• Home
  • Stories
    • Politics
    • Business
    • Arts & Culture
    • Health
      Medical Tourism: NMA mocks Buhari, others, says emulate Osinbajo

      Medical Tourism: NMA mocks Buhari, others, says emulate Osinbajo

      Organ Trafficking: New facts emerge that might help Ekweremadu

      Organ Harvesting: You are a liar, UK court tells David

      Battling VVF: Tragic stories of girl brides of Sokoto

      Battling VVF: Tragic stories of girl brides of Sokoto

      FG partners firm to launch tobacco dashboard as tobacco tax increases by 30 percent

      FG partners firm to launch tobacco dashboard as tobacco tax increases by 30 percent

      Why Tobacco Products are bad for you- FG tells students

      Why Tobacco Products are bad for you- FG tells students

      Big Tobacco: Nigeria launches Tobacco Control Data Initiative Dashboard  

      Big Tobacco: Nigeria launches Tobacco Control Data Initiative Dashboard  

      Malnutrition: Religious leaders join campaign for improved nutrition in Nigeria

      Malnutrition: Religious leaders join campaign for improved nutrition in Nigeria

    • Security
    • Travel
  • World
  • Africa
  • Humans of Abuja
  • Investigation
  • Development
  • Contact
Infactng
  • Home
  • Stories
    • Politics
    • Business
    • Arts & Culture
    • Health
      Medical Tourism: NMA mocks Buhari, others, says emulate Osinbajo

      Medical Tourism: NMA mocks Buhari, others, says emulate Osinbajo

      Organ Trafficking: New facts emerge that might help Ekweremadu

      Organ Harvesting: You are a liar, UK court tells David

      Battling VVF: Tragic stories of girl brides of Sokoto

      Battling VVF: Tragic stories of girl brides of Sokoto

      FG partners firm to launch tobacco dashboard as tobacco tax increases by 30 percent

      FG partners firm to launch tobacco dashboard as tobacco tax increases by 30 percent

      Why Tobacco Products are bad for you- FG tells students

      Why Tobacco Products are bad for you- FG tells students

      Big Tobacco: Nigeria launches Tobacco Control Data Initiative Dashboard  

      Big Tobacco: Nigeria launches Tobacco Control Data Initiative Dashboard  

      Malnutrition: Religious leaders join campaign for improved nutrition in Nigeria

      Malnutrition: Religious leaders join campaign for improved nutrition in Nigeria

    • Security
    • Travel
  • World
  • Africa
  • Humans of Abuja
  • Investigation
  • Development
  • Contact
No Result
View All Result
Infactng
No Result
View All Result

IPPIS: Education minister should apologise to lecturers over farming comment – ASUU

November 18, 2020

The Calabar zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities said on Tuesday that the disparaging comments from the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajuiba, Labour and Employment Minister, Chris Ngige, and the Accountant General of the federation, Ahmed Idris, are insulting to its sensibilities

The Coordinator of the Zone and senior lecturer in the Department of Sociology, University of Uyo, Dr. Aniekan Brown, said this at a media briefing in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.

Brown said such comments from high ranking officials would not quicken the resolution of the crisis but rather would delay the process.

He alleged that the Minister of State for Education in a National Television blaze callously asked University lecturers to resign and join the farming profession if they did not like their job, stressing that the best the Minister should do is to apologise to members and Nigerians.

“The Minister of State for Education, in a blaze of a National Television rather on a disparaging note, asked our members to join the farming profession, and as well callously stated that any of our members who did not want his job should resign for others who are eager for the job.

Read also: Court orders Maina’s arrest, his trial in absentia

“He was also reported to have quoted non-existent figures concerning our members’ enrollment on the IPPIS. Such expressions are, the least to say: very unbecoming of someone employed to manage the education sector in our country, and insulting on the sensibilities of our members. The best the said Junior Minister could do is to apologize to our members and Nigerians.

“Another sad development is the threat from the Minister for Labour and Employment, which could best be explained in the context of “hangover” of the military rule. He should be reminded that he is dealing with academics in a democracy. His role is that of a conciliator, not an advocate for any group.

“In the same bracket is the Accountant General of the Federation, whose prevarications speak for the disposition to the concealment of facts. That top Civil Service office has illegally, coercively, and deceitfully attempted to migrate our members into the IPPIS.

“From the foregoing, it is clear that the Government has failed to satisfactorily address the issues. Here lies the testament that Government is determined to make the gates of our universities remain closed,” he said.

He disclosed that the federal government had agreed to commit N220bn yearly to the revitalization of Universities between 2013 and 2018 but had only committed N20bn within the period

The zone comprised of seven Universities spread across four states which include Abia State University, Akwa Ibom State University, Cross River University of Technology, University of Calabar, Ebonyi State University, Alex Ekwueme University, and the University of Uyo.

Share120Tweet75Share30
INFACTNG

INFACTNG

Related Posts

Gift to Niger, a disaster- SDP Presidential candidate
Security

Gift to Niger, a disaster- SDP Presidential candidate

August 4, 2022

By Editor Criticism continues to trail the 'insensitive' gift of N1.4billion for the purchase of luxurious vehicles by President Muhammadu Buhari to the government of Niger Republic. Adewole Adebayo, presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), said the...

Confusion in APC as Adamu picks Senate President as Buhari’s choice
Stories

NASS Leaders in fear as terrorists lay siege to Abuja

August 4, 2022

By Elohor Igbru, Abuja National Assembly leadership has described the security situation around the country especially in Abuja as “frightening”. Senate President Ahmed Lawan  who spoke yesterday in a strategic meeting with security chiefs said the situation is now...

Shocker: After failing his exams, Goke committed suicide
Stories

Shocker: After failing his exams, Goke committed suicide

August 4, 2022

By Editor Why would a 17-year-old student of Offa Grammar School, Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State, kill himself after failing to pass his promotional examination from senior secondary one to two? This is the mystery the school...

Inflation: I’m going bankrupt, Obasanjo cries out
Business

Inflation: I’m going bankrupt, Obasanjo cries out

August 3, 2022

By InfactNG It sounded like a joke, but former president, Olusegun Obasanjo is no comedian when he said the inflation and shrinking economy in the country is affecting his business and may lead to his bankruptcy. Obasanjo said the...

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Recent Posts

  • Police Corporal in viral assault video is dismissed August 13, 2022
  • Dele Arogundade’s 7 steps to overcoming COVID-19 distruptions August 13, 2022
  • For a Prosperous Future, Look to the Women August 12, 2022
  • Biyi Bandele: A storyteller, gone the way of his tales August 9, 2022
  • Join PDP? Over my dead body, says El-rufai August 9, 2022

Categories

  • Africa (12)
  • Agriculture (3)
  • Agriculture (12)
  • Arts & Culture (25)
  • Business (210)
  • Cover (15)
  • COVER STORY (47)
  • Development (21)
  • ENDSARS PROTESTS (39)
  • Features (10)
  • Health (72)
  • Humans of Abuja (5)
  • Investigation (8)
  • Law (15)
  • News (682)
  • Obituary (19)
  • Opinion (27)
  • Politics (148)
  • Security (176)
  • Stories (318)
  • Travel (5)
  • World (39)

Popular

  • Six years pregnancy: A Miracle too hard to believe

    Six years pregnancy: A Miracle too hard to believe

    457 shares
    Share 183 Tweet 114
  • Akindele Oluwaseun: ‘Crying Teacher’ who receive over N1m donation and gave it all out

    374 shares
    Share 150 Tweet 94
  • How first female combat Pilot was killed

    355 shares
    Share 142 Tweet 89
  • Army throws out ‘nosey’ editor from own platform

    354 shares
    Share 142 Tweet 89
  • AGRA’s Greatest Achievement Has Been to Give Farmers Choices – Andrew Cox

    366 shares
    Share 155 Tweet 88

  • Contact
  • News

© 2020 Infactng – Investigative Journalism

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Stories
    • Politics
    • Business
    • Arts & Culture
    • Health
    • Security
    • Travel
  • World
  • Africa
  • Humans of Abuja
  • Investigation
  • Development
  • Contact