FG Finally Agrees To Pay N5,000 Stipend

This would be cheering news to unemployed Nigerians as the federal government has concluded plans to commence payment of N5,000 stipends.
The government explained that the initial delayed in the commencement of the payment was because it was not captured in the 2015 budget promising that it will be included in the 2016 budget.
This disclosure was made by the minister of youth and sports, Barr. Solomon Darlong when he visited the national secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress in Abuja, The Nation reports.
Darlong noted that arrangement for the payment will take effect from 2016.
He told newsmen that the President Muhammadu Buhari administration will fulfill every of his campaign promises including payment of N5, 000 stipends to unemployed Nigerians.
The minister said: “I want the youths to understand that every promise must be backed up by budgetary provision and our promise to pay N5,000 is not contained in the 2015 budget. So, definitely, it is going to begin in 2016 as we have made budgetary allocations for that.
“We are committed to the campaign promises of creating jobs, providing wealth creation and combat poverty. We have embedded in our manifesto things that we are translating to reality.
“Some of the youth empowerment programmes that are ongoing, we are busy reviewing them to ensure that they are more viable and people oriented. We are also looking at the possibility of realigning some of them to our vision so that in the final analysis, it will add value to the people.”
Meanwhile, Senator Ben Murray Bruce representing Bayelsa state at the National Assembly had reportedly explained to Buhari how he can effectively pay the N5,000 he promised to pay unemployed Nigerians.

Lecturers more corrupt than politicians –Rector

The Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti, Dr. Theresa Akande, has said tertiary institutions are central to the change agenda in Nigeria because lecturers are more corrupt than politicians.
According to her, intellectuals in higher institutions must be ready to play prominent roles if anticipated changes in certain areas of our societal life must be attained.
Speaking on Tuesday at the 10th National Conference of School of Business Studies with the theme, “Anticipated Change(s) in Nigeria: the Roles of Tertiary Institutions,” Akande lamented that youths no longer believed in hard work.
She said, “Shocking as this will sound, many of the Ad-hoc employees of INEC during elections are usually employees of tertiary institutions. Where is the change coming from? Who are the people to bring the change? Who are the implementers of the change?
“For corruption and all other frauds to be eradicated, we must look beyond those who stole in billions and trillions; it should be tackled holistically. Lecturers who inflate marks, mess around with female students, demand sex for marks or make demands for money are corrupt. In fact, they are more corrupt because they are destroying lives.
“Students who engage in examination malpractices are corrupt. Employees, who report late or absent themselves wilfully from work, are corrupt,
“So, all forms of corruption must be battled to a standstill because if this is not done, we will only be scratching the surface of our problems, instead of uprooting the very tap root.”
Akande canvassed strong synergy between the anti-graft agencies and the tertiary institutions to rid them of corruption.
The Rector challenged the School of Business Studies and participants to justify the conference by “demonstrating towards the system strong loyalty, accountability, transparency and discipline that will bring about the anticipated changes in our country.”
The Dean of School of Business Studies, Mr. Olabisi Olasehinde, said the conference was a channel for researchers to present their research works, share ideas with colleagues who have similar scholarly interests, network and cross-fertilisation to improve the overall the quality of teaching and learning.

How to Check UDUSOK Admission List – 2015/16

Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto, UDUSOK admission list for the 2015/2016 academic session is now available online.

Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto (UDUSOK) admission list that contains the names of candidates offered provisional admission into UDUSOK various first degree programmes for the 2015/2016 academic session is out.
Candidates that participated in UDUSOK 2015/2016 post UTME screening exercise can now check their admission status.
Check UDUSOK Admission List.
a. Go to UDUSOK admission status checking portal at http://www:putme.udusok.edu.ng /dePlacement.php,
b. Enter your JAMB registration number in the required column
c. Finally, click ‘Check Status’ to access your admission status
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Congratulations!

ATBU Merit Admission List for DE and UTME – 2015/16

This is to inform all the candidates that participated in theAbubakar Tafawa Balewa University(ATBU) post UTME screening exercise that the management of the institution has released the admission list of UTME and Direct Entry candidates offered provisional admission into the university undergraduate programmes for the 2015/2016 academic session.

ATBU complete admission list has been uploaded online.

Check ATBU Admission List.
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, ATBU admission status checking portal at http://www:atbu.edu.ng/#/ug/checkadmissionlist. Search for your name on the page.

9ja School Gist Team congratulates all the candidates that made it to ATBU admission list for the 2015/2016 academic session.

Religion NYSC Director General Maintains His Stand on the Ban of Hijabs in Orientation Camps

Owing to the high insecurity in the country, and an equating high level of security consciousness expected, Director-General of theNational Youth Service Corps (NYSC)Brigadier-General, Johnson Olawumihas banned Muslim women from wearing hijabs (Islamic veil) at NYSC orientation camps. Consequently, some group of muslim youths attempted protests pointing out that the rule is against their religious rights. However, the DG of NYSC insisted the ban stands and there will be no going back despite the complaints of a Muslim group who came to him to table their petitions against the prohibition. Speaking to the NYSC DG, representatives of the Muslim group said,
 Members of the NYSC are Nigerians who have contributed to the development of this country; female corps members deserve protection by the NYSC. We don’t believe that a female corps member putting on hijab has done any wrong against the Act establishing the NYSC. So they deserve the respect of the NYSC. We have traveled far and wide and visited different camps. Why are the rights of female corps members being infringed upon. We are here to register our displeasure.”
The Director General of NYSC, Brigadier General Johnson Olawumi, who stated this when he received the League of Muslim Youths who came to lay their complaints concerning the ban in Da’awah yesterday in Abuja, expressed regrets that terrorists in recent times, have used ladies who wear long hijabs with suicide belts underneath, to kill people. He pointed out while reiterating NYSC’s tremendous respect for the religion and tribe of every Nigerian, that the scheme also had the responsibility of protecting the lives of corps members under its watch during the orientation camping exercise. In his response, Brigadier-General, Johnson Olawumi said,
Under my leadership, the NYSC will accord respect to every corps member, irrespective of tribe and religion. The incident in Benue State was caused by the use of long hijab. The security situation in the country is tough. There is the danger of somebody using hijab for other reasons. There have been cases where young girls put on hijab and eventually turn to suicide bombers. Boko Haram members know how to get at whoever they want as target. That is why we frown at the wearing of long hijab. Please call on all your Muslim youths to be patient and adhere to it, just for a short period during the camp. We frown at long hijab because of the security implication.”
Olawumi, however, encouraged the female corps members to use the short hijabs while they are in camp and solicited the understanding of the league in enlightening the youth on the matter in orientation camps.