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After a contractor who was awarded renovation work at the Government Junior Secondary School in Kenyi, Kaduna State, Northwest Nigeria, stripped a block of classrooms naked − leaving no roof, windows and doors − he abandoned the project.
Recipients are expected to commence repayment two years after the completion of their youth service. But the Act states this assuming that every graduate will be gainfully employed immediately after graduation.
A breakdown of the data from the Office for National Statistics shows that 140,130 (37.6 percent) of the international students in the UK are from four countries.
With the spate of dilapidated and uncompleted classrooms in public schools littered across the country, the government can spend N389 billion to build two blocks of three classrooms at the average rate of N50 million each for more than 19,000 public schools in the country.
Lecturers have continued strike action in protest against the alleged breach of the 2020 Memorandum of Action (MOA) signed between the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Nigerian government.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has extended its strike action by another twelve weeks. This development was confirmed to Dataphyte by the Union’s President, Professor Victor Osodoke, in a phone conversation.
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For instance, the University of Lagos Vice Chancellor, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe was enmeshed in a N5 billion mismanagement allegation, a development that was said to be responsible for abandoned projects on the campus and lack of development.
A review of the 2022 budgeted expenditure of top tertiary institutions in the country reveals heavy recurrent spendings and very light capital expenditures
Despite having spent N15.68 million naira on the project, the one-year-old Government Day Science Secondary School (GDSSS) Dutse Administrative Block Project has a leaking roof.
When the Dataphyte team visited Edaiken Primary School, Ogbese, Edo state, it was confirmed that the school renovation project awarded by the Edo state government in 2019, had been executed.
The construction of a 250 capacity theatre at the College of Education and Islamic Studies, Ringim Jigawa state was greeted with excitement. The students looked forward to a less congested lecture and examination experience.
According to data from the Ministry of Education, Nigeria has one of the largest out-of-school children figures globally. The country ranks 5th with 10.19 million out- of-school children. About 34% of the total children population across the 6 geopolitical zones in the country.
Mrs Alaba Soyemi, a mother of three, looked depressed when the news of an impending Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) strike reached her. Topmost on her mind was how she would feed her children, pay their fees, and support her family.
According to the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Profesor Victor Osodoke, the action became necessary because all efforts to reach a consensus failed. The union leader also noted that the action would last for an initial period of four weeks.
When the contract for the construction of one block of six classrooms at the Ogida Primary School in Edo State was awarded on the 8th of June 2020, there would have been ecstasy for teachers and pupils of the school. This would have been a breath of fresh air, especially for the 400 students who sit in groups of over 60 in the existing six-block classroom, which was built in 2015.
