The Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools(ASUSS), has expressed concern over the incessant killings, kidnappings and harassment of teachers and students across the country, describing such situations as a serious threat to the nation’s educational development.

According to the Union, these sordid scenarios are affecting the teachers’ productivity adversely and making enrollment in schools dropped.

The group however said, as terrible as the situations seem to be, ASUSS  lauded the governor of Kaduna State,  Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai, for employing 7,600 teachers, commending Kano and Adamawa, for legislating on extension members’ retirement to 65 years.

The ASUSS’  CWC said this in a communique issued after its meeting in Kaduna, its National President, Com. Samuel Omaji and Secretary-General, Com. Sola Adigun, who doubles as the Chairman of ASUSS in Ekiti State.

The communique reads: “We appreciate the governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, for the recruitment of 7,600 teachers into its 9,000 Secondary School Tutors. This is laudable as it is geared towards quality and functional education.

“We commend the government of Kano State for redeploying 11,000 trained teachers in its MDAs to schools to boost teaching and learning.  The commendations also go to Oyo, Lagos and Delta States, for the up-to-date promotion of teachers”.

In spite of the above incentives to teaching, ASUSS seriously frowned at the insecurity across the country, particularly, incessant attacks on schools, leading to the killing and kidnapping of teachers and students for ransoms.

“That the prevailing insecurity transcends ethnicity and politics; and for the umpteenth time, the union calls on governments at all levels to be sincere in handling security issues as it is their fundamental responsibility”.

It added further that its members are incurably  committed to its objectives of raising future leaders  and shall vigorously pursue them for meaningful and robust development of education in Nigeria.

ASUSS urged the National  Assembly to expedite action on the bills to energise  better welfare packages for teachers, saying dilly-dallying on the passage  doesn’t correlate  with the position maintained by President Muhammadu Buhari

ASUSS called on all other states that have allegedly denied teachers their privileges, rights and regular emoluments to do the right thing to alleviate the burdens and pains on members.

The Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS), has expressed concern over the incessant killings, kidnappings and harassment of teachers and students across the country, describing such situations as a serious threat to the nation’s educational development.

According to the Union, these sordid scenarios are affecting the teachers’ productivity adversely and making enrollment in schools dropped.

The group however said, as terrible as the situations seem to be, ASUSS  lauded the governor of Kaduna State,  Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai, for employing 7,600 teachers, commending Kano and Adamawa, for legislating on extension members’ retirement to 65 years.

The ASUSS’  CWC said this in a communique issued after its meeting in Kaduna  and made available to newsmen by its National President, Com. Samuel Omaji and Secretary-General, Com. Sola Adigun, who doubles as the Chairman of ASUSS in Ekiti State.

The communique reads: “We appreciate the governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai, for the recruitment of 7,600 teachers into its 9,000 Secondary School Tutors. This is laudable as it is geared towards quality and functional education.

“We commend the government of Kano State for redeploying 11,000 trained teachers in its MDAs to schools to boost teaching and learning.  The commendations also go to Oyo, Lagos and Delta States, for the up-to-date promotion of teachers”.

In spite of the above incentives to teaching, ASUSS seriously frowned at the insecurity across the country, particularly, incessant attacks on schools, leading to the killing and kidnapping of teachers and students for ransoms.

“That the prevailing insecurity transcends ethnicity and politics; and for the umpteenth time, the union calls on governments at all levels to be sincere in handling security issues as it is their fundamental responsibility”.

It added further that its members are incurably  committed to its objectives of raising future leaders  and shall vigorously pursue them for meaningful and robust development of education in Nigeria.

ASUSS urged the National  Assembly to expedite action on the bills to energise  better welfare packages for teachers, saying dilly-dallying on the passage  doesn’t correlate  with the position maintained by President Muhammadu Buhari

ASUSS called on all other states that have allegedly denied teachers their privileges, rights and regular emoluments to do the right thing to alleviate the burdens and pains on members.

The Governing Council of the University of Ibadan has appointed Adewuyi Popoola as the new Bursar for the institution.

A statement issued by the University’s Director of Public Communication, Olatunji Oladejo, made available to journalists on Monday, said the appointment has taken effect from Monday, 20 September 2021.

According to the statement: “Popoola was born on 7 March 1964 in Ilora, Afijio Local Government Area, Oyo State Nigeria.”

“After elementary education, he had his secondary school education at Ilora Baptist Grammar School, Ilora, Oyo State between 1975 and 1981.”

“The new Bursar holds Higher National Diploma (Accounting) from The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Bachelor of Science (Accounting), in the First Class Division, from the Lead City University, Ibadan and the degree of Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Ibadan.”

“ Popoola’s professional expertise has earned him honours and recognitions. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (FCA) and an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (ACTI).”

“An adroit manager of men and resources, the new Bursar, after a stint in private organisations as Accountant and Audit Manager joined the services of the University of Ibadan in 2000 as a Senior Accountant (Pension Office).”

“Through the dint of hard work, he rose by merit to the position of Principal Accountant in 2005 and Chief Accountant in 2009. He was appointed the Deputy Bursar, Postgraduate School (now Postgraduate College) in 2014, Deputy Bursar (Finance) 2017, and the Deputy Bursar (Administration) 2019, a position he occupied till his new appointment”

“He attended many local and international conferences, workshops, and seminars. Suffice it to mention the International Executive Training on Management Leadership at IMSIMBI Training Centre Johannesburg, South Africa, which he attended in 2016, among others.”.

The Katsina State government has announced October 3, 2021 as the official resumption date for all public and private schools in the state, the spokesperson of the state’s Ministry of Education, Malam Sani Danjuma, said this in a statement yesterday.

The statement quoted the state’s Commissioner for Education, Dr. Badamasi Lawal, as saying that classes would resume on Monday October 4, for both day and boarding students.

Schools had earlier been scheduled to resume on September 13, but was postponed to enable adjustments to the schools’ time table.

The commissioner said the adjustment of the time table was to enable the alignment of the academic calendar with that of other states.

He also said that the resumption was for the completion of 3rd term academic activities for the 2020/2021 session, including in schools in areas facing security challenges.

Lawal further assured parents and the students of adequate security, saying that the state government would do everything possible to ensure the protection of their lives.

He also appealed to parents and the general public to continue to pray for the end of the security challenges in the state, and others affected in the north.