Education

ASUU To Sponsor ‘Bring Back Your Children Bill’

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4 years ago

October 28, 2021

Our Reporter, Bauchi

Mr Victor Osodoke, National President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has revealed that the union was working round the clock to sponsor a Bill titled ‘Bring Back Your Children’ at the National Assembly.

Osodoke, who revealed this in Bauchi on Thursday, during a One-Day State of the Nation Summit organized by ASUU, Bauchi zone, said that the bill, when passed, would force all the leaders in the country to bring back their children studying abroad to Nigerian schools.

He explained that the reason behind the bill was that when the children of influential personalities in the country are schooling in Nigeria, the education system would be in a better position and more attention would be given to it.

He said Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs), students’ unions and academics would be mobilised to the National Assembly for the passage of the bill.

“Today, the leaders of this country and those who control our wealth have completely abandoned education.

“Today, this country is reaping the work of our abandoning education and what do they do as an alternative?

“They have created avenue for themselves in such a way that haven abandoned and killed our education, they look for somewhere else where people invested in education to send their children, their wards and relations.

“We are having one proposition we have put forward. We are going to storm the National Assembly with a Bill.

“That Bill will be titled Bring back your children and we are going to mobilise the students, the NGOs and all of us will storm the National Assembly and we will ensure that that Bill is passed.

“Their children must be in Nigerian schools whether primary, Secondary, university or colleges of education. When the bill is out, we’ll mobilize the students’ unions, the academics and the NGOs,” he said.

The ASUU president also lamented the level of insecurity in Nigeria, calling on all and sundry to work together in order to solve the problems.

Osodoke, who further lamented that things had gotten to a state where nobody seemed to be safe, said most of his colleagues were now afraid to travel by the roads.

He added that any country that abandoned education would be creating insecurity for itself as education is considered the bedrock of development of any society.

“Any country that abandons education is creating insecurity and that’s exactly where we are today.

“Many of our colleagues are now afraid to travel by road. Many people are even afraid to visit their children at schools while some are afraid to send their children to schools.

“We have gotten to a stage where nobody is safe whether you are going by the road, by air, by sea or by train. You are all aware that recently, the bandits almost derailed a train.

“All of us need to work hard to change these trajectories,” he stated.

The president further commended the zonal coordinator of the union for organizing what he referred as one of the best from the zone in a very long time

ASUU Bauchi zone consists of six universities of Plateau State University, Bokkos, University of Jos, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi.

Others included; Bauchi state University, Gadau, Federal University, Kashere, Gombe state and Gombe state University.

Education

HOMEF Decries Alarming Rate Of Malnutrition, Food Insecurity

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4 months ago

March 1, 2025

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Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), has decried the alarming rate of malnutrition and food insecurity in nations of the world, lamenting that Nigeria tops the list.

According to HOMEF, rather than directly addressing the challenges of malnutrition and food insecurity, the government of Nigeria is focused on the deployment of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) as a solution to food insecurity.

INFO DAILY reports that HOMEF’s research of 2023 reveals that Abuja tops the list of GM food with 16 products followed by Lagos with 12 products while 11 products were captured in Port Harcourt on the chart.

Benin City and Warri followed on the chart with 9 and 8 products respectively while Yenagoa, Uyo and Enugu had 4, 3 and 1 products in their respective markets during the research.

Speaking at the organization’s Sustain- Ability Academy on Food Justice and Restoration which was held at the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Benin, Dr. Nnimmo Bassey, the Executive Director, HOMEF, Tasked Nigerians to challenge “current narratives in favour of industrial agriculture.”

Speaking on the theme: Food Justice and Restoration, Bassey, said the
current narratives of hunger in Nigeria and Africa require urgent in-depth interrogation, just as he attributed hunger in Nigeria to the persistent violence in the northeastern states of Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe (BAY).

Bassey added: “According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation, up 33.1 million Nigerians are projected to be food insecure in 2025.

“This projection is based on a number of factors namely: economic hardship, coupled with record high inflation (which reached 40.9 per cent for food in June 2024), climate change impacts, particularly foods, which directly impact the rising costs of both food and essential non-food commodities and services.

He continued: “Persistent violence in the northeastern states of Borno, Adamawa, and Yobe (BAY) hinders food availability and access. Additionally, armed banditry and kidnapping in the Northwest and farmer-harder conflict in the North-Central states, including Zamfara, Kastina, Sokoto, Kaduna, Benue, Plateau and Niger, exacerbate the prevailing economic struggles,” he stressed.

The Executive Director, therefore, charged the Nigerian government to “protect the rights of people to safe food and a healthy environment irrespective of their social or financial status.”

“We all contribute by making healthy food choices, supporting agroecological initiatives, and advocating for policy reforms,” he added.

Earlier, the Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, UNIBEN, Prof. Chris Omokaro, said a Professor of Agricultural Economic it pleases him that the programme focuses on GMO, and urged Nigerians to interrogate if GMOs follow the natural principle of breeding.

Education

18-year-old UNILORIN Student Becomes Chartered a Accountant

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6 months ago

January 18, 2025

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18 year-old student of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Department of Accounting, Miss Faith Aduragbemi Olabisi, has qualified as a chartered accountant.

According to the bulletin of the university, the feat was described as a rare display of the superlative service delivery obtainable at the University of Ilorin.

The statement said that Miss Olabisi is one of the several candidates who were successful in the November 2024 professional examinations of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN).

Speaking on the development, Miss Olabisi said that it had always been her dream to become a chartered accountant as soon as possible.

Miss Olabisi appreciated the support of her lecturers and mother who provided her with the necessary motivation needed to attain the feat at her age.

Also speaking on this rare feat, the acting head of the Department of Accounting, Dr Segun Abogun, said that he was very impressed with what he called “Miss Olabisi’s Outstanding Achievement.”

He explained that Miss Olabisi is one of the several students of the department that passed the ICAN professional examinations last year.

Dr Abogun encouraged Miss Olabisi and her colleagues to continue to serve as role models to others for the department to produce more chartered accountants among them, even before their graduation from the institution.

Reacting to the development, the vice chancellor, Professor Wahab Olasupo Egbewole, SAN, expressed delight with the laudable achievement of the Unilorite.

In a statement issued by the institution’s director of Corporate Affairs, Mr Kunle Akogun, the VC, who said that he was not surprised with the performance of Miss Olabisi, said that the institution had always produced record-breaking professionals among its students, staff, and alumni.

The vice chancellor, who is also the secretary-general of the association of West African Universities (AWAU), explained that it is performances like that of Miss Olabisi and the enduring peace within the university that had made it the nation’s most sought-after.

Professor Egbewole congratulated Miss Olabisi for making herself, family, institution and womanhood proud as he encouraged her to continue to give her best to her studies and to remain a shining role-model not only in learning but also in character.

The VC also encouraged other students of the institution to emulate Miss Olabisi for them to also succeed in their academic and professional endeavours

Education

2025 UTME/DE Registration Yet To Begin, Says JAMB

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6 months ago

January 15, 2025

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that registration for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) has not yet begun.

In a statement posted on its official X account on Wednesday, JAMB assured candidates that the registration process details would be announced soon.

The post reads: “Attention prospective 2025 UTME/DE candidates! Kindly note that registration has not commenced. However, details on the exercise would be announced soon.

“You can get your NIN ahead and a phone number that has not been previously used to register on our platform to generate your profile code prior the time.”

In another development, JAMB revealed that The Lekki Headmaster by Kabir Alabi Garba will be the recommended text for the 2025 UTME Use of English examination.

“Attention prospective 2025 UTME candidates! This is to inform you that The Lekki Headmaster by Kabir Alabi Garba has been approved as the reading text for the Use of English,” JAMB said.

“Details on the UTME/DE registration shall be released shortly. Kindly be on the lookout for updates.”