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  • Protests: Council suspends Ibarapa Poly Rector, dissolves management

    Protests: Council suspends Ibarapa Poly Rector, dissolves management

    Barely 48 hours after some ex-students protested against the management, the Governing Council of The Ibarapa Polytechnic, Eruwa, Oyo State has announced the dissolution of the entire management team as well as the suspension of the institution’s rector.

    The sack of the management team led by the Rector, Mr Iyiola Eyitayo was said to have followed the inability of the team to resolve the series of crisis rocking the institution, especially the alleged non-accreditation of some courses.

    Recall, that close to a hundred former students of the institution had during the week shut the institutions gate, thereby paralysing activities on the ground that they have not been awarded their completion certificates nor mobilised for the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme two years after graduation.

    The Council Chairman, Dr Samuel Ogundiran disclosed the decision of the sack in a statement which was made available to journalists.

    According to the statement, the members of the management team were directed to proceed on their accumulated leave with immediate effect pending the time the matters on ground would be resolved.

    The statement reads, “There is no doubt that you are aware of the crisis circulating on the issue of non-accreditation of some courses being leveled against the school, the management of which you are a principal knows that some students who have graduated for some years but they could not be mobilised for the mandatory NYSC since their graduation.

    “You are also aware of other pertaining issues that actually require processing by the governing council.

    “In view of the forgoing and pursuant to the directive of the Governing Council of the Ibarapa Polytechnic, Eruwa after some consultation with the members and in consideration of the law and regulation enabling the Governing Council, you are hereby required to proceed on your accumulated leave with immediate effect pending the time the issue on ground will be resolved.

    “You are directed to hand over to the Deputy Rector Senior to you and you are to stop further withdrawal of funds unnecessary from all the school accounts by the current signatories.”

    Some of the ex- students of the school, who graduated in 2016 and yet to be giving their certificate and mobilised for their compulsory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) trooped out on Thursday in a protest to show their grievances, which led to the closure of the school by the protesting former students.

    The Governing Council has however appointed Mr. Peter Adejumo as the Acting Rector, Mr. Rauf Bello and Deolu Obagunle as the Acting Bursar and Acting Registrar respectively.

  • FUNAAB abolishes management programmes

    The Vice-Chancellor of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Kolawole Salako, has appealed to the Federal Government to rescind its decision to abolish the College of Management Sciences (COLMAS) in the institution.

    The vice-chancellor, who conceded that the university was no longer admitting students for management programmes, however, expressed regrets at the government decision.

    “We definitely have no option than to comply with the policy. We complied immediately when the federal government pronounced it and we’ve stopped admitting students for courses in management sciences.

    “However, those students who are currently running such programmes in the university must, however, be allowed to graduate,’’ he said.

    Salako said that the government decision would affect the students and lecturers of COLMAS, as the students might not be able to make historical reference to the college as their alma mater, while the lecturers would have to seek employment elsewhere or stay put in the university.

    Salako said that what the university authorities needed to do was to modify the curriculum of COLMAS to reflect a bias toward agriculture.

    “There’s no law that says that even an accountant cannot study agriculture. All we need to do is to modify our curriculum to give orientation to our students to appreciate agriculture.

    “That is the essence of being a specialised university. The federal government should revive the college and we shall modify our curriculum to fit in properly,” he said.

    Mr Salako said that there were specialised universities around the world which also offered courses that were outside their sphere of specialisation.

    He stressed that agriculture had gone beyond the “hoe-and-cutlass’’ approach and other farming techniques, saying that it now had strong inclinations toward business.

    The vice-chancellor said that for agriculture to succeed, it must have value addition, while the study of management courses in that arrangement could not be totally ruled out.

    On the current management of the university, Mr Salako said that the Federal Ministry of Education still had a stronger hold on the university, as opposed to plans to confer its management right exclusively on the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

    He, nonetheless, called for a synergy between the university and the ministries.

    “The Federal Ministry of Education will perpetually have roles to play in our affairs because the National Universities Commission (NUC), which is responsible for our curriculum, is always relating with the Federal Ministry of Education.

    “Don’t also forget that there are other specialised universities in Nigeria that are still under the Federal Ministry of Education.

    “For instance, the Defence Academy is already an degree awarding institution and is subject to the Ministry of Defence but it is also relating to the Federal Ministry of Education,’’ he added.

  • LAUTECH: Management assures lectures resumes on October 3

    LAUTECH: Management assures lectures resumes on October 3

    The management of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, has declared that lectures in the campus by October 3.

    The Chairman Governing council Prof Dayo Afolabi, said “What we did was that we have spoken with the two Governors who has started bringing in their quota and the information we have is that the money would be in before the end of today (Friday) , so before the close of work, we would start paying salaries and also the management would meet with the staffs”.

    “The major reason we may have after the lectures commences is just that they must be paid before they can commence with the lectures.”

    “As for the money the Government promised, the management would notify us if they have gotten the money because it’s one thing to pay and another thing to get the Alert. We just want to be sure we have gotten the alert. We really want to thank the two Governors they really exhibited the behavior of a good statesman. Even when they were provoked they never showed it,” he said.

  • We’ll challenge AMCON’s takeover of Arik Air – Management

    We’ll challenge AMCON’s takeover of Arik Air – Management

    The management of Arik Air on Thursday said it would challenge the taking over of the airline by the Assets Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) in court.

    Capt. Ado Sanusi, Senior Vice President, Arik Air made the disclosure at a joint news briefing with the newly appointed receiver Manager, Mr Oluseye Opasanya (SAN) and the airline’s technical consultant, Capt. Roy Ilegbodu.

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that AMCON had taken over the airline following its huge indebtedness oF the company TO both local and foreign creditors.

    However, Sanusi said the Arik Management had been served with a valid court order empowering AMCON to take over the affairs of the airline.

    “As responsible citizens, we have obeyed the court order which appointed the Olaniwun Ajayi (SAN) as the receivership manager.

    “We will comply but I want to make it clear that we have a right to challenge the court order.

    “In the coming days, we will make our position known. It is a court order and we can challenge it and we will challenge it to the highest court of authority, ” Sanusi said.

    He added that while the legal battle would be on one front, the parties had agreed that Arik Air would continue to run without any disruption.

    Also speaking, Opasanya said AMCON was on a rescue mission to reposition the embattled airline.

    Opasanya said :”AMCON has been a creditor to Arik for sometime. It also has security over substantial parts of the assets of Arik.

    “The debt of Arik to AMCON has not been paid and huge sums of money is owed.

    “So AMCON, having consulted widely with government authorities, has decided to appoint me to preside over the affairs of Arik.

    “So we have come to supervise the operation, sustain the operation, improve services and ensure that we support Arik with people of deep knowledge, experience and commitment in the airline industry.”

    According to him, Arik plays a pivotal role in the airline industry and many Nigerians are currently drawing their means of livelihood from the company.

    “We have addressed the workers and the management and we want to assure other stakeholders and members of the public that the desire of AMCON is to keep the airline flying.

    “AMCON is willing to support the operation of Arik and together with the government, work to meet the immediate essential needs of the company, “he said.

    On his part, Ilegbodu said Arik had 28 aircraft in its fleet but only 10 are currently being used for operations.

    He said his duty as technical consultant was to get to the root of the problems bedeviling the airline to ensure its sustainability.

     

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