Protest UNILAG Workers Shut School Gate Over Unpaid Allowances

Latest report reaching US has it that the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), both of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), are protesting over the allowances owed its members by the management.9ja school gist saw members of the union with placards chanting solidarity songs.
Members shut the university’s main gate for several hours leading to gridlock along the University Road and Akoka-Bariga Road.
The Chairman of SSANU, Mr Adetomiwa Adekola, while addressing his colleagues, said the protest had become necessary since earlier attempts made by the unions to resolve their grievances with the management had all proven unsuccessful.
Adekola listed their demands to include:
“Immediate stoppage of further deduction of contributory pension from the salaries of staff as the contributory pension has been deducted from source before the release of subversion for personnel cost by the federal government.
“Payment of 13th month salaries (Christmas) Gross pay between 2007 and 2014 which was paid to all Federal Educational Institutions by the Federal Government as initiated by the late President Umar Yaradua.
“Payment of earned allowance, in particular, hazard allowance to all members of staff of the Federal Universities, beginning from July 2009 till date and immediate implementation of the allowance of staff payroll N30, 000 and N15, 000 for Senior and Junior staffs”
Meanwhile, the management of the university has condemned the protest in very strong terms. A statement signed by the Deputy Registrar (Information), Mr Olagoke Oke, described the action of the unions as “unprovoked” and “a breach of peace”.
“Management condemns in totality the action of the two Unions (SSANU and NASU) in shutting the gates of the University, thereby disrupting peace on campus when there has been no declaration of trade dispute.
“The Earned Allowance is a 2009 Agreement between the Federal Government and various Union of the University.
“In 2013, the FGN released funds for the part payment of the allowances to all deserving members of staff based on approved template and these have been duly disbursed appropriately and no further release has been made.
“Management and the Unions have jointly been reviewing the situation, so this recent unprovoked actions is a breach of peace.
“Management appeals for calm, and wishes to state that it is committed to staff welfare and staff development of all members of staff.”

UNILAG Release 2015/2016 Merit Admission List

UNILAG Release 2015/2016 Merit Admission List. This is to inform all the candidates that duly registered and participated in the University of Lagos (UNILAG) 2015/2016 POST UTME Screening Tests that the merit admission list of successful candidates who have been offered provisional admission into various degree programme of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) for the 2015/2016 academic session has been release by the school management.

Prospective Candidates are to download the list of admitted candidates for the applicable faculty on the school website.
Faculty of Arts

Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences

Faculty of Business Administration

Faculty of Clinical Sciences

Faculty of Dental Sciences

Faculty of Education

Faculty of Engineering

Faculty of Environmental Sciences

Faculty of Law

Faculty of Pharmacy

Faculty of Science

Faculty of Social Sciences

Apply For Guinness Nigeria Undergraduate Scholarship Scheme 2015

Applications are invited from suitably qualified students who wish to be considered for the Guinness Nigeria Undergraduate Scholarship Scheme for 2015.
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This scholarship supports Guinness Nigeria’s commitment to implementing transformative schemes that foster youth development in its communities. The scholarship will provide full tuition for students (from Guinness Nigeria’s host communities) who are currently studying in Nigerian Universities and Polytechnics.
Students from the following Communities are therefore encouraged to apply
*Ogba, Ikeja Local Government Area, Lagos State.
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*Egbeluowo, Osisioma Ngwa Local Government Area, Abia State
*Odeukwu, Osisioma Ngwa Local Government Area, Abia State.
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*Applications are only open to students from the above communities.
*Candidates must be first or second year students in Nigerian Universities or Polytechnics.
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*Candidates may be required to write an aptitude test
*Shortlisted candidates will be required to provide a letter of introduction from the Chairman of their Community *Development Associations.
Application Procedure
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Full Name
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Application Deadline
24th September, 2015.

Kwara Poly Admission List 2015/2016 Released

This is to inform 2015 aspirants of Kwara State Polytechnic that the list of admitted students for 2015/2016 has been released.

Candidates can check their admission status via this link: kwarapoly.waeup.org/applicants /checkstatus
1.Enter your Applicant ID and Password (Surname) in the spaces provided.
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WAEC adjusts Nov/Dec exams timetable over Eid-el-Kabir

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has adjusted the timetable of the ongoing November/December 2015 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for private candidates to allow Muslim candidates participate in the Eid-el-Kabir celebration.

WAEC Head of Nigeria National Office, Mr Charles Eguridu, announced this yesterday in Abuja, during a media parley with members of education correspondents.

He disclosed that WAEC had rescheduled the examination that was supposed to take place on September 25 to October 10 because of Sallah festivities.
According to the new timetable, the Government 2 (Essay) and Government 1 (Objective) that were scheduled for 2.00 p.m. and 4.00 p.m. respectively on Friday, September 18 would now hold by 2:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. for the papers 2 and 1 on the same date.
The Mathematics (2&1) earlier scheduled for Friday, September 25, has been postponed to Saturday, October 10, with Paper 2 holding from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon and paper 1 would hold from 3.00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
He said the examination body was concerned about the yearning of the people.
“Our muslim brothers and sisters expressed concern about the WAEC timetable of the ongoing examination. Some papers were scheduled between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. and some just before the end of jumat prayers.
“Our attention has been drawn to this concern and only this afternoon, the Chairman of WAEC Board in Nigeria called my attention and we have decided to effect some amendment on the ongoing examination to address the concerns.”
He added that WAEC has decided to change the November/December examination to Private Candidates Examination, while the May/June exams will be referred to as School Candidates Examination.
“With effect from next year, what is called the Nov/Dec. examination will be referred to as private candidates’ examination so it will no longer be tied to the month and the May/June examination will be referred to as school candidates examinations.
In his remarks at the occasion, Chairman of WAEC Board, who is also the Director of Basic and Secondary Education in the Federal Ministry of Education, Mrs Ann Okonkwo, called on Nigerians to support WAEC in its efforts to meet the growing demands.
Speaking on the state who are indebted to the WAEC, he said“We took the interest of the students into consideration and after our deliberation with the Nigerian Governors Forum, and they assured me that all necessary steps will be taken to make sure we are paid; so, we decided to release the results.
We have received payments from 30 per cent of the states owing us and promissory notes from some others to redeem within few months.
“We are not indifferent to the hardship been faced by some of these states; some of them are owing salaries; we do not want to overstretch them.
Over the past three years, candidates from Ghana have remained the best. It is saddening considering our population.
We have been paying lip service to teachers. Some schools do not have facilities.
“Candidates do not have laboratories, vocational centres, libraries, textbooks; the outcome of such educational system will be self-evident; it is high time we got more serious with our value system and adopt excellence as our watchword; it is not that Nigerians are less intelligent but we do not motivate our children; the love and quest for material things has take over the level of responsibility in many homes; children are not monitored they watch African Magic at the detriment of the studies.
He however assured that“We must continue to maintain standard; we do not adjust to make people happy; we want our results to reflect the quality of teaching, skills and competence in our schools. If some others appear to be doing very well, that is something we have to research into.