There’s nothing like 26% UNESCO funding requirement anywhere – OKEBUKOLA UNESCO Consultant and former Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission, Professor Peter Okebukola has disputed claims making the rounds for years that UNESCO recommends 26% bugetary allocation for education in every nation.He noted that having consulted for UNESCO for years, he can authoritatively say there’s no such recommendation.He said: ”There is nothing like 26% budgetary allocation to education recommended by UNESCO anywhere, you can’t get this anywhere” Okebukola who spoke in Lagos to journalists during Caleb University convocation recently said the talk about 26% budgetary allocation to education began in 2001…
Author: Mr Abiodun Borisade
The Benin Football Federation has imposed jail sentence to its players for age cheating at Afcon U-17 qualifiers A Cotonou court on Tuesday sentenced ten players and an official to prison for age cheating and fraud charges. This is after Benin were expelled from the 2019 Under-17 African Cup of Nations qualifiers after half of the team failed the MRI [Magnetic Resonance Imaging] test last month-September. With the intervention of several leaders from the federation, the players were stopped by police upon their return home from Niamey, where they were taking part in the qualifiers, and were each sentenced to…
FG, IFAD collaborate on agric value chain devt to boost food security ABUJA-THE Federal Government and International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD, at the weekend, disclosed collaboration on agric value chain development to boost food security in the country. This was made known by the Value Chain Development Programme Knowledge Management and Communication Advisor, IFAD, Vera Onyilo, in Abuja. Onyilo also explained that buoyed by a successful implementation of developmental objectives under the Value Chain Development Programme, VCDP, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and IFAD are partnering to convene a national workshop on Commodity Alliance…
A delegation of NITEL/Mtel Pensioners Association led by Hajia Halita Aliyu, paid a courtesy visit to the Executive Secretary. PTAD, Sharon Ikeazor in appreciation of her commitments towards the successful monthly payrolling of over 9,000 Nitel/Mtels Pensioners after 12 years of privatization. Other members of the delegation include former CEOs, GMs and Union members. The Association applauded her for the capacity to surmount challenges militating against the payment of their pensions in the past. They said that the present PTAD under her leadership is a winning team that will continue to do great exploits. The Executive Secretary, PTAD assured the…
PRESS RELEASE EKSG APPOINTS VISITATION PANEL FOR COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY, IJERO-EKITI In a bid to reposition the College of Health Sciences and Technology, Ijero-Ekiti for qualitative teaching and research in medical care and environmental health service, Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has set up a Visitation Panel for the College. The composition of the Visitation Panel is contained in an Executive Order 005, signed by the Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi on Monday, October 29, 2018. The College of Health Sciences and Technology, Ijero-Ekiti Law 2010 provides that the Governor of Ekiti State may take such measures…
2019: PDP To Cede House Speaker To South-West As part of efforts aimed at wooing the South- West, the Peoples Democratic Party has decided to surrender the position of Speaker of House of Representatives to the region if it wins the 2019 presidential election , THE PUNCH learnt on Tuesday night. The party had earlier ceded the position of Secretary to the Government of the Federation to the same region . These were part of a political strategy being planned by the party to enable voters from the region to vote for its presidential candidate , Atiku Abubakar, and his…
2019: INEC writes Secondus, recognises Kashamu candidates’ list October 31, 2018 The Independent National Electoral Commission has written a letter to the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Prince Uche Secondus, recognising the list of candidates for the 2019 general elections submitted to it by the Mr Adebayo Dayo-led State Executive Committee of the party in Ogun State. In the letter, the commission also stated that it had received the list of candidates for the governorship, National Assembly and State House of Assembly elections from the committee. The Dayo-led committee is believed to be loyal to the Senator representing…
4 Policemen, 3 LASTMA Officials Arrested For Extortion The police have arrested four police officers and three LASTMA men for extortion in Lagos. Source reports that this was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Chike Oti, on behalf of the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Imohimi Edgal. He said that the attention of the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, was on Tuesday 30th October, 2018, drawn to a publication on page 19 of The Nation Newspaper, of same date, captioned “Police as cesspit of corruption”. The reporter drew attention to the underhand dealings of some policemen…
Violence: I’m Watching You Closely, Buhari Warns Police President Muhammadu has said he is closely monitoring the Nigeria Police Force as violence rises in the country . He also asked the force to remain vigilant in securing communities and diligent in prosecuting criminal offences . “The Nigerian Police are in the frontline of securing communities. For the judiciary, unless the investigations are credible and rapidly done, there is nothing they can do . “From now on , the Nigeria police , you better watch it , I am going to watch you closely, ” the President said. Buhari, who gave…
Count Me Out: TY Danjuma Dissociates Self From Divisive Statement Former minister of Defence, Lieutenant General Theophilus Danjuma (rtd), yesterday disassociated himself from a news report suggesting that he accused President Muhammadu Buhari of planning to accommodate all West African Fulanis in the entire Southern and Middle Belt regions of Nigeria. Danjuma was in the statement which went viral in the social media yesterday alleged to have said that the people of Middle Belt, South West, South South and South East should forget about 2019 elections and first fight back the Fulani murderous invaders and reclaim their lands, which are…
