Association Disburses N4.3m Scholarship To 73 OAU Students

The Obafemi Awolowo University Muslim Graduates’ Association has disbursed N4.3 million scholarship grant to 73 students of the University.

The grant was issued to the students during the association’s 2016 National Annual Reunion Public Lecture on Saturday in Ile-Ife, Osun State.

The association’s National President, Prof. AbdulWahab Egbewole, said the scholarship was issued to indigent students to help ease their difficulties and for them to concentrate on their studies.

Egbewole said since the formation of the association 12 years ago, it had engendered unity among members and helped to correct many wrong perceptions of Islam and Muslims in Nigeria.

He noted that Nigeria was passing through various challenges such as economic downturn, political quagmire, social imbalance, kidnapping, money laundering among others.

According to him, it is the duty of every Nigerian to support the present administration to overcome the challenges facing the nation.

“As faithful Muslims that believe in Allah, we are convinced that Nigeria has a great future, but leaders must lead with the fear of God and followers must allow them to perform effectively well,” Egbewole said.

He advised the youths against all forms of vices that would tarnish the image of the country and truncate their future.

He also urged the youths to remain focused so as to contribute their quota to sustainable national development.

The Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, who chaired the event, advised the association to create a database of members and their professions to easily tap from their expertise.

Prof. Labo Popoola, who delivered a lecture entitled: “Sustainable National Development: a Challenge to the Muslim Ummah,” noted that corruption had stunted Nigeria’s growth.

Popoola challenged the elites to shed their anti-people toga and allow viable government policies to succeed in the overall interest of the country.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the association has awarded scholarship worth N21.9 million to 394 students of OAU since its formation 12 years ago.

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ASUU Resolves To Join Protest On Wednesday Over Fuel Subsidy Removal

Official Release From ASUU National Secretariat

The National Body of the Academic Staff Union of Universities have resolved to join the planned protest by the Nigerian Labour Congress on Wednesday, 18th May, 2016. This resolution was made known in a release signed by the new ASUU Chairman, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi.

Tomato Scarcity: Result Of Tuta Absoluta Not Corruption

Nigeria grows some 1.5 million tonnes of tomatoes every year, making it the 14th biggest producer in the world. But less than three months after its richest man Aliko Dangote’s tomato processing factory came on stream, it has suspended production.
Managing Director of the Dangote Tomato Processing Factory in Kadawa, Kano State, Alhaji Abdulkadir Kaita told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the factory had to stop production due to lack of fresh tomatoes to process into paste. The scarcity of the fruit has also led to price increase of about 125 percent. Many Nigerians have again been quick to point accusing fingers as regards the Tomato Scarcity to various reasons.
The tomato processing company was intended to fill a huge gap in the agricultural sector where about 750,000 tonnes of tomatoes are said to be wasted following harvest. However, this year’s harvest has been hit by a devastating tomato pest Tuta absoluta. Kaita said most of the tomato farms in Kano, Jigawa, Plateau, Katsina and Kaduna states were affected.

Tuta Absoluta is a species of moth known by the common names tomato leaf miner and South American tomato moth. It has been spreading rapidly across the world from its native South America in recent years. Last year, farmers in some parts of Nigeria recorded total losses as the pest infested their farms. However, with demand for tomatoes not as high as it has become due to industrialization, the effect was not immediately felt. The pest has struck again this year and it may strike again next season.
Kaita had said the tomato processing factory would resume production during the next irrigation season but with Tuta Absoluta continuing its spread, farmers may find it hard to get enough to sell.
The larvae of Tuta absoluta mine the leaves producing large galleries and burrow into the fruit, causing a substantial loss of tomato production. Damage can reach up to 100 percent and occurs throughout the entire growing cycle of tomatoes. To worsen things, the pest has a very high reproduction capability; an adult female could lay hundreds of eggs during her life time. There are also up to 10-12 generations in a year, in favourable conditions. Also, tomato plants can be attacked from seedlings to mature plants.
With its high resistance to several chemicals, Tuta absoluta is very difficult to control. The best bet, according to researchers, is the use of pheromone traps. Other biological controls have also been suggested as possible ways of fighting off the pest.

For Dangote, to ensure the tomato processing factory which cost about $20 million keeps working, the company may need to support farmers in the fight against the pest.

The Dangote tomato processing factory can process 120 tonnes of fresh tomatoes per day at full capacity, saving Nigeria some precious foreign exchange.

We would also hope that the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and other Agricultural Bodies assist in proferring a lasting solution to this devastating Pest.

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PMS Price Hike: NLC To Begin Nationwide Strike Wednesday

Barring any last minute alteration, organised labour and its civil society allies have resolved to shut down Nigeria from Wednesday, May 18, over the hike in the pump price of petrol announced by the federal government last Wednesday.

Recall the Federal Government on Wednesday announced a new regime of price that took the pump price of petrol to N145 per liter from N86.50.

Vanguard gathered that labour leaders will not later than Sunday send a letter to government demanding a total reversal to the N86.50 pump price of petrol before 12 am on Wednesday, falling which all economic and others would be shut from Wednesday.

Source: Vanguard

OAU 2016/2017 Admission Discussion Thread

Yes! The 2016 UTME is now over. Let all candidates that applied into OAU for the 2015/2016 admissions meet here. Let us hold our discussions here and update ourselves on latest developments. Details about the previous cut-off points too will be discussed here.

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234Project Giving Out N125,000 To OAU Students

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N145 Petrol Price: We’ll Occupy Nigeria Next Week – NANS

The Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Thursday said the over 40 million Nigerian students would re-enact the Occupy Nigeria protest against the removal of subsidy from petroleum product next week.

The National President of NANs, Comrade Tijani Shehu, stated this in Abuja, at a protest rally where the association called for the removal of the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu. He said NANS is already mobilizing Nigerians students to resist the new N145 per litre pump price of the Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, otherwise called petrol.

FUEL5 According to him, “A directive has been issued to all tertiary institutions to shut down all campuses on Tuesday and Wednesday, next week. After that, they will all converge on Abuja for a mass protest.

”On behalf of NANS and the whole 40.1 million Nigeria students, we condemn the new fuel price and by Tuesday or Wednesday, the whole Nigeria student would occupy Nigeria. So the Federal Government should look into this before NANS mobilize the entire Nigeria students to occupy Nigeria”.

Source: Vanguard