The Senate of the University of Ibadan, UI, has disassociated itself from the action of two of the University’s unions, NASU and SSANU that allegedly disrupted a meeting of the University’s Council on the 28th of October, 2020. The decision was announced to newsmen after an extraordinary Senate meeting, held on Wednesday, at the International Conference Centre of the University of Ibadan. The extraordinary Senate meeting, which had in attendance 188 members of the Senate of the University of Ibadan, concluded that the event in which the members of the Non-Academic Staff Union, NASU, UI chapter and the Senior Staff…
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Members of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic, (NASU), have expressed their grievances over the Oyo state government’s delay in implementing the new minimum wage. While speaking with newsmen in Ibadan, the chairman, Non-academic staff Union of Polytechnic Ibadan, Comrade Ibrahim Adekunle, lamented that the delay has halted welfare and general well-being of Union members. Over the delay, the union began a three days warning strike recently to request their demands. Adekunle however called on the State government to try as much as possible to pay the new minimum wage in order to resume academic activities. Before the industrial…
The Oyo State Head of Service, Mrs Ololade Agboola, has urged Civil Servants in the State to be professional and uphold the rules and tenets of the Civil Service in discharging their official duties. She stated this while declaring open a Capacity BuildingTraining Programme with the theme “A Multi-sectoral Approach to Leadership, Accountability and Good Governance” held at Ibadan Business School Bodija, Ibadan. The Head of Service admonished civil servants to adopt the new trends in the civil service, noting that, countries of the world have already adopted e-governance and digitalization of the Civil Service, adding that 21st century civil…
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) rejects the moves by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its administration to regulate and strangulate social media in our country, describing it as unconstitutional, anti-people and a suppressive design to asphyxiate Nigerians. The PDP asserts that the renewed frenzy to censor the social media is ostensibly targeted at muzzling outspoken Nigerians, particularly the youths, media and civil society organizations, from demanding for accountability and competence, as well as exposing the widespread corruption, unbridled treasury looting, barefaced injustice, human right abuses, constitutional violations and divisive actions of the APC administration. Our party rejects the claims…
Youths in the diaspora under the aegis of the socio-political support group of the Oyo State government, Omituntun Initiative in the Diaspora (OID) has commended the conflict resolution approach of Governor Seyi Makinde in dousing frayed nerves during the tension that trailed the EndSARS protests in the state. According to the Nation, the group described the Governor as a leader of historical policy, crisis, and conflict resolution management expert. The youths also appealed to their counterparts in the state to embrace absolute peace while tapping into the opportunities of the Makinde-led administration before and after the protest, noting that their…
Parents and candidates who sat for the 2020 West African Examinations Council (WAEC) are currently in a state of anxiety as the examination body withheld the results of all candidates that sat for it in all public schools in Ekiti State. Parents and their children, who besieged cyber cafes to check and print their results, were disappointed, as they were told that the results are yet to be released. WAEC had on Sunday, November 1 announced via its official Twitter handle that the results would be released on Monday, November 2. The examination was taken between August 17, 2020 and…
Governor Seyi Makinde has pledged his support for the smooth take off of the community policing programme initiated by the inspector general of police. Governor Seyi Makinde stated this while addressing the newly recruited community police officers held at their training camp Eleyele Ibadan Governor Seyi Makinde was at the training ground of the newly recruited community police officers at their training camp Eleyele Ibadan to boost the morale of the intending officers. Governor Seyi Makinde in his address told the newly recruited community police officers that he will give his full support for the smooth commencement of the community…
The International Criminal Court has disclosed that it was conducting a preliminary investigation into the recent #EndSARS protests in Nigeria. In a statement, the office of the ICC prosecutor had earlier said it had received information on alleged crimes. According to BBC, the examination will “assess whether the legal criteria for opening an investigation under the Rome Statute are met”. For weeks, crowds of peaceful protesters gathered in streets in major towns of Nigeria to demonstrate against police brutality, leading to a crackdown. Rights group, Amnesty International, said security forces opened fire on protesters, killing and injuring a number of…
The Oyo state government has approved the immediate completion of the dualization project of Bashorun-Idi-Ape-Akobo to Odogbo Barracks road at the sum of #3.2 billion. The state government also approved #231 million as compensation fees for owners of properties affected by the road project. The state commissioner for Information, Culture, and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatunbosun, disclosed this on Tuesday while briefing the state house correspondents on the outcome of the 30th executive council meeting. According to the commissioner the project will be executed through the Alternative Project Funding Approach and will be completed within 8 months. Also speaking, the commissioner…
As part of activities lined up by the Special Assistant to Governor Makinde on Youth and Sports, Hon Kazeem Bolarinwa on Thursday hit some streets of Ibadan with birthday goodies as part of activities marking the celebration of birthday. This was just as the Governor’s aide said the greatest birthday gift he wants the people to give him is total support for Governor Makinde to do more for the state and her people. Bolarinwa said he felt fulfilled celebrating the day with the downtrodden, believing that such a development would instill hope in the hopeless. According to him, every member…