Tag: Polytechnic
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Zaria Poly staff unions threaten strike, issue 2-week ultimatum
The Joint Action Committee of the staff unions of the Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic Zaria, Kaduna State have issued a two-week ultimatum to the state government to address its demand or risk an industrial action.
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YABATECH ranks Nigeria’s best Polytechnic for 6th time
Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) has retained the first position for the sixth time in the biannual Webometrics ranking among Polytechnics in the country released in July 2023. This is contained in a statement on Saturday, signed by
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Poly Ibadan debunks trending ritual video
The management of The Polytechnic, Ibadan says the short video of students clad in white and half naked that went viral was not ritual activity as being rumoured.
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Much ado about siting of a polytechnic – By Francis Ewherido
The University College, Ibadan, was established in 1948, before it became a full-fledged University in 1962. The University of Lagos was established by the Federal Government in 1962. A year earlier, the Western Regional Government established University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University). By 1963, before Midwest Region was created out of the Western Region,…
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Polytechnic lecturers flay appointment of Rectors
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) says the recent appointment of Rectors for six new Federal Polytechnics is a violation of the provision of the Federal Polytechnics (Amendment) Act, 2019. Mr Anderson Ezeibe, the National president of ASUP said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. The Federal Ministry of Education had in…
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JUST IN: Polytechnic lecturers begin indefinite strike
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics has commenced an indefinite strike with effect from today. The union said this followed the failure of the government to address the sorry state of polytechnics and monotechnics and the expiration of the ultimatum issued since March 2020. The action is coming less than a week after resident doctors…
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Polytechnic lecturers give FG 21 days strike notice
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has threatened to withdraw their services after 21 days if the Federal Government fails to address some issues bedeviling the polytechnic education system in Nigeria. ASUP issued the ultimatum during its National Executive Council meeting at the Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Anambra on Thursday. The resolution was entitled “Renewed…
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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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Panic as polytechnic lecturer slumps, dies over non-payment of salaries
The Kogi State Polytechnic community was thrown into mourning on Monday after one of its lecturers, Mr Yakubu Nataala, slumped and died at his residence in Lokoja, Kogi State. It was gathered that the residents of the area speculated that the late Nataala might have died due to his frustration over the non-payment of his…
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Protest: Student drowns in Bayelsa
Ekowe, a student of Public Administration at the Federal Polytechnic ,Bayelsa State, simply known as Ade, has drowned in a river close to the institution. Ade reportedly drowned in the river bordering the polytechnic on Sunday, was said to have gone to the river to take his bath and to fetch water for domestic use…