UNILAG Plans BIG For Students’ Welfare

Deputy Dean I, Students’ Affairs of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Dr. Karo Ogbinaka, on Monday assured students of the institution that their accommodation problems would soon be over.

Deputy Dean who disclosed this in an interview with the newsmen in Lagos said that the university management was taking necessary steps to ensure the comfort and improvement in the welfare of the students.

He noted that all the halls awarded in 2015 had reached an advanced stage and would be completed soon, adding that El-Kanemi Hall was undergoing a total reconstruction as it was being converted from wooden bungalow structures to concrete ensuite type.

According to him, the ongoing renovation and reconstruction of projects involving two major halls for male undergraduate students, Shodeinde, and El Kanemi Halls, were being carried out by the Federal Government. His words: “I want to state that work on the projects has indeed been ongoing, but I cannot state specifically when it will be completed.

“Most specifically, work at the Shodeinde Hall has reached an advanced stage and we are expecting a speedy completion in order to cushion the effects of accommodation challenge on campus. “These two projects are part of the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ struggle of the NEEDS assessment. “The Shodeinde Hall, for example, is being reconstructed with the state-of-the-art facilities that will comprise separate toilets and bathrooms en-suite,’’ he added. He, however, urged the Federal Government to put pressure on the contractors handling the projects so as to speed up efforts to ensure that all the projects are delivered and put to good use on time.

2016 NYSC Batch A (Stream II) Orientation To Commence Next Week

Statement shared via their official Twitter handle..

The NYSC Management wishes to inform all prospective Corps members that President Buhari has approved and released funds to the Scheme to hold its planned Orientation course.

Consequently, Management of the Scheme has scheduled the 2016 Batch A Stream II Orientation course to commence from Monday 13th June to Wednesday 29th June 2016 Nationwide.

Prospective Corps members are expected to log on to d NYSC Portal to commence printing of their Call-up letters from TUESDAY (7/6/16) by 12noon as the Call-up letters printed earlier are now invalid.

We Want Pay, Not Solidarity Strike, Ekiti Workers Tell Fayose

Striking workers in Ekiti State on Sunday told Governor Ayodele Fayose to pay workers their salaries rather than engage in a solidarity strike with them.

“What we want is our money to alleviate our poverty,” said the chairman of the Trade Union Congress, Odunayo Adesoye. Mr. Fayose had on Friday declared that he had placed himself on indefinite strike in solidarity with the workers who had been on strike for about two weeks over non-payment of five months outstanding salaries.

“We appreciate the governor for sharing our pains and anguish. But the workers will appreciate and commend him the more if he can pay at least two or three months salaries out of five months owed,” he said. “Our situation has gone beyond the governor declaring mere solidarity strike. We need more of actions now than talks because our situation is gradually becoming hopeless.

“Some of us have the intention of going to work, but no money to pay for transport fare. Some of us could not take two square meal a day. Some could not cook soup with ordinary fish, so our situation has gone beyond what anyone could trivialize.” Mr. Adesoye, however, noted that the striking workers were resolved to fight on, because it was an issue that borders on our welfare, careers and prosperity. “We are hearing that the federal government want to give grants to states , so if Mr Governor could pay three months now, it will be easy to use the grant to pay the remaining two months and still help in paying for the subsequent months,” he said.

“We appeal to the workers to be law abiding. We want them to be civil, even in the face of provocation. By the grace of God, we shall all rejoice in the end.”

While explaining Mr. Fayose’s solidarity strike, his spokesperson, Lere Olayinka, told PREMIUM TIMES that all the commissioners, permanent secretaries and directors of ministries also joined the solidarity strike. Mr. Olayinka said the solidarity strike would go on until the workers return to work, since Mr. Fayose and others will not be able to function if the state’s civil service is inactive. “If he approves money, who’s going to process it? If he wants to award contract, can he do that alone?” the spokesperson said . “So what he’s saying is that he won’t bother getting the senior government officials to come to work since they also need the civil servants to work with them.”

In a similar response as his TUC counterpart, the chairman of Nigeria Labour Congress in the state, Ade Adesanmi, said the workers prefer to be paid rather than be shown such solidarity.

Mr. Adesanmi, who said he had not been informed of any deliberation scheduled for next week with Mr. Fayose, saying his team had already met with government officials twice last week. “I’ve not been officially informed about any meeting with the governor,” Mr. Adesanmi toldPREMIUM TIMESon Sunday.

“We’ve already met with them last Wednesday and Thursday.” Mr. Adesanmi said the workers were demanding that the state should settle at least three out of five months salaries they were being owed. “Our request is that 3 months out of the 5 months should be paid. Government is saying one month. Even if 2 months are paid, 90 per cent of them would not take anything home. They have loan obligations to meet and banks would automatically take their money. We won’t have money to even get to work.” Mr. Adesanmi said the strike had taken a terrible toll on the workers in the state. He said about five of his members had died within the last few weeks.

“At least 5 of our members died because of the situation.” Mr. Adesanmi chided Mr. Fayose for embarking on a solidarity action, saying it was tantamount to a mockery of their forlorn situation.

“If government doesn’t have money, government should be persuasive, the issue of going on strike with us in this miserable condition is unwarranted and not funny like he thinks.” Governor Fayose had said he hoped that “common sense prevails” when the two parties meet next week to resolve the impasse.

In January, lawmakers approved aN68 billion appropriation bill proposed by Mr. Fayose for 2016. The budget contained N24 billion and N44 billion for capital and recurrent expenditures, respectively. With a dwindling federal allocation and less than N300 million internally-generated revenue, the agrarian state is projected to have a budget shortfall of about N46 billion at the end of the year.

Skye Bank Fires 200 Staff Disregarding The Federal Government Directive

Skye bank yesterday June 6th, laid off 200 of its staff, disregarding the Federal government directive to all banks to halt all retrenchment exercise.

According to the management of the bank, the sacking of 200 of its workers was because the affected staff failed in their 2015 appraisal.

The affected workers got to work yesterday only to be handed their termination of appointment letters and severance packages.

Last week, Ecobank fired 1040 of its staff while Diamond bank sacked 200 members of its staff.

[Video] Watch How Terry G Slaps The DJ For Changing Song To That Olamide During His Performance

Earlier today, We reported that “ Terry G Slaps DJ During Performance In Lagos”During the The Good, The Bad and The Funny show, Terry G took a swing at the DJ after he changed to Olamide song while he was still performing.

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LAUTECH Suspends All Student Union Activities Until Further Notice

Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH suspends all student union activities until further notice.

This is to inform all the students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) that the management of the institution at an emergency meeting of the Expanded Management Committee held on Monday, June 6, 2016, a decision was taken to the effect that all Student Union activities be suspended with immediate effect and until further notice.

Management has also set up an investigation panel to examine all aspects of the 2016 Student Union election in all its ramifications.

All students are to note this for compliance.

Breaking News!! Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Gets New VC

The management of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife has appointed Professor Ayobami Taofeek Salami as the new vice chancellor of the institution.

A Professor of Ecology and Environmental studies, Ayo Salami was the immediate past Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the OAU .

He was the Director of Ecology and Environmental studies at OAU. An OAU alumni Ayo Salami graduated with a B.Sc degree 2nd Class Upper division from (then) University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife) in 1986 before he bagging an M.Sc degree from same institution in 1989 .269 × 228

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