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Non – implemention of white paper, Oke-Ogun Poly workers write Makinde

The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the three staff unions of the Oke-Ogun Polytechnic, Saki (TOPS), has written to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, calling for the implementation of a White Paper released by the State Government since July, 2020. The staff unions, in a letter captioned “Attention: Non – implementation of 2020 Government…

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Don seeks adoption of outcome-based education in engineering

Prof. John Olorunmaiye, the former Vice-Chancellor, Crown-Hill University, has called for the adoption and implementation of the Outcome-Based Education (OBE) to enhance the quality of engineering education in Nigeria. Olorunmaiye made made the call at the second Prof. Olusoji Ofi Distinguished Academic Lecture 2023 organised by the Nigerian Institution of Mechanical Engineers (NIMechE), Ibadan chapter,…

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Osinbajo, Makinde to deliver lectures at FUOYE ‘s 7th Convocation, Ooni of Ife graces ocassion

…as Segun Odegbami, Wole Olanipekun, Onasanya, other eminent Nigerians bag institution’s Ph.D By Wole Balogun (S.A Media to VC) Vice-president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo and Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde are to deliver public lectures during the 7th Convocation ceremony of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE). The event…

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LAUTECH ASUU debunks Strike report

…says Union engaging management on Welfare of its members The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ladoke Akintola University (LAUTECH) Chapter on Monday says lecturers in the University are not on strike. Denying the news published by an online news medium, the Chairman of the Union Professor Babatunde Lawal and Secretary Toyin Abegunrin in a…

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New year celebration:
Rector felicitates OYSCATECH community

The Rector, Prof. Akinola Kehinde Akinlabi has felicitated the entire Staff, Students, and members of the OYSCATECH Community for witnessing the new year, 2023. While congratulating, the College Community, the Rector prayed God to make 2023, a year of unprecedented development, peace and progress, in the life of every staff, Students and the College at…

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Governor Makinde appoints Akinlabi, 3 others as principal officers for OYSCATECH

By Opeyemi Olawore The Executive Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde has approved the appointment of Prof. Akinola Kehinde Akinlabi as rector and three other Principal Officers for Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora. Other Principal Officers are Mr. Rasheed Fasasi Adenrele Adeniji as Registrar, Dr. Olatundun Oluwatoyin as Librarian, and Engr….

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FUOYE not planning to increase fees, management debunks rumour

The Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) has described as untrue, false and libelous a news report making the rounds that the Ivory Tower is one of the federal varsities allegedly planning to increase school fees in view of the call for more University funding by stakeholders. A national daily had reported on Saturday that some federal…

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Consultant killing tertiary institutions in Oyo, Ibadan Poly NASU chair confirms

The Rector of The Polytechnic, Ibadan and the Chairman and Governing Council members are helpless on the poor activities of the consultant handling affairs in tertiary institutions across the State, the chairman, Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), the Polytechnic, Ibadan chapter, Comrade Ibrahim Adekunle Akande has said. Akande said it is an aberration to hand over…

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Jubilation as TRCN gets ISO Certificate of Excellence

Professionalisation of the Teaching profession in Nigeria on Monday received international recognition as the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) received International Standardization Organisation (ISO) Certificate of Compliance. The certification signposts Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), an agency under the Federal Ministry of Education, with the mandate to regulate the teaching profession in Nigeria,…

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Half salary: ASUU declares nationwide protest rally over “no-work, no-pay” policy

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is set to embark on a one-day nationwide protest rally over the implementation by the Federal Government of a “no-work, no-pay” policy for lecturers in the country. The protest will be organised at the branch level of the union across public university campuses nationwide and it will take…

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