The directive was contained in a statement by the NUC’s Deputy Executive Secretary (Administration), Chris Maiyaki, on behalf of the Executive Secretary, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, on Friday
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Following a resurgence in the number of COVID-19 reported cases, the Federal Government had on Tuesday issued a circular directing Officers on Grade Level 12 and below to stay at home for a period of five weeks, effective from December 23, 2020.
NUC Executive Secretary, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed disclosed this in a statement by Mr Ibrahim Yakasai, Director, Corporate Affairs, NUC in Abuja on Tuesday.
The staff, armed with brooms, sang songs usually reserved for burials in Yoruba language, that amounted to curses for Olayinka.
The summon to the meeting was contained in a letter from the National Universities Commission.
The election, conducted on Monday, was as a result of the intervention of the National Universities Commission’s in the crisis that plagued the process for the emergence of a successor for the incumbent, Prof. Idowu Olayinka, and a directive that he must hand over latest by December 1, 2020 to an acting VC
The National Universities Commission had last week directed the outgoing VC to hand over, in acting capacity, to a replacement to be chosen by the university’s Senate between November 30 and December 1
The NUC made its position known in a letter dated November 27, 2020 by its Executive Secretary, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, to the Pro-Chancellor of the university
It also directed the outgoing vice chancellor to recuse himself from the senate meeting that will decide the eventual winner of the seat.
Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, Executive Secretary, NUC, made the announcement at a news conference on the resolution of the lingering ownership crisis of the institution in Abuja on Friday.
“The country cannot operate 100 per cent e-learning in view of the challenges of infrastructure, power and internet access. It will be difficult,” Dr Suleiman Ramon-Yusuf,
The directive, the NUC said, followed the nod given to it for universities to reopen by the Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Education
The Spokesperson of the Commission, Azuka Ogugua, in a statement on Monday said the decision to clamp down on such institutions was reached when the management of the National Universities Commission paid a courtesy visit to the commission’s headquarters in Abuja.
In a video obtained by The Eagle Online, the Senate submitted a petition, said to have had the backing of 91 professors, to President Muhammadu Buhari
The National Universities Commission has given full accreditation to all the academic programmes in the Faculties of Law, Dentistry, Basic Medical Sciences and Social Sciences of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.
The Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, offered the explanation in a detailed statement on Monday
A Federal High Court in Abuja has awarded N703 million as damages against the National Universities Commission and Zain Nigeria Limited (now Airtel) for infringing on the copyright of a media company, TV Xtra Production.
The Federal University, Oye-Ekiti on Monday said that the National Universities Commission had given full accreditation to some of the courses forming its academic programmes.
The National Open University of Nigeria says the National Universities Commission has approved six academic programmes for the institution.
NUC had on December 24, 2019 issued a circular that vice chancellors must recognise possession of PhD as a prerequisite for career progression by all academic staff, including clinical lecturers