love with the science of diagnosis,” she added.
She said, “People are dying because there are no medical facilities to take care of patients but you can make a difference. I started this multi billion Naira business alone with my lap-top; I didn’t know anybody in Nigeria. I made and built up my contacts.’’
To her, injustice is everywhere and should not discourage anyone. “I had to learn to fly to get to places where others could just walk into,’’ she told her audience, adding “but in six years, I have 20 air ambulances across the world.
“When you find your true love, the passion inside you moves you forward. You succeed in spite of odds. Your true love is what you do when nobody is paying you to do it.’’
Rather than looking for the cloud, she told the pupils to always look for the silver lining and convert their challenges to opportunities. “There is opportunity in every adversity,’’ she said.
Orekunrin was not the only speaker at the career workshop. Toyosi Akerele, the brain behind RISE, a youth initiative in the business of projecting Nigeria in a better light, told the pupils that the country where people complain everyday is the same place where some people are making miracles happen.
Akerele resigned from Oando Plc three weeks after landing the job as a fresh graduate from the University of Jos. Though raised in a broken home by her mother, she remained focused and determined to be a success.
“Things were so tough for me and my siblings and I had to sponsor myself through university education, my parents separated when I was 13 years old.
” I had enough excuse to give up and do what some girls do but I didn’t. I stood firm because I understood the power of my talent.
“If you follow the crowd you will never stand out. I have met world leaders; everything you will become depends on what you carry.
“Life is not about the container but about content. I have employed people older than me but I value them though I am younger than them. Your work should touch other people’s lives,’’ she told the pupils.
She added, ‘’Beauty may take you to the palace but character keeps you there. There are two kinds of people- those who react to what life brings their way and those who determine what life should be. It does not matter what your background is. Destiny deals with why I am here, accuracy asks what I have to do and legacy asks what I would be remembered for.’’
Similarly, the representative of the Rivers State Government, Dr. Solomon Ibulubo, asked the pupils to act what they want to become. ‘’Before you were born, God has ordained you to be something in life, begin to exhibit that thing,’’ he told the pupils.
Another speaker, Cobhams Asuquo, a producer and musician spoke through Skype from Houston. Partially blind, Asuquo told the pupils how he left the University of Lagos to pursue a career in music. “There is so much you can be taught in school but the impact in going forward depends on how you take what you are taught,’’ he told the pupils.
He said the pupils should always see knowledge beyond the opinion of the writer, adding, ‘’ I sought knowledge in the real sense of it, that makes me unpopular. I left Law for music because music is my passion.’’
He also told the children to look at information on the basis of its relevance and how the knowledge would move them forward. He said the pupils should always remember to dream big; work hard; think different and stay focused. Your dream of today is your tomorrow’s reality. Work towards your dream, think as a solution provider. You need to think different to be relevant,’’ he said.
To him, the decision to seek knowledge belongs to the pupils. “Go out and make an impact. Bright future awaits you. Ensure that what you are committed to doing is done no matter the obstacles and challenges,’’ he urged them.
The only female plant manager in NBC, Funmi Adefeko, was not left out in the motivational session for the pupils. A graduate of Biochemistry, Adefeko said the children were not too young to choose what would help them in future. ‘’You should excel in the vital subjects needed for your career,’’ she counselled.
While using the Naira note to show how valuable the children are, she said, “You are valuable, it doesn’t matter what has happened to you, you could have been trampled upon, you are unique.’’
As the only female plant manager in NBC, she said she had always posted the best results in the company’s 60 years history.
‘’My first experience as a female plant manager was in Maiduguri. But focus and determination saw me through. Successful people are not necessarily the most intelligent but the most determined. Successful people have goals, write down your goals, any distraction is stealing your destiny,’’ she told them.
Isaac Nwachukwu, a 2011 graduate of Business Management from Abia State University, who owns a growing plantain chips business, also told the pupils to remain focused in spite of their present challenges. He told them how he went back to Primary three after repeating JSS1 twice.
In spite of discouragement from people around him, he said he forged ahead. He said, ‘’Passion will keep those who are determined to succeed going when the going gets tougher. To achieve anything worthwhile in life, you have to learn to trust yourself and your dream. You must work hard. You should know that the only thing that stands between you and your success is you. See problems as opportunities to do your best. Those who seek luck will be locked up in life.’’
He added, “Mind the kind of friends you keep. If you are not ready for adversity, be ready for poverty because you will see challenges on the way to the top.’’
The Define My Tomorrow Project, according to Olomola, was designed to assist government and education ministries in addressing the challenge of insufficient career counselling in most public schools especially for senior secondary pupils as they reach the point of making critical and far-reaching decision of what careers to pursue to fully express their individual talents in the dynamic and contemporary world they live in.
The project is executed through a one day motivational workshop with the pupils followed by a six-week long interactive post –workshop course on choosing the right career. The Junior Achievement of Nigeria works with the pupils on a closer level to enable them to choose the right careers with tested tools.
Pupils like Titus Adeh of Enitonna High School, Agee, Preety Joseph Amadi, Hope Ezekiel and Nweke Onyemaiche of Oginigba Comprehensive Secondary School confessed to have learnt many things from the workshop.
“I have learnt that true love is not in the physical but the career path I choose in life,’’ said Amadi, while Onyemaiche said, “It’s nice. I’ve gained lots of things, no course is useless.’’
Nigeria harbours most of world’s out of school pupils
Nigeria accounts for 10.5 million of the 61 million “out of school ‘’ children worldwide, according to Education Minister, Prof. Ruqayytu Rufai. Next to Nigeria is Pakistan with five million children of school age out of school. Without shame and in spite of this grim picture, the minister still told the World Education Forum in London that Nigeria’s educational policy direction is aimed at ensuring every child of school age is in school.
Is it not obvious that government is not making any progress in its policy direction? Ten years ago, over 10million Nigerian children were out of school. Today, government still parades same figure. Why has the figure remained same in spite of the Universal Basic Education law that makes first six years of education compulsory for every Nigerian child? The law even makes provision for punishment for offenders? Where are the offenders? How many parents has government taken to court for failing to send their children to school?
Guess this government is never tired of rhetoric. Why is it that billions of naira expended on Almajiri education has failed to yield fruit? Rather than striving to address the problem, government should for once address the challenge by building schools, employing teachers and punishing parents that fail to register their children in school in line with the UBEC law.
University autonomy versus JAMB control
University autonomy versus JAMB control
Prof. Ruquayat Rufa'i - Minister of EducationWhat’s the point in conducting post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination by universities all over Nigeria particularly private ones when candidates’ good performance in that exam does not really guarantee anything? After all, what universities do with post UTME results is subject to the dictates of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board.
Why do universities make both parents and admission seekers go through unnecessary hardship when they know that JAMB has the final say on who is admitted to the university at the end of the day?
Parents and guardians of admission seekers spend extra money every year on air and road travels in their bid to take their children and wards to venues of their post UTME. Apart from the huge costs involved, some die in accidents. Some parents and children were reportedly some of the victims of the last plane crash in the country.
This year again parents came from as far as Abuja to Lagos, Iwo and other parts of the country accompanying their children who were writing their post UTME.
I can recall some of the reasons adduced for post UTME by universities a few years back. One of them is to ensure that universities admit quality students. According to them, candidates offered admission by JAMB often ended up being below standard. The idea was to be able to sift candidates selected by JAMB to ensure they are up to standard,
While universities’ decision to sift their candidates might not be a bad idea, the universities were silent on what happens when they adjudge candidates to be good for admission and JAMB thinks otherwise. This has remained the crux of the matter.
As a mother whose daughter sought university admission this year, I had cause to take my child to different universities for her post-UTME. At that time JAMB had not released its cut-off mark for university admission. The question parents kept on asking university authorities at the parents’ forums was what happened if their children did well in the university exams and failed to meet JAMB’s cut off mark. The universities had no answer.
It turned out that many candidates did well in the post UTME but scored below JAMB’s cut-off mark. For instance, Babcock University asked candidates whose names appeared on its admission list but failed to meet JAMB’s requirement not to bother paying the university’s acceptance fee.
If JAMB is still this relevant, why subject admission seekers to unnecessary stress? Why does JAMB have to wait for weeks before releasing its cut-off marks? If JAMB could release UTME results within one week of writing the exam, why should it wait for another six weeks before declaring its cut-off marks? Why allow parents to spend thousands of Naira to obtain admission forms to private universities or pay for different post-UTMEs, wasting money on needless trips before releasing the cut-off marks?
Though I don’t really subscribe to fixing a cut-off for admission, fixing 180 for university admission would have been okay by me if there are no question marks on either the integrity of JAMB as an exam body or on UTME as a whole. There were reports of cheatings and other forms of exam malpractices in this exam which unfortunately cannot just be swept aside.
Whether JAMB likes it or not, the ministry of education would still have to work something out to resolve the issue of admission into Nigeria’s universities. With public universities over-stretched and multitudes of admission seekers out there, government needs to take a more pragmatic measure to solve the gigantic problem in the education sector. Every year over one million people seek admission to higher institutions in Nigeria. The figure keeps increasing every year. But the entire system could only absorb 500,000 according to the minister of education, Prof. Ruqayyat Rufai. A country in a situation like this needs to work on maximising its capacity to absorb as many students as possible.
But that is not happening now. The situation now is that some universities, especially private universities, have spaces that are yet to be filled. There are candidates that meet such universities’ admission criteria, but universities’ hands are tied by government regulation.
Let’s face it, while public universities usually have more than enough candidates to admit, thus always exceeding their carrying capacity, private universities will continue to have spaces because it costs money to study there. Tuition in private universities range from N650, 000 to N2m per session depending on the course of study. A large number of Nigerians cannot afford this.
Instead of piling up the list of admission seekers every year, I think government should allow those that can afford private university education and who are qualified by these universities’ standard to proceed to the university. This will not only decongest the list of admission seekers, it will also reduce capital flight.
There was a report that Nigerians spend N160bn annually in two Ghanaian universities. Ironically, Ghana and other countries admit the same candidates that are rejected in Nigeria because of unnecessary government regulations. Universities in other parts of the world won’t need JAMB’s permission to admit candidates. Instead of allowing parents to keep on taking their money out of the country to receive sometimes half-baked education, government could review its law.
Right now, some parents are in agony. For some of them, their children scored between 170 and 179. They have the money to pay in private universities and would have loved their children to remain in Nigeria for at least their first degree programmes, but they are being denied of that chance. This shouldn’t be.
After all, the autonomy of Nigerian universities is claimed to be backed by law. If that is the case, institutions should be able to establish their own programmes of study recruit their own students and have some levels of control. True autonomy connotes organisations having the freedom or freewill to set their own rules and regulations without interference and control from outside especially from government.
Agreed universities must operate under the law of the land because autonomy doesn’t just give the right to do anything at any point in time, universities should still have the freedom to set and maintain their own academic standards just like the foreign universities do.
ASUU Urges Stakeholders to Prevail On FG to Fulfill Its Agreement
Dr Adebayo Akinsanya, the Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijebu-Ode, Ogun, has urged stakeholders in the education sector to intervene in the current crisis.
Akinsanya appealed to the stakeholders to prevail on the Federal Government to implement the 2009 Agreement it had with the union to save Nigeria's education from imminent collapse.
He told newsmen in Ijebu-Ode yesterday that the Federal Government is not sensitive to the plight of the union.
According to him, government's insensitivity to the all important sector is killing the standard of education in the country.
"Government said it wants the nation's universities to be among the first 500 in the world and yet it refuses to fund the education sector.
"How can Nigeria universities achieve this noble idea without adequate funding and proper repositioning of the citadels of learning in this country?"
He said that the current strike is not about allowances for lecturers, but about government doing what is needful to save the education system from collapse.
Akinsanya said with the way things are, there are no signs that the strike will be called off soon.
"Where has ASUU gone wrong in demanding for funding of the universities, intervention to states universities, and autonomy of our universities system," Akinsanya said.
He said the union should not be blamed for the challenges facing the university system, but on government which failed to abide by the UNESCO budgetary allocation to education sector.
Akinsanya appealed to the stakeholders to prevail on the Federal Government to implement the 2009 Agreement it had with the union to save Nigeria's education from imminent collapse.
He told newsmen in Ijebu-Ode yesterday that the Federal Government is not sensitive to the plight of the union.
According to him, government's insensitivity to the all important sector is killing the standard of education in the country.
"Government said it wants the nation's universities to be among the first 500 in the world and yet it refuses to fund the education sector.
"How can Nigeria universities achieve this noble idea without adequate funding and proper repositioning of the citadels of learning in this country?"
He said that the current strike is not about allowances for lecturers, but about government doing what is needful to save the education system from collapse.
Akinsanya said with the way things are, there are no signs that the strike will be called off soon.
"Where has ASUU gone wrong in demanding for funding of the universities, intervention to states universities, and autonomy of our universities system," Akinsanya said.
He said the union should not be blamed for the challenges facing the university system, but on government which failed to abide by the UNESCO budgetary allocation to education sector.
Senate Approves Revised Guidelines for Appointments and Promotions of Academic Staff
The Senate of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, at its 372nd meeting held on Thursday, May 30, 2013 approved the revised guidelines for appointments and promotions of academic staff with effect from the 2013/2014 academic session/appraisal year.
In his presentation to Senate, the Vice-Chancellor stated that the revised guidelines would significantly improve the standard of assessing the quality of academic staff in the University which was part of the goals of the administration's mantra the ''Quest for Excellence'' being vigorously pursued by Management. He added that promotion is a natural career progression through which academic staff might be expected to progress in the area of specialty with successively greater experience, expertise, and responsibility in the particular position. He noted that the new guidelines were an indication of the desire to re-position the University to world class standards.
Members of Senate noted that the new guidelines would elevate the standard of teaching and research in the University among the best in the sub-region.
Jul 27, 2013
ASUU, SGF to meet Monday on outstanding issues – Suswan
AYIM PIUS AYIM
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, will meet on Monday with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities to address earned allowance and general university funding for infrastructure development.
Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State disclosed this to newsmen on Friday in Abuja after a meeting of ASUU with members of the committee on the implementation of Needs Assessment Report to Nigerian Universities.
Suswan is the chairman of the committee, inaugurated earlierin the day by Anyim.
He said an agreement was reached on many of the issues under negotiation except the two concerning earned allowance and general university funding for infrastructure development.
Suswan explained that after many hours of deliberation, the meeting agreed on major issues except the two.
He said: “These are the outstanding issues.
“Otherwise, other issues have been agreed on and we believe that by next week we should be able to agree on allthe issues and, probably, ASUU will call off the strike.”
He said that the committee would also meet with ASUU on August 1 to address the issue of infrastructure deficit in universities, adding that the meeting would involve all the agencies funding projects in the universities
He added: “If you go into our universities, you will agree with me that there are a lot of infrastructure deficit.
“So, we have agreed that all the funding agencies will meet with ASUU.”
He said the parties are expected to agree on modality for funding of the projects.
Airtel, FirstBank launch FirstMonie Payment Solution
Lagos – Leading Telecommunications Service Provider, Airtel Nigeria has gone into a partnership with First Bank Nigeria Plc to offer Firstmonie Talkmore; the all-new, revolutionary mobile payment solution, to the public.
The strategic partnership which was sealed with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), Tuesday, in Lagos makes it possible for Firstmonie Talkmore to run essentially on Airtel platform to make mobile payment services easy and accessible to a broader spectrum of Nigerians.
The partnership is the first major collaboration between leading operators in the nation’s banking and telecoms industries to provide a first class mobile payment solution to Nigeria.
Specifically, subscribers on Airtel network who sign up to Firstmonie will be able to send and receive money, buy airtime, pay bills and carry out other forms of transaction on their mobile phones without operating a bank account.
In addition, any duly registered subscriber on the Airtel network who signs on to Firstmonie will automatically receive N100 e-value and will be eligible for N240 bonus airtime.
Speaking on the special offering, the Director Regulatory Affairs and Special Projects, Mr. Osondu Nwokoro observed that Firstmonie could not have been better timed in view of the current drive by the Central Bank of Nigeria to entrench a cashless economy in the country.
Said he: “As pioneers in the GSM sector and leaders of innovation in the industry, we have no doubt that Firstmonie will definitely revolutionize the mobile payment industry and further endear the Airtel brand to the Nigerian people.”
According to Nwokoro, Airtel has been a leading driver of innovative mobile payment solutions across Africa having singularly planted Mobile Money platforms in 16 countries across the continent.
“It is this experience and expertise that we are bringing to bear on Firstmonie in the hope that it will deepen customer loyalty for Airtel and stimulate customer acquisition for FirstBank.
We also have no doubt that our prospective subscribers now have one more reason to join Airtel while those who are dissatisfied with the service they receive from their current network providers have just been given the perfect reason to port to Airtel, the network that works,” Mr. Nwokoro further explained.
Also speaking on the offering, Head, Marketing & Corporate Communications, FirstBank, Mrs. Folake Ani-Mumuney observed that the product which facilitates the integration of both the unbanked and underbanked population into the financial system also offers an excellent medium for Airtel subscribers to send funds securely to their families and friends across the country.
Said she: “Firstmonie offer is open to subscribers of the Airtel network across the nation and registration is initiated by dialing *894# on any basic mobile phone or by logging on to https://www.firstmonie.com/iwe b or https://www.firstmonie.com /imobile.”
Interestingly, the new partnership on Firstmonie came on the heels of a recent one between Airtel and FBNL ife Insurance (a member of the FBN Group) on the product PADI4Life which runs on the robust 3.75g network providedby Airtel.
The strategic partnership which was sealed with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), Tuesday, in Lagos makes it possible for Firstmonie Talkmore to run essentially on Airtel platform to make mobile payment services easy and accessible to a broader spectrum of Nigerians.
The partnership is the first major collaboration between leading operators in the nation’s banking and telecoms industries to provide a first class mobile payment solution to Nigeria.
Specifically, subscribers on Airtel network who sign up to Firstmonie will be able to send and receive money, buy airtime, pay bills and carry out other forms of transaction on their mobile phones without operating a bank account.
In addition, any duly registered subscriber on the Airtel network who signs on to Firstmonie will automatically receive N100 e-value and will be eligible for N240 bonus airtime.
Speaking on the special offering, the Director Regulatory Affairs and Special Projects, Mr. Osondu Nwokoro observed that Firstmonie could not have been better timed in view of the current drive by the Central Bank of Nigeria to entrench a cashless economy in the country.
Said he: “As pioneers in the GSM sector and leaders of innovation in the industry, we have no doubt that Firstmonie will definitely revolutionize the mobile payment industry and further endear the Airtel brand to the Nigerian people.”
According to Nwokoro, Airtel has been a leading driver of innovative mobile payment solutions across Africa having singularly planted Mobile Money platforms in 16 countries across the continent.
“It is this experience and expertise that we are bringing to bear on Firstmonie in the hope that it will deepen customer loyalty for Airtel and stimulate customer acquisition for FirstBank.
We also have no doubt that our prospective subscribers now have one more reason to join Airtel while those who are dissatisfied with the service they receive from their current network providers have just been given the perfect reason to port to Airtel, the network that works,” Mr. Nwokoro further explained.
Also speaking on the offering, Head, Marketing & Corporate Communications, FirstBank, Mrs. Folake Ani-Mumuney observed that the product which facilitates the integration of both the unbanked and underbanked population into the financial system also offers an excellent medium for Airtel subscribers to send funds securely to their families and friends across the country.
Said she: “Firstmonie offer is open to subscribers of the Airtel network across the nation and registration is initiated by dialing *894# on any basic mobile phone or by logging on to https://www.firstmonie.com/iwe b or https://www.firstmonie.com /imobile.”
Interestingly, the new partnership on Firstmonie came on the heels of a recent one between Airtel and FBNL ife Insurance (a member of the FBN Group) on the product PADI4Life which runs on the robust 3.75g network providedby Airtel.
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GET YOUR ORIGINAL JAMB ADMISSION LETTER
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When you are Offered admission to study in any institution in Nigeria, The most important thing which serves as Evidence of such admission is Your JAMB ADMISSION LETTER. Without It There is no proof that you are or were a student. it contains information about the Institution where you were offered admission, the faculty/school/college, department, the degree you are pursuing and the duration of the course. Admission letters can be obtained from JAMB or in some cases from The institution Where you are studying
Due to numerous calls to offer this service, FUTOCOMMUNITY has now accepted to provide you with the original JAMB UTME Result Slip from 2009 to 2013 straight into your email box.
The copy we are sending to your email box is JAMB Approved and ORIGINAL and has the following advantages;
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How to Prevent Kidney Disease
Diabetes, particularly type 2 diabetes, has become so common that diabetic kidney disease (nephropathy) has leaped ahead of high blood pressure as the leading cause of kidney failure in much of the world.
Kidney failure is a serious matter: The kidneys’ job is to filter waste products and excess fluids from the blood circulating through our bodies. If the kidneys fail, survival depends on either dialysis (being hooked up to a machine to do the kidneys’blood-filtering) or a kidney transplant.
High blood glucose levels can damage blood vessels all over the body, including the tiny blood vessels that do the kidneys’ filtering. When those tiny vessels are damaged, they can’t do the job correctly. High blood pressure can result and make the problem worse, damaging more blood vessels and speeding up the progression of kidney disease.
Both kidneys are affected.
Though 20-40 percent of those with diabetes develop kidney disease, it can be slowed significantly if diagnosed early and treated.
Prescription for Kidney Health
Five principles should be followed by everyone with diabetes to help prevent and treat kidney problems:
*.Tight control of blood glucose levels (A1C less than 7 percent)
*.Tight control of blood pressure: aim for lower than 130/80
*.Control of lipids: LDL (“bad”) cholesterol should be less than 100 mg/dl, HDL (“good”) cholesterol should be above 50 mg/dl and triglycerides should be less than 150 mg/dl
*.No cigarette smoking
*.Blood pressure-lowering drugs, such as ACE inhibitors or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs), are effective in protecting the kidney from damage if you have signs of diabetic kidney disease.
The Earlier You Know, the Better
There are no symptoms in the early stages of diabetic kidney disease. Symptoms of kidney failure—fatigue, nausea and fluid retention—usually don’t occur until the late stages of kidney disease because the kidney can still adequately filter the blood even after extensive damage.
Usually the first sign that the kidneys’ filtration system is damaged is an excess amount of protein in the urine, known as micro albuminuria. This is not just an early sign of kidney disease, but a well-established risk factor for cardiovascular disease, such as heart attack and stroke.
Two tests—one using urine and the other blood—must be performed annually for early detection. The urine sample is used to screen for microalbuminuria. The standard urine dipstick used in doctors’ offices does not measure this—a special machine is required instead.
The blood sample is used to measure the level of creatinine, a substance normally present in the blood, which increases if your kidneys are not functioning properly. The blood sample results are then plugged into a formula that estimates your kidneys’filtering capacity. The most commonly used formula is called the MDRD equation.
One cannot overemphasize how important it is to measure your blood creatinine and to use the MDRD equation to estimate total kidney filtering. The creatinine value alone can be misleading, as it must be interpreted within the context of age and gender. Patients often have more advanced kidney disease than their blood creatinine value alone suggests.
For this reason, the National Kidney Foundation strongly urges all physicians to use the MDRD equation; however,not all (besides kidney specialists) routinely use it. An accurate estimate of your kidney function is essential for your doctor to decide what, if anything, needs to be done.
With aggressive treatment and yearly testing, we can greatly slow the decline in kidney function and reduce the number of people developing kidney failure.
This article appeared in the Special Diabetes Insert in the November 21, 2005 issue of TIME Magazine.
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ASUU strike: Suswam chairs Needs Committee
Benue State Governor Gabriel Suswam
The Federal Government on Friday inaugurated the University Needs Implementation Committee headed by Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State.
The committee is to put inplace appropriate requirements for learning in all tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, said during the inauguration of the committee in Abuja that the major needs of all federal universities were identified by an assessment committee earlier set up to "assess and prioritise the needs of universities."
According to him, the report submitted by the Needs Assessment Committee mandates the inaugurated committee "to interface with all agencies providing funding support to the universities with the aim of appropriately channelling support to identified priorities,"
The Federal Government had set up the NAC to revitalise the physical infrastructure in the universities, with the aim of enhancing the Internally Generated Revenue base of the universities.
But the non-implementation of the report has pitted the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Non-Academic Staff Union and other trade unions in the nation's universities against the government.
Anyim said the committee's terms of reference included,"Simulating private sector investment into the public auniversities, monitoring progress of the projects implementation and produce quarterly reports for submission to the Federal Government and, intervention in any other matter that may be necessary to achieve the purpose of the Needs assessment."
The Federal Government on Friday inaugurated the University Needs Implementation Committee headed by Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State.
The committee is to put inplace appropriate requirements for learning in all tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim, said during the inauguration of the committee in Abuja that the major needs of all federal universities were identified by an assessment committee earlier set up to "assess and prioritise the needs of universities."
According to him, the report submitted by the Needs Assessment Committee mandates the inaugurated committee "to interface with all agencies providing funding support to the universities with the aim of appropriately channelling support to identified priorities,"
The Federal Government had set up the NAC to revitalise the physical infrastructure in the universities, with the aim of enhancing the Internally Generated Revenue base of the universities.
But the non-implementation of the report has pitted the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Non-Academic Staff Union and other trade unions in the nation's universities against the government.
Anyim said the committee's terms of reference included,"Simulating private sector investment into the public auniversities, monitoring progress of the projects implementation and produce quarterly reports for submission to the Federal Government and, intervention in any other matter that may be necessary to achieve the purpose of the Needs assessment."
FG, ASUU Meet, May Call Off Strike Next Week
IT seems an end to the prolonged strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may be called off as the body and the Federal Government have come to a reasonable agreement.
Rising from a three-hour closed-door meeting held at the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Friday, both parties achieved reasonable success in the negotiation as all issues except two were agreed on.
The Secretary to the Federal Government (SGF), Anyim Pius Anyim was at the head of the FG team along with the Education and Labour Ministers while ASUU’s team was led by its President, Dr Nasir Isa Fagge.
Briefing journalists afterwards, the Chairman, University Needs Implementation Committee, Gabriel Suswam said, “we agreed on all major issues except the issues of funding of the Universities or rather intervention and then the allowance of the University Lecturers. We believe that by next week the other issues would be resolved. Then, ASUU would probably call off the strike.”
The Benue State Governor added that the SGF is meeting on the issue of earn allowance on Monday while his committee, which is dealing with the Needs assessment implementation, would be meeting on Thursday to assess all the infrastructural deficits in the Universities.
“We are involving all the agencies that fund the universities - the CBN and all others. As soon as the two issues are resolved, we believe that the strike would be called off.
“The issues of retirement age, setting up a pension administrator, setting up of budget monitoring unit, persuading companies to setup research centres, among others, have being agreed on,” Suswam said.
“We agreed that all the funding agencies would meet on Thursday and we chart a way forward,” he noted.
Although the Chairman of ASUU refused to speak to the press in an obvious show of dissatisfaction, a source within ASUU said they did not expect the Federal Government to bring all the cards on the table at once so they are still keeping their fingers crossed for next week when their demands would be exhaustively tackled. “For now, the strike continues indefinitely,” the source said.
Earlier, in a bid to put up appropriate conditions necessary for academics in all tertiary institutions in Nigeria, the Federal Government has inaugurated the Universities Needs Implementation Committee, with a mandate to prioritise requisite exigencies.
At the inauguration yesterday in Abuja, the SGF,Anyim Pius Anyim said the major needs of all Federal Universities where identified by an assessment committee earlier set up to assess and prioritise the needs of universities.”
He said the report submitted by the Needs assessment Committee mandates the inaugurated Committee to “interface with all agencies providing funding support to the universities with the aim of appropriately channeling support to identified priorities.”
“Simulate private sector investment into the public universities, monitor progress of the projects implementation and produce quarterly report for submission to the federal government and, intervention in any other matter that may be necessary to achieve the purpose of the Needs Assessment,” he added.
This mandate stemmed from the observations earlier carried out, which noted that various countries fund tertiary institutions through varying approaches, some through budgetary allocations, non-budgetary interventions or private sector donations.
It would be recalled that the Federal Government set up the Need Assessment Committee to revitalise the physical infrastructure in the universities, with the aim of enhancing the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) base of the universities.
Since its establishment 22 years ago, the Imo State University (IMSU) has been operating without a students’ hostel.
It has now got one, courtesy of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), reports SamPson Unamka.
At last, we are on the road to freedom. I feel like a bird freed from the cage of shylock landlords and estate managers. It’s a great feeling seeing this magnificent structure built by the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, to free our students from the strangle-hold of private hostel developers.” That was how Ekene Ahaneku, the Students Union Director of Information, reacted in the building of an ultra-modern hostel for Imo State University (IMSU) by NDDC.
Ahaneku was celebrating with other students at the inauguration of the 174-room NDDC proto-type hostel at the university on July 18.
For the university, it was a dream come true considering its history of moving from one place to the other since inception in 1981. Its acting Vice Chancellor, Prof Ukachukwu Awuzie, who is a former president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), said the university was blessed to have its first students’ hostel from NDDC.
The university and the people of the state, he said, would remain grateful to NDDC for building the hostel, thanking the commission’s board, especially its Chairman, Dr. Tarilah Tebepah, who he described as a fellow comrade, for the gesture.
The hostel, he said, could not have come at a better time than now that the Imo government had approved the university’s permanent site. He said the hostel would help IMSU to upgrade to a residential university. “The non-residency status of the university has created untold hardships for our students who must pay very unrealistic and exorbitant rents for accommodation often far from the university, with the attendant transportation difficulties,” he said.
The jubilation that day was infectious. President of the Students’ Union Government (SUG) Comrade Chigozie Ogbu thanked NDDC for the hostel, which he said would provide convenience for the students and also boost their self-esteem.
After consulting with other board members, Tebepah approved the construction of a link road between the hostel and the campus and the building of a cafeteria in the hostel.
He said the commissioning of the hostel would pave the way for the handover of other completed projects in the Niger Delta region. The NDDC Managing Director, Dr. Christian Oboh, noted that the contractor delivered on time because there was peace in the university. He said President Goodluck Jonathan should be praised for empowering the commission to serve the people of the Niger Delta. He said: “The hostel project is NDDC’s contribution to the transformation agenda of Mr. President.”
The traditional ruler of Owerri, Eze Emmanuel Njemanze, said the wind of transformation blowing across the country had also reached his domain through the hostel.The hostel, he said, would provide the much-needed environment for the grooming of students in character and learning before they graduate.
He said: “I have no doubt that a suitable environment plays a key role in the character formation of people. In my view, the anti-social behaviour often exhibited by students of higher institutionsmay not be totally unrelated to the environment which theyfind themselves. Clearly, a good hostel accommodation will contribute to the sound intellectual and character formation of our children. The regulating body for university education in the country recognised this fact and initiated some studies to enable it get a full grasp of the situation. One of such inquiries by the National Universities Commission (NUC) sought to find out why Nigerian students fail to perform well when they leave the universities with supposedly good degrees.
“The studies brought out some interesting findings. The main reason for poor quality graduates was blamed on poor facilities and their conditions prevalent in the universities. In the main, lack of hostels in university campuses took a greater share of the blame. The “Preliminary Survey of Students’ Accommodation” by the NUC showed that the provision of hostel accommodation in Nigerian universities is below 30 percent average of the student population.”
Comrade Rafael Okwara, the President of the National Association of Imo State Students, said NDDC’s intervention in the IMSU accommodation crisis was timely. He said a situation where students were forced to live off-campus, made them susceptible to extraneous influences such as cultism andother vices
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FUTO 2013/2014 Post-UTME Screening Exercise Postpond?
2013/2014 FUTO Post-UTME Screening Exercise- Not Postponed!
This is to inform Candidates who applied for the 2013/2014 FUTO Post-UTME Exercise of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), that the exercise will hold as scheduled.
Candidates are therefore advised to disregard any rumour of postponement as the FUTO Post-UTME Test will take place on the date already advertised in the print media and available in the University website.
Please note that the relevant dates are still as indicated below:
Tuesday: 30th July, 2013
Wednesday: 31st July, 2013
Thursday: 1st August, 2013
The date for Direct Entry Candidates is Saturday, 10th August, 2013.
Candidates should note these dates and be properly guided
FUTO Independent Students Electoral Commission (FISEC) Inaugurated
FUTO Independent Students Electoral Commission Inaugurated
As part of the preparations for the 2013 SUG elections, the FUTO Independent Students Electoral Commission (ISEC) has been constituted to conduct elections into various offices in the Students Union Government (SUG).
Performing the inauguration on Monday, July 1, 2013, the Vice-Chancellor advised members of the Commission to discharge their duties with a high sense of responsibility and not arrogate unnecessary powers to themselves. He also advised them to resist the temptation of collecting bribe in order to influence the outcome of the election. He urged them to conduct free and fair elections.
In his remarks at the ceremony, the Associate Dean, Students Affairs Unit, Dr C. C. Z. Akaolisa who represented the Dean, Students Affairs Unit admonished the members of the Commission to be sincere, fair and adopt equity and neutrality in the conduct of the polls. He assured Management that the election would be devoid of rancour as it would be conducted through electronic voting. The members of the Commission promised to abide by the code of ethics regulating the conduct of the elections.
The Vice-Chancellor thereafter administered the oath of office to the members of the Commission
FUTO 2013 POST-UTME HOSTEL ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE.
FUTO 2013 POST-UTME HOSTEL ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE AT UMUCHIMA OFF EISMAN JUNCTION FUTO BACK GATE.
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FUTO 2013 POST-UTME HOSTEL ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE.
FUTO 2013 POST-UTME HOSTEL ACCOMMODATION AVAILABLE AT UMUCHIMA OFF EISMAN JUNCTION FUTO BACK GATE.
The location is Treckable via the hostel bucker area or N50 bike fair, also at FUTO ROAD, close to IP WEB CYBER CAFE EZIOBO OWERRI WEST.
For your reservation contact:
FUTOCOMMUNITY on 08100003084
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Jul 24, 2013
FG Opens Fresh Negotiations With ASUU
The Federal Government said on Tuesday that it was renegotiating the 2009 agreements it signed with the members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, who are currently on strike.
The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, stated this while answering questions from journalists after briefing members of the National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party onthe activities of his ministry in Abuja.
The reason for the renegotiation, according to him, was to clear some grey areas in the agreements, which he said were put in place before the coming into office of the present government.
The nine-point agreements ASUU signed with the Federal government 2009 included funding requirements for revitalization of the Nigerian universities; Federal government assistance to state universities; establishment of NUPEMCO and progressive increase inannual budgetary allocation to education to 26 per cent between 2009 and 2020; and earned allowances.
The minister, who refused to say whether there was a particular area of the agreements that was not acceptable to the government, however pleaded with the university lecturers to return to the classroom.
Wogu said, “We are renegotiating the 2009 agreement which predate this administration. It therefore has to be renegotiated.
“However, while we are still talking, we are pleading with ASUU to go back to their work.”
Meanwhile, Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu, has said lecturers of states and private universities should not join federal universities staff to embark on strike.
Aliyu said this in Minna on Tuesday when he received in audience members of the Governing board of the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, in Government House.
The governor argued that in a federation, what obtainsat the Federal level should not necessarily affect states, especially if the demands of the aggrieved lecturers were not the same.
He said, “The union at the centre cannot ask people at the state to go on strike. State universities are like private universities; they cannot go on strike just because their colleagues at the federal universities are on strike.”
Aliyu said he discussed the first convocation of the university with the visitors and the ongoing strike by members of ASUU.
Also, ASUU has called on Executive Secretary of the National Universities commission, Prof. Julius Okojie, to publicly declare his assets.
In a joint statement by the chairmen of the University of Calabar branch of the union, Dr. James Okpiliya and his Cross River State University of Technology counterpart, Dr. Nsing Ogar,the ASUU officials accused the NUC boss of fueling the crisis in the university system.
They noted that instead of addressing the issues in dispute, Okojie rather resorted to campaign of calumny against the union
The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu, stated this while answering questions from journalists after briefing members of the National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party onthe activities of his ministry in Abuja.
The reason for the renegotiation, according to him, was to clear some grey areas in the agreements, which he said were put in place before the coming into office of the present government.
The nine-point agreements ASUU signed with the Federal government 2009 included funding requirements for revitalization of the Nigerian universities; Federal government assistance to state universities; establishment of NUPEMCO and progressive increase inannual budgetary allocation to education to 26 per cent between 2009 and 2020; and earned allowances.
The minister, who refused to say whether there was a particular area of the agreements that was not acceptable to the government, however pleaded with the university lecturers to return to the classroom.
Wogu said, “We are renegotiating the 2009 agreement which predate this administration. It therefore has to be renegotiated.
“However, while we are still talking, we are pleading with ASUU to go back to their work.”
Meanwhile, Niger State Governor, Babangida Aliyu, has said lecturers of states and private universities should not join federal universities staff to embark on strike.
Aliyu said this in Minna on Tuesday when he received in audience members of the Governing board of the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, in Government House.
The governor argued that in a federation, what obtainsat the Federal level should not necessarily affect states, especially if the demands of the aggrieved lecturers were not the same.
He said, “The union at the centre cannot ask people at the state to go on strike. State universities are like private universities; they cannot go on strike just because their colleagues at the federal universities are on strike.”
Aliyu said he discussed the first convocation of the university with the visitors and the ongoing strike by members of ASUU.
Also, ASUU has called on Executive Secretary of the National Universities commission, Prof. Julius Okojie, to publicly declare his assets.
In a joint statement by the chairmen of the University of Calabar branch of the union, Dr. James Okpiliya and his Cross River State University of Technology counterpart, Dr. Nsing Ogar,the ASUU officials accused the NUC boss of fueling the crisis in the university system.
They noted that instead of addressing the issues in dispute, Okojie rather resorted to campaign of calumny against the union
Jul 23, 2013
Kano to host this year’s International Literacy Day
Prof. Fatima Umar, the Executive Secretary, Kano State Agency for Mass Education, on Tuesday said that Kano State Government would host this year’s NationalLiteracy Day,
The National Mass Literacy and Adult Education Commission (NMEC) has chosenKano for the national event, which will take place between Sept. 8 and Sept. 10.
Prof. Umar was speaking while inaugurating the organising committee, saying that the State Governor, Alhaji Rabiu Kwankwaso, had accepted the offer to the host the literacy Day
She charged the committee, headed by a Director of the Agency, Malam Yusuf Yola, to coordinate the activities of thesub committees for the successful hosting of the event.
Yola, in his response, said the committee would work hard for the success of the event. (NAN)
The National Mass Literacy and Adult Education Commission (NMEC) has chosenKano for the national event, which will take place between Sept. 8 and Sept. 10.
Prof. Umar was speaking while inaugurating the organising committee, saying that the State Governor, Alhaji Rabiu Kwankwaso, had accepted the offer to the host the literacy Day
She charged the committee, headed by a Director of the Agency, Malam Yusuf Yola, to coordinate the activities of thesub committees for the successful hosting of the event.
Yola, in his response, said the committee would work hard for the success of the event. (NAN)
Kano to host this year’s International Literacy Day
Prof. Fatima Umar, the Executive Secretary, Kano State Agency for Mass Education, on Tuesday said that Kano State Government would host this year’s NationalLiteracy Day,
The National Mass Literacy and Adult Education Commission (NMEC) has chosenKano for the national event, which will take place between Sept. 8 and Sept. 10.
Prof. Umar was speaking while inaugurating the organising committee, saying that the State Governor, Alhaji Rabiu Kwankwaso, had accepted the offer to the host the literacy Day
She charged the committee, headed by a Director of the Agency, Malam Yusuf Yola, to coordinate the activities of thesub committees for the successful hosting of the event.
Yola, in his response, said the committee would work hard for the success of the event. (NAN)
The National Mass Literacy and Adult Education Commission (NMEC) has chosenKano for the national event, which will take place between Sept. 8 and Sept. 10.
Prof. Umar was speaking while inaugurating the organising committee, saying that the State Governor, Alhaji Rabiu Kwankwaso, had accepted the offer to the host the literacy Day
She charged the committee, headed by a Director of the Agency, Malam Yusuf Yola, to coordinate the activities of thesub committees for the successful hosting of the event.
Yola, in his response, said the committee would work hard for the success of the event. (NAN)
IJAMB PROGRAMM. All you need to know
This is a 12 months A-level programme designed for candidates from catchments states of the University to prepare them for full time degree programme from 200level. Candidates are expected to sit for a final examination conducted by IJMB headquarter A.B.U. Zaria which shall normally be February/March every year
The entry requirements are atleast five credits which must include:
English Language, Mathematics and any three of Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Agricultural Science, Geography and Economics.
BIO
CHEM
MATH
BIO
CHEM
GEOG
BIO
CHEM
PHY
CHEM
GEOG
MATH
CHEM
GEOG
PHY
CHEM
PHY
MATH
GEOG
ECONS
MATH
GEOG
PHY
MATH
There shall be one registration during the first term. Academic registration shall cease four weeks after the commencement of the exercise. A late registration fee of N5, 000.00 shall be charged for late registration within first week after official registration date. Students are required to register with the subject Coordinator for all courses to be taken.
1.All students registered for acourse are expected to sit for the examination in that course at the time of the examination.
2.Exemption from the above shall be on medical ground and shall be granted on submission of a certificate from the Director of the University Health Services. For reasons other than medical, students’ application must be endorsed by the teaching staff and certified by the Coordinator. Otherwise a student shall be deemed to have voluntarily absented himself from the examinations. Such a student shall score an “F” in those examinations as agreed by the Academic Board. Only those with permission as stated above shall be considered by the Academic Board.
For the purpose of assigning the 100 percent mark of a course all examinations conducted in any course shall be grouped into two:
1.Continuous Assessment (40%)
2.Examinations carry 60% of the mark for a course.
The Director and the Coordinators shall advise students on Academic matters in addition to the group academic advisers.
ABSORPTION INTO DEGREE PROGRAMME
Tuition fee
37,500.00
$820. 00
Acceptance
3,000.00
3,000.00
Caution Deposit
1,000.00
1,000.00
Sports/Games
700.00
700.00
Verification of Entry Qualification:-
3,000.00
3,000.00
I.D Card
500.00
500.00
Examination Fee
2,000.00
2,000.00
Clinic registration Fee
500.00
500.00
Medical Exam Fee
1,000.00
1,000.00
Medical Services
1,000.00
1,000.00
Library Charge
3,000.00
3,000.00
Laboratory Charges/Consumables-
3,000.00
3,000.00
ICT Facilities
5,000.00
5,000.00
Student Handbook
500.00
500.00
Maintenance of Facilities
3,000.00
3,000.00
Registration Fee
4,500.00
4,500.00
Development Levy
7,000.00
7,000.00
Health Insurance
500.00
500.00
X-Ray
1,000.00
1,000.00
N77,700.00
40,200 $82
The fees for the third semester is N37,500.00 $820
Total N115,200.00
Other charges:
Change of Subject N1, 000.00
Replacement of I.D Card N2, 000.00
Remarking of Script N5, 000.00
Other charges:
Change of Subject N1, 000.00
Replacement of I.D Card N2, 000.00
Remarking of Script N5,000.00
Don't worry about the amount because its equivalent to school fees you pay in two year. And the good news is, you can pay twice
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IJMB ENTRY REQUIREMENT
The entry requirements are atleast five credits which must include:
English Language, Mathematics and any three of Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Agricultural Science, Geography and Economics.
IJMB subjects combinations:
BIO
CHEM
MATH
BIO
CHEM
GEOG
BIO
CHEM
PHY
CHEM
GEOG
MATH
CHEM
GEOG
PHY
CHEM
PHY
MATH
GEOG
ECONS
MATH
GEOG
PHY
MATH
ACADEMIC REGISTRATION
There shall be one registration during the first term. Academic registration shall cease four weeks after the commencement of the exercise. A late registration fee of N5, 000.00 shall be charged for late registration within first week after official registration date. Students are required to register with the subject Coordinator for all courses to be taken.
1.All students registered for acourse are expected to sit for the examination in that course at the time of the examination.
2.Exemption from the above shall be on medical ground and shall be granted on submission of a certificate from the Director of the University Health Services. For reasons other than medical, students’ application must be endorsed by the teaching staff and certified by the Coordinator. Otherwise a student shall be deemed to have voluntarily absented himself from the examinations. Such a student shall score an “F” in those examinations as agreed by the Academic Board. Only those with permission as stated above shall be considered by the Academic Board.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENT
For the purpose of assigning the 100 percent mark of a course all examinations conducted in any course shall be grouped into two:
1.Continuous Assessment (40%)
2.Examinations carry 60% of the mark for a course.
ACADEMIC ADVISER
The Director and the Coordinators shall advise students on Academic matters in addition to the group academic advisers.
ABSORPTION INTO DEGREE PROGRAMME
SCHEDULE OF FEES IJMB PROGRAMME
NIGERIA
FOREIGN
Tuition fee
37,500.00
$820. 00
Acceptance
3,000.00
3,000.00
Caution Deposit
1,000.00
1,000.00
Sports/Games
700.00
700.00
Verification of Entry Qualification:-
3,000.00
3,000.00
I.D Card
500.00
500.00
Examination Fee
2,000.00
2,000.00
Clinic registration Fee
500.00
500.00
Medical Exam Fee
1,000.00
1,000.00
Medical Services
1,000.00
1,000.00
Library Charge
3,000.00
3,000.00
Laboratory Charges/Consumables-
3,000.00
3,000.00
ICT Facilities
5,000.00
5,000.00
Student Handbook
500.00
500.00
Maintenance of Facilities
3,000.00
3,000.00
Registration Fee
4,500.00
4,500.00
Development Levy
7,000.00
7,000.00
Health Insurance
500.00
500.00
X-Ray
1,000.00
1,000.00
N77,700.00
40,200 $82
The fees for the third semester is N37,500.00 $820
Total N115,200.00
Other charges:
Change of Subject N1, 000.00
Replacement of I.D Card N2, 000.00
Remarking of Script N5, 000.00
Other charges:
Change of Subject N1, 000.00
Replacement of I.D Card N2, 000.00
Remarking of Script N5,000.00
Don't worry about the amount because its equivalent to school fees you pay in two year. And the good news is, you can pay twice
contact chuks on 08100003084 for info . Your success is our concern. Thanks
IJMB PROGRAMM-More details here
This is a 12 months A-level programme designed for candidates from catchments states of the University to prepare them for full time degree programme from 200level. Candidates are expected to sit for a final examination conducted by IJMB headquarter A.B.U. Zaria which shall normally be February/March every year
The entry requirements are atleast five credits which must include:
English Language, Mathematics and any three of Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Agricultural Science, Geography and Economics.
BIO
CHEM
MATH
BIO
CHEM
GEOG
BIO
CHEM
PHY
CHEM
GEOG
MATH
CHEM
GEOG
PHY
CHEM
PHY
MATH
GEOG
ECONS
MATH
GEOG
PHY
MATH
There shall be one registration during the first term. Academic registration shall cease four weeks after the commencement of the exercise. A late registration fee of N5, 000.00 shall be charged for late registration within first week after official registration date. Students are required to register with the subject Coordinator for all courses to be taken.
1.All students registered for acourse are expected to sit for the examination in that course at the time of the examination.
2.Exemption from the above shall be on medical ground and shall be granted on submission of a certificate from the Director of the University Health Services. For reasons other than medical, students’ application must be endorsed by the teaching staff and certified by the Coordinator. Otherwise a student shall be deemed to have voluntarily absented himself from the examinations. Such a student shall score an “F” in those examinations as agreed by the Academic Board. Only those with permission as stated above shall be considered by the Academic Board.
For the purpose of assigning the 100 percent mark of a course all examinations conducted in any course shall be grouped into two:
1.Continuous Assessment (40%)
2.Examinations carry 60% of the mark for a course.
The Director and the Coordinators shall advise students on Academic matters in addition to the group academic advisers.
ABSORPTION INTO DEGREE PROGRAMME
Tuition fee
37,500.00
$820. 00
Acceptance
3,000.00
3,000.00
Caution Deposit
1,000.00
1,000.00
Sports/Games
700.00
700.00
Verification of Entry Qualification:-
3,000.00
3,000.00
I.D Card
500.00
500.00
Examination Fee
2,000.00
2,000.00
Clinic registration Fee
500.00
500.00
Medical Exam Fee
1,000.00
1,000.00
Medical Services
1,000.00
1,000.00
Library Charge
3,000.00
3,000.00
Laboratory Charges/Consumables-
3,000.00
3,000.00
ICT Facilities
5,000.00
5,000.00
Student Handbook
500.00
500.00
Maintenance of Facilities
3,000.00
3,000.00
Registration Fee
4,500.00
4,500.00
Development Levy
7,000.00
7,000.00
Health Insurance
500.00
500.00
X-Ray
1,000.00
1,000.00
N77,700.00
40,200 $82
The fees for the third semester is N37,500.00 $820
Total N115,200.00
Other charges:
Change of Subject N1, 000.00
Replacement of I.D Card N2, 000.00
Remarking of Script N5, 000.00
Other charges:
Change of Subject N1, 000.00
Replacement of I.D Card N2, 000.00
Remarking of Script N5,000.00
Don't worry about the amount because its equivalent to school fees you pay in two year. And the good news is, you can pay twice
contact chuks on 08100003084 for info . Your success is our concern. Thanks
IJMB ENTRY REQUIREMENT
The entry requirements are atleast five credits which must include:
English Language, Mathematics and any three of Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Agricultural Science, Geography and Economics.
IJMB subjects combinations:
BIO
CHEM
MATH
BIO
CHEM
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ACADEMIC REGISTRATION
There shall be one registration during the first term. Academic registration shall cease four weeks after the commencement of the exercise. A late registration fee of N5, 000.00 shall be charged for late registration within first week after official registration date. Students are required to register with the subject Coordinator for all courses to be taken.
1.All students registered for acourse are expected to sit for the examination in that course at the time of the examination.
2.Exemption from the above shall be on medical ground and shall be granted on submission of a certificate from the Director of the University Health Services. For reasons other than medical, students’ application must be endorsed by the teaching staff and certified by the Coordinator. Otherwise a student shall be deemed to have voluntarily absented himself from the examinations. Such a student shall score an “F” in those examinations as agreed by the Academic Board. Only those with permission as stated above shall be considered by the Academic Board.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENT
For the purpose of assigning the 100 percent mark of a course all examinations conducted in any course shall be grouped into two:
1.Continuous Assessment (40%)
2.Examinations carry 60% of the mark for a course.
ACADEMIC ADVISER
The Director and the Coordinators shall advise students on Academic matters in addition to the group academic advisers.
ABSORPTION INTO DEGREE PROGRAMME
SCHEDULE OF FEES IJMB PROGRAMME
NIGERIA
FOREIGN
Tuition fee
37,500.00
$820. 00
Acceptance
3,000.00
3,000.00
Caution Deposit
1,000.00
1,000.00
Sports/Games
700.00
700.00
Verification of Entry Qualification:-
3,000.00
3,000.00
I.D Card
500.00
500.00
Examination Fee
2,000.00
2,000.00
Clinic registration Fee
500.00
500.00
Medical Exam Fee
1,000.00
1,000.00
Medical Services
1,000.00
1,000.00
Library Charge
3,000.00
3,000.00
Laboratory Charges/Consumables-
3,000.00
3,000.00
ICT Facilities
5,000.00
5,000.00
Student Handbook
500.00
500.00
Maintenance of Facilities
3,000.00
3,000.00
Registration Fee
4,500.00
4,500.00
Development Levy
7,000.00
7,000.00
Health Insurance
500.00
500.00
X-Ray
1,000.00
1,000.00
N77,700.00
40,200 $82
The fees for the third semester is N37,500.00 $820
Total N115,200.00
Other charges:
Change of Subject N1, 000.00
Replacement of I.D Card N2, 000.00
Remarking of Script N5, 000.00
Other charges:
Change of Subject N1, 000.00
Replacement of I.D Card N2, 000.00
Remarking of Script N5,000.00
Don't worry about the amount because its equivalent to school fees you pay in two year. And the good news is, you can pay twice
contact chuks on 08100003084 for info . Your success is our concern. Thanks
Jul 22, 2013
Don't worry about your JAMB/POST-UTME score anymore - secure admission into 200l with IJMB- Click here to know more
Ijmb Admission To 200 Level Into University (unilorin And Over15 Other Uni
Annually, more than 1 million students do write UTME (JAMB) with the aspiration of securing admission into their desired institution but unfortunately it is just a fraction that ultimately realise this dream. Infact some have written JAMB more than once or more and it looks seemingly impossible to gain admission because of various reason which could include: centre issues, mass failure, POST UTME failure e.t.c
But here is a golden opportunity for ADMISSION SEEKERS who wish to acquire university degree that IJMBE (INTERIM JOINT MATRICULATION BOARD EXAMINATION) A LEVEL provides a unique platform for realising your dream of university education-even more better than JAMB because it aids in securing admission into 200 level upon completion of the programme.You do not need JAMB to be admitted for this programme.
The programme is certified by NUC (Nigeria University Commission) CHECK PAGE 4 OF JAMB BROCHURE, ITEM 2.2(2) TO CONFIRM IJMB AS A REQUIREMENT FOR UNIVERSITY EDUCATION. Its more economical to go for this programme because it will save you the cost and stress of 100 level as you will be admitted directly into 200 level upon completion of the programme . Even students with deficiency in O level can still register for the programme because preparations have been made for them by IJMB where they can write O LEVEL IJMB to augment their result. Students with awaiting results can also register
Registration for IJMB program can be processed in the two ways stated below:
1.Purchasing the form at our center in Illorin for a (Non-refundable) fee of N10,000.00
2.Filling the form online (which will be hand-filled by our staffs for final submission). This online form is for students that stay far from Illorin. The form is also N10,000.00 with a processing fee of N3,000.00 which must be paid before filling the form.
FUTOCOMMUNITY can help you buy and process your form just Follow the procedures below.
*.Pay the form fee (N15,000) into our bank account,(call for bank details.)
*.Send your payment details (Payee Name, Date of payment, Bank, Teller No.) to 08100003084 or forward to futocommunity@nokiamail.com
*.A confirmation code will be sent to you after your payment has been confirmed. Then you can proceed to the form page to fill the registration form
Ijmb is 9months and predegree is 9months too and the cost of both program is the same but Ijmb is better off, because after the program the student will gain admission into 200 level while after pre degree the student will start from 100 level, so Ijmb is better and faster...
The following are the University which accepts IJMB results for direct entry (200L) admission.
1, UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, ILORIN
2, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,ZARIA.
3, DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY,ABRAKA.
4,RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCEAND TECHNOLOGY.
5,UNIVERSITY OF UYO,UYO.
6,CROSS RIVER STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCEAND TECHNOLOGY.
7, UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR
8, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, MINNA
9, UNIVERSITY OF JOS
10, BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY .
11,ALL UNIVERSITIES IN NORTHERN,NORTH CENTRAL AND MIDDLE BELT IN NIGERIA.
12, ALL PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA.
............ETC..............
DONT WASTE ANY MORE TIME!!!
HURRY NOW AND REGISTER FOR IJMB!!!
YOU CANT KEEP WAITING WHILE IJMB FORM CLOSES SOON!!!
REGISTER FOR ADMISSION INTO 200 LEVEL NEXT SESSION.
Registration Form Note:The extra N2,000.00 is for logistics and processing of the form on your behalf. And all fees are Non-refundable.
2348100003084
Application is currently on
Annually, more than 1 million students do write UTME (JAMB) with the aspiration of securing admission into their desired institution but unfortunately it is just a fraction that ultimately realise this dream. Infact some have written JAMB more than once or more and it looks seemingly impossible to gain admission because of various reason which could include: centre issues, mass failure, POST UTME failure e.t.c
But here is a golden opportunity for ADMISSION SEEKERS who wish to acquire university degree that IJMBE (INTERIM JOINT MATRICULATION BOARD EXAMINATION) A LEVEL provides a unique platform for realising your dream of university education-even more better than JAMB because it aids in securing admission into 200 level upon completion of the programme.You do not need JAMB to be admitted for this programme.
The programme is certified by NUC (Nigeria University Commission) CHECK PAGE 4 OF JAMB BROCHURE, ITEM 2.2(2) TO CONFIRM IJMB AS A REQUIREMENT FOR UNIVERSITY EDUCATION. Its more economical to go for this programme because it will save you the cost and stress of 100 level as you will be admitted directly into 200 level upon completion of the programme . Even students with deficiency in O level can still register for the programme because preparations have been made for them by IJMB where they can write O LEVEL IJMB to augment their result. Students with awaiting results can also register
REGISTRATION
Registration for IJMB program can be processed in the two ways stated below:
1.Purchasing the form at our center in Illorin for a (Non-refundable) fee of N10,000.00
2.Filling the form online (which will be hand-filled by our staffs for final submission). This online form is for students that stay far from Illorin. The form is also N10,000.00 with a processing fee of N3,000.00 which must be paid before filling the form.
FUTOCOMMUNITY can help you buy and process your form just Follow the procedures below.
*.Pay the form fee (N15,000) into our bank account,(call for bank details.)
*.Send your payment details (Payee Name, Date of payment, Bank, Teller No.) to 08100003084 or forward to futocommunity@nokiamail.com
*.A confirmation code will be sent to you after your payment has been confirmed. Then you can proceed to the form page to fill the registration form
Ijmb is 9months and predegree is 9months too and the cost of both program is the same but Ijmb is better off, because after the program the student will gain admission into 200 level while after pre degree the student will start from 100 level, so Ijmb is better and faster...
The following are the University which accepts IJMB results for direct entry (200L) admission.
1, UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, ILORIN
2, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY,ZARIA.
3, DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY,ABRAKA.
4,RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCEAND TECHNOLOGY.
5,UNIVERSITY OF UYO,UYO.
6,CROSS RIVER STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCEAND TECHNOLOGY.
7, UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR
8, FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, MINNA
9, UNIVERSITY OF JOS
10, BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY .
11,ALL UNIVERSITIES IN NORTHERN,NORTH CENTRAL AND MIDDLE BELT IN NIGERIA.
12, ALL PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES IN NIGERIA.
............ETC..............
DONT WASTE ANY MORE TIME!!!
HURRY NOW AND REGISTER FOR IJMB!!!
YOU CANT KEEP WAITING WHILE IJMB FORM CLOSES SOON!!!
REGISTER FOR ADMISSION INTO 200 LEVEL NEXT SESSION.
Registration Form Note:The extra N2,000.00 is for logistics and processing of the form on your behalf. And all fees are Non-refundable.
2348100003084
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