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Sanwo-Olu’s showy stunt has been widely received with condemnation and acceptance in different quarters, with many insinuating that it was a campaign strategy ahead of the 2023 electioneering.
Ebonyi State is one of the five Southeastern states in Nigeria and like all of the region, sectional agitations, conflict, and violence are the issues that have taken centre stage. However, before these challenges, states in the southeastern region have long faced development deficits.
Emeka returned home after a long day at the office and asked his wife, Aisha for the N20,000 he kept in the cabinet. In response, Aisha told him she had given it to Tunde, the electrician for the electrical works he was supposed to do around the house. He was yet to come but Aisha said he had promised to deliver so she gave him the money Emeka got furious at his darling wife for giving out money to a handyman for a job not yet done.
Nigeria is Africa’s most populous country and the most populous black nation in the world.
ataphyte noted that the sum of N4.08 trillion has been allocated to the education sector between 2015-2021. If approved, the 2022 proposed budget would take total allocation to the sector over 8 years to N4.95 trillion.
The Federal government stated that it intends to attract the best brains to the education sector.
Nigeria marks over 170 years of educational services and development;
Since 2010, the budget for education in Oyo state has never been over 18% of the total budget. In a twist, Governor Makinde increased allocation to 22%, confirming his resolve to revamp education in the state; further allocating ₦1.2 billion to the Oyo Library Board. However, the derelict state of the Oyo state central library, questions if Governor Seyi’s library budget is all talk.
Formed in 1978 as a successor to the Nigerian Association of University Teachers, one of ASUU’s earliest and popular union exercises came in 1988. In 1988, the union organised a National Strike to get fair wages and university autonomy. Sadly, 32 years down the line, the struggle for a fair wage of university staff and autonomy of the university still continues.
E-learning is a dynamic way of learning that enables students to gain relevant knowledge at their pace. It gives flexibility in the process with vast access to relevant learning materials and interactions with students.
Much of the talk in recent weeks has been on Nigeria’s rising unemployment numbers. Notably, unemployment figures surged by 27.1 per cent in the second quarter of 2020. In essence, there are less than 7 in 10 Nigerians employed, all of working age.
The Premium Times Centre for Investigative Journalism (PTCIJ), through its Natural Resources and Extractives Programme, is holding a three-day virtual training for journalists in Nigeria to improve reporting around the Natural Resources sector.
A staggering revelation reveals that only 28% of kids who finished primary education make it to high school. Worse, though, about 3.7 million children don’t even complete elementary education. And of the sample 24.2 million who attain their First leaving Certificate, only 6.8 million further their academics.
In a paper published in June 2020, Catholic cleric, Hassan Kukah, highlighted supposed victimization of Almajiri children in Nigeria. According to the reverend cleric, the Almajiri children are victims of the northern Muslim elite, and by extension the failure of the Nigerian state. The paper concluded with John Pepper Clark’s sobering civil war poem, “Casualties”. Like victims of the war, the Almajiri child burns in a fire he did not start and is a victim of a matter he has no say in.
The coronavirus pandemic continues to expose the fragility of various sectors in the country. One such sector is the education sector, especially at the tertiary level. Across the world, colleges and universities have resorted to virtual learning to make up for shutting down campuses as a result of the COVID-19. However, the story is not the same in Nigeria as students in over 381 Tertiary institutions in Nigeria are not academically engaged by their institutions due to inadequate online learning facilities.
