(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – As agitation for self-determination by various ethnic groups in the country continues unabated, the Institute for Peace, Conflict and Development Studies, (IPCDS) Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), has declared that it has the capacity to address the issue in Southeast Nigeria if given the mandate.
It noted that the clamour for Secession as being championed in the region by some groups, particularly the Nnamdi Kanu, led proscribed indigenous Peoples of Biafra IPOB, “is becoming more and more serious on daily basis.
Speaking to newsmen weekend in Enugu at the end of her orientation exercise for its 2020/2021 Academic Session of Course participants/Students, Director of the Institute, Professor Felix Asogwa, stated that no matter what the bone of contentions may be, peace remains the only panacea for development in Nigeria.
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – There are strong indications that workers at the Enugu State University of Science and Technology ( ESUT ) Teaching Hospital, Parklane, may soon embarked on indefinite industrial action, following series of disagreements, alleged injustices, and maltreatment by the Enugu state government on the labor unions in the health facility.
Some of the aggrieved labour unions in the hospital are, Nigeria Union of Allied Health Professionals (NUAHP) and National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM).
African Examiner reports that NUAHP members are made up of Physiotherapists, Pharmacists, Medical Laboratory Scientists, Nutritionists, Medical Social Workers, Dieticians, Optometrists, Clinical Psychologists, etc, while NANNM consists of Nurses and Midwives.
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Ohanaeze Ndigbo hails Nwobodo at 81
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By Dennis Agbo
Ohanaeze Ndigbo has said that among all the Igbo leaders, Senator Jim Nwobodo stands tall, whom his people, the Igbo, recognized as a charismatic and aggressive achiever.
The Pan Igbo group also described Nwobodo as a consensus-builder, change agent, compassionate spirit, trailblazer, harmonizer of alliances, mythical personality and a devout Christian votary.
Ohanaeze made the felicitation in commemoration of Nwobodo’s 81 birthday on Sunday.
National Publicity Secretary of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Alex Ogbonnia in a statement said that the group joins millions, both at home and in the Diaspora to felicitate with Nwobodo, the first executive governor of the old Anambra State on the auspicious occasion of his 81st birthday.
While it is a generally held view that education is grossly underfunded in Nigeria, the coronavirus pandemic appears to have taken a huge toll on the sector, with public federal and state universities currently struggling to survive.
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