Tag: Lecturers
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IPPIS: Buhari makes U-turn, orders immediate payment of lecturers’ withheld salaries
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the immediate payment of the February and March, withheld salaries of lecturers in federal universities who have not registered in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, made this disclosure in a statement signed by his new media aide, Emmanuel…
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ASUU Strike: FG reaches agreement with lecturers on IPPIS
The Nigerian government has reached an interim agreement with striking university lecturers to integrate the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) into the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). The IPPIS is the government’s accountability software that has been made compulsory for all public institutions, mainly for personnel payroll. ASUU is opposed to the…
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UNILAG lecturers protest, call for Babalakin’s removal
The tension at the University of Lagos, Akoka on Wednesday was palpable as lecturers protested against the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council, Dr Wale Babalakin. The lecturers, who moved round the school, gathered under the auspices of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, UNILAG branch.
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University suspends two sex-for-grades lecturers
Two University of Ghana lecturers who featured last year in a BBC sex-for-grades documentary on sexual misconduct have been suspended and ordered to undergo “appropriate” training on sexual harassment and misconduct, according to a statement issued by the university. The University of Ghana suspended Prof. Ransford Gyampo for six months and Dr. Paul Butakor for…
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IPPIS: Buhari makes U-turn, orders payment of salaries to lecturers
Federal Government has made a U-turn on its determination not to pay January salary of the staff of the federal universities, polytechnic and colleges of education, thereby aborting the nationwide strike billed to commence on Monday February 3. It is gathered that the Federal Government has decided to halt its enforcement mechanism for a month…
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#Sexformarks: UNILAG sets up panel to probe ‘randy’ lecturers
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has constituted a panel to probe Dr Boniface Igheneghu and Dr Samuel Oladipo for sexual harassment allegations. A statement by the Principal Assistant Registrar (Communication Unit), Mrs Taiwo Oloyede, also said Oladipo, of the Department of Economics, had been suspended. The panel, headed by Dean Faculty of Law, Ayodele Atsenuwa,…
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‘ABU sacks 16 lecturers over sexual harassment…’
ABU sacks 16 lecturers — Authorities of the Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Kaduna State on Thursday fired 16 members of staff over offences involving sexual harassment, negligence of duty and corruption in the institution. It was gathered that the sacked staff members included lecturers from different department and faculties in the institution. According to…
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Lecturer, students killed as suspected militias invade Taraba Varsity
Academic activities have been put on hold at the Federal University Wukari, Taraba State, following an invasion by the suspected Jukun militias that led to the killing of two students from Benue and a lecturer of the institution on Tuesday. The killing sparked protest among Tiv students and staff of the institution. However, the Vice-Chancellor…
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Polytechnic lecturers commence nationwide strike today
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has said it is embarking on an indefinite nationwide strike on Wednesday (today). The ASUP National President, Usman Dutse, confirmed this to our correspondent in an interview on Tuesday, saying the strike would go on because the Federal Government had failed to implement the 2009 and 2017 agreements…
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ASUU: No government in Nigeria has treated lecturers better than Buhari – Fayemi
Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State on Monday reiterated the commitment of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration to the education sector in the country. The governor noted that in terms of welfare, some professors in Nigerian universities earn as much as he does, and that, in some cases, they earn more than him on a monthly…