Tag: Education

The Kaduna State University (KASU) chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended the strike ir embarked upon on Feb. 18.

This is cntained in a statement issed by Dr Peter Adamu, the Chairman of ASUU, KASU chapter on Monday.

Adamu said that the decision to suspend the action, was taken on Saturday.

”The government demonstrated goodwill in resolving the impasse by immediately releasing funds to pay the 60 per cent of September 2017 withheld salaries and Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) supervision allowance for five sessions.

”The government also agreed to a timeline for the payment of the five months, May to September 2022 withheld salaries, promotion arrears, Earned Academic Allowance (EAA), Pension remittance (2009 to 2019), Death benefits, and Group Life Assurance,” he said.

Adamu also said that the government showed commitment to the implementation of wage award and to grant autonomy to the university.

The union expressed its appreciation to Gov. Uba Sani of Kaduna State, for his swift intervention and leadership in resolving the issues that led to the strike action.

The union also thanked the university management, Commissioners for Education, Sports, and other stakeholders for their roles in ensuring a quick resolution of the impasse.

Adamu called on all academic staff to resume duties and continue rendering invaluable services to the university community.

(NAN)

Honourable Bamidele Salam, representing Ede North, Ede South, Egbedore, and Ejigbo in the House of Representatives, has revealed that he was expelled from university in 1992 due to alleged gross misconduct and insubordination to constituted authority.

Bamidele made this known while reacting to the expulsion of a 300-level female student from Nnamdi Azikwe University for assaulting a lecturer over a TikTok video.

The lawmaker condemned the student’s actions and appealed to the school management to reduce her punishment if she shows remorse and a willingness to change.

According to him, “She certainly deserves to be punished but for some reasons, I don’t like Expulsion as a punishment for any student.

“I and four other students Union leaders were expelled from a University in 1992. I was in my final year. Our Offenses were “gross misconduct and insubordination to constituted Authority”. Those were terms generally used to describe students activism against the then military rule and it’s repression of civil rights.

“But for God’s mercies, it could have been the end of schooling and meaningful life.

“So, I will plead on behalf of this silly girl, whom i presume to be a first offender, that if she shows some remorse and willing to change, that Expulsion should be commuted to a lesser punishment so that we don’t throw her to the wilderness of life.”