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Buhari raises committee to address 13 million out-of-school children challenge Published He inaugurated the 18-member Presidential Steering Committee on Alternate School Programme (ASP) on Tuesday in Abuja. The team is co-chaired by the Ministers of Humanitarian Affairs and Education. Buhari stated that it was unacceptable to see children abandoning formal school to engage in menial jobs and child labour in the markets, streets and workshops. The President cited United Nations agencies’ repor...

Buhari inaugurates committee to tackle out-of-school children menace Mr Buhari says it is unacceptable to see children abandoning formal school to engage in menial jobs. 3 min read President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated an18-member Presidential Steering Committee on Alternate School Programme (ASP) to address the issue of out-of-school children in the country. Inaugurating the ASP at the State House, Abuja, on Tuesday, Mr Buhari announced the committee would be co-chaired by...

Daily Post Nigeria Published He died on 24th January after a brief illness. Watila was serving at the Abeokuta Division of the court until his death. Born on the 12th of May 1963, Watila was appointed to the Federal High Court Bench on December 2, 2015. Tsoho described the deceased as a courageous judge, whose exit will be felt by the court and the country. He prayed that God would grant his immediate family, relatives and friends the fortitude to bear the loss. Wake-keep service will hold on a...

Daily Post Nigeria Published Omokri also described the appointment of the incoming Service Chiefs as ‘Good riddance to bad rubbish’. Recall that the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina, on Tuesday disclosed that Buhari sacked his Service Chiefs with immediate effect. Adesina wrote on Twitter, “PMB appoints new Service Chiefs. Maj Gen LEO Irabor, CDS, Maj Gen I Attahiru, Army, Rear Adm AZ Gambo, Navy, AVM IO Alao, Air Force. “He congratulates outgoing Se...

Daily Post Nigeria Published His Special Adviser on Media and Publicity Femi Adesina said the President appointed Maj Gen LEO Irabor, CDS, Maj Gen I Attahiru, Army, Rear Adm AZ Gambo, Navy, AVM IO Alao, Air Force as new security chiefs. Reacting, Fayose on his Twitter page urged the new Service Chiefs to learn from their immediate predecessors and remember nothing lasts forever. He also called on the International Criminal Court, ICC to investigate the sacked Service Chief for human rights abus...

President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated an 18-member Presidential Steering Committee on Alternate School Programme, ASP. “At the inauguration which took place at the Presidential Villa January 26, 2021, President Buhari charged the ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development to coordinate and lead the deployment of a National Plan which will address the issue of out-of-school children in the country,” a statement by Nneka Anibeze, Special Assistant to th...

In a bid to add aesthetic values to schools and rid them of miscreants, the Ekiti State government has begun the demolition of dilapidated and substandard structures in 532 primary schools across the State.

The dearth of teachers should be addressed urgently The revelation by the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) that Nigeria has a shortage of 280,000 teachers at the basic level in both public and private schools is a reflection of the state of affairs in the country. It makes no sense that a nation bursting with hundreds of thousands of unemployed university graduates, including those who trained as teachers, should be talking about such shortage. It is also curious that UBEC spent N10 ...

Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, has said the commission will collaborate with the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, NASENI, for the supply of science equipment and solar power to basic education schools across the country.

Vanguard News UBEC to collaborate with NASENI on home grown science equipment On By Joseph Erunke, Abuja Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, Dr Hamid Bobboyi, has said the commission will collaborate with the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure, NASENI, for the supply of science equipment and solar power to basic education schools across the country. Bobboyi, according to a statement, Sunday, by David Apeh, Head, Public Relations and Pr...