SSANU, NASU, NAAT Declare Indefinite Strike

There appears to be more trouble for Nigeria’s education sector as all the major non-teaching staff unions of Nigerian public universities have resolved to embark on an indefinite strike from September 11.

At a press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, the Joint Action Committee, JAC, of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU; Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities, NASU; and the National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, announced that the strike would be total and comprehensive.

The chairman of JAC who is also the President of SSANU, Samson Ugwoke, said: “During the strike, there shall be no provision of services, no matter how skeletal.

“Concessions shall not be granted while all our members are to stay at home till further notice, unless as directed by JAC through their respective presidents,” he said.

More Details to come…..

OAU 2017/2018 Admission Screening Details Released (UTME & DE)

OAU Peeps News Agency can now confirm the release of OAU Post UTME. A release from the Office of The Registrar read thus:

2017 ADMISSION SCREENING EXERCISE
(FOR UTME AND DIRECT ENTRY CANDIDATES) Candidates who made the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife their first choice in the 2017 UTME and scored 200 and above, and those who applied for Direct Entry (DE) are hereby informed to log on to Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife website (www.oauife.edu.ng) or admissions.oauife.edu.ng to register for the POST-UTME screening exercise effective from September 11, 2017. The candidates are required to click on “2017 ADMISSION SCREENING-UTME/DE APPLICANTS” link (or visit admissions.oauife.edu.ng directly) and login with their JAMB Registration Number to download RRR (Remita Retrieval Reference) and use it to make payment online or at any commercial bank.

Applicants for the Screening Exercise will be required to do the following on the University admissions portal (admissions.oauife.edu.ng) after paying appropriate fees:
Update JAMB data
Upload Results (i.e WAEC, NECO, JUPEB, ND, NCE etc)
Upload scanned copy of credentials
Upload passport photograph (if not available)
Print completed Admission Screening form

The closing date for screening of all candidates UTME/DE is 22nd September 2017.

Candidates will also be required to participate in the Post-UTME Aptitude Test on their allotted date and time between 23rd and 30th September, 2017. Applicants should note that the fee for the Aptitude Test is N2,000.

All enquiries should be forwarded to admissions@oauife.edu.ng or enquiry@oauife.edu.ng.

D. O. Awoyemi
Registrar

OAU Introduces Computer Based Post-UTME

By Farombi Oluwaseun

The 2017 Obafemi Awolowo University Post-UTME will be a Computer Based Test, OAU Peeps News Agency can confirm. This decision was reached at the Senate meeting that held on Wednesday this week.

During the meeting, the OAU Management got a nod from its Senate to re-introduce examination to screen intending students, but this time, not the traditional Paper Pencil Test, rather, a computer based one. This development comes on the heel of federal government's repentance, allowing universities to conduct tests for aspirants seeking admission into their citadel.

Confirming the development, the Dean of Students' Affairs, Prof. I. O. Aransi told OAU Peeps on phone that the Post-UTME will be a Computer Based Test as the deadline set by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for the submission of merit list is October 15, 2017.

The Dean however advised all prospective candidates to stay away from unfounded reports and fraudulent rumours stating that the screening form is already out. "The advertisement will be on the school website very soon," Aransi added.

Part of the recommendations put forward to the Senate by the Committee of Deans, as obtained by OAU Peeps News Agency include that the registration portal be opened to aspirants starting from Monday, September 11 and the screening examination starting on September 18.

According to the same proposition, the charges for the screening will be the same amount as what was charged last year (N2,000 JAMB Charges and N5,000 for the use of CBT facilities totaling N7,000). All of these subjected to the approval of the Senate at Wednesday's meeting.

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Lessons of this festival should be imbibed by us as a watch word and we should always remember the virtues taught by Prophet Ibrahim (ASW), giving his only son as a sacrifice to worship his lord (Allah) and Allah's intervention.

 Steadfastness can bring his (Allah's)  promise to us more than expected.


OAU Peeps News Agency
wishes you BARKA DE-SALLAH..

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Uthman SAMAD
Public Relations officer,
OAU Peeps News Agency

Post-UTME: OAU Has Not Decided

By Farombi Oluwaseun

Since the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Education lifted ban on Post-UTME usually organised by universities in Nigeria for admission seekers, some universities have started to release information on the schedule of a Post-UTME, as it were traditionally before last year.This has however raised anxiety amongst aspirants seeking admission into Obafemi Awolowo Universities; they are not sure whether the institution will also conduct Post-UTME or stick to the mode of admission it employed last year.

While responding to enquiry from OAU Peeps News Agency, the Registrar of the institution, Dotun Awoyemi simply responded "OAU will decide soon".

Also reacting to the rumour being peddled around that the Post UTME has been scheduled to hold September, the University Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Olarenwaju reiterated the fact that OAU is yet to decide on Post-UTME and thereby urged aspirants to wait till the University Senate meeting is conveyed wherein the issue of Post UTME will be deliberated and decided.

As Against the 120 cut off mark set by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for university admission process this year, the University Vice Chancellor, Prof. Tope Ogunmodede made it known that the institution would not admit any candidate with 120 UTME score.“Traditionally, OAU has never admitted students who scored below 200 in the UTME. For us, we are sticking to 200," Ogunmodede affirmed. Only a few schools have also towed that hard line by maintaining 200 as their JAMB cut-off mark.

It is expected that the Post UTME will be deliberated upon in the next senate meeting which is scheduled to hold on September 27, as stated in the University Academic Calendar. However, an emergency Senate could be called to deliberate and take decision on the admission process any time from now.

ASUU Refuses Meeting With Federal Government

By Vanguard

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has shunned a meeting scheduled with the Federal Government on Tuesday to address the concerns raised in an earlier agreement between them for which ASUU has been on strike.

ASUU President, Biodun Ogunyemi told newsmen that the education body had submitted a proposal to the federal government and is yet to receive a reply from FG, hence, would not attend any meeting with it until the union gets a reply.

Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige had called the meeting and those expected were the Ministers of Education and Finance, Mallam Adamu Adamu and Mrs. Kemi Adeosun respectively, Chairman, National Income Salaries and Wages Commission, Executive Secretary National Universities Commission and the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba.

A statement signed by Samuel Olowookere, Deputy Director, Press in the Ministry of Labour and Employment in Abuja had read thus: “In furtherance of efforts at resolving the lingering industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, will tomorrow (today) by noon meet with the President and Executive of ASUU.

“Government delegation at the meeting will include Minister of Education, Minister of Finance, Chairman National Income Salaries and Wages Commission, Executive Secretary National Universities Commission and the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC.

“The minister recalled that ASUU had earlier promised during the last meeting held on Thursday, August 17, 2017, to take the offer of the Federal Government back to its members and get back to the Federal Government within a week. “Senator Chris Ngige calls on ASUU to show good faith as the Federal Government had already demonstrated commitment to addressing the grievances of the Union.”

When Vanguard contacted the National President of ASUU, Prof. Abiodun Ogunyemi, on his phone, yesterday, on the position of the strike, he simply said that the union was still consulting and that whatever was the outcome of the consultation would be made available to the public.

ASUU had declared an indefinite strike two weeks ago, citing FG’s failure to implement agreements reached with the union in 2009.

Ogunyemi, while calling for the strike said during the strike, there shall be no teaching, no examination and no attendance of statutory meetings of any kind in any of the union’s branches across the country.

However, after its meeting on Saturday, Ogunyemi said the body would attend a subsequent meeting only after it has received a reply from the federal government.

He said ASUU had met, discussed the new offer from the FG and submitted a proposal to the government but is yet to receive any response

OAU Postpones Semester Examinations

The authorities of Obafemi Awolowo Universities have set new dates for the harmattan semester examinations that fall on the Eid-el-Kabir celebration days.

Recall, Friday, September 1, 2017 has been announced as the Eid-el-Kabir celebration days and thus declared a public holiday.

According to a Statement issued and signed by the Principal Assistant Registrar, Examinations and Records Division, A. J. Y. Onioko, examinations scheduled for both Friday and Saturday (September 2) have been rescheduled to Tuesday, 5th and Wednesday, 6th September 2017.

All concerned candidates are enjoined to take note of the new dates. The times and venues earlier fixed however remain unchanged.