Education in Danger Monthly News Brief, January 2021
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Burkina Faso
07 January 2021: In Koumbri department, Yatenga province, a teacher was abducted by suspected volunteer fighters (VDP) from inside an IDP camp. Source: ACLED
Cameroon
01 or 02 January 2021: In Ouzal locality, Mayo-Tsanaga department, Far North province, unidentified perpetrators believed to be Boko Haram killed a teacher and two civilians, and looted several houses. Sources: ACLED1 and L’Oeil du Sahel
07 January 2021: Around Mulang area, Bamenda town, Mezam department, Northwest province, suspected Ambazonian fighters stopped a car, sending away the driver and abducting six or seven students who were in the vehicle on their way to the University of Bamenda. Sources: ACLED1 and Mimi Mefo Info
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The Vice-Chancellor, Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado-Ekiti, Prof Edward Olanipekun, has commended the Federal Government for initiating the Needs Assessment Funds in the universities, saying it has helped in battling infrastructural deficit in the country’s Ivory towers.
The Vice-Chancellor said this in Ado-Ekiti, on Saturday, while receiving the Federal Ministry of Education’s Needs Assessment Project Monitoring Committee in his office.
Olanipekun described the fund as a product of struggles and relentless battles fought by various unions in the universities, which he said brought about NEEDS intervention.
He said: “Let me emphasise that without these struggles, Nigerian Universities would have been nothing to write home about in terms of facilities.
The Vice-Chancellor, Ekiti State University(EKSU), Ado-Ekiti, Prof. Edward Olanipekun, has Commended the Federal government for initiating the Needs Assessment Funds in the universities, saying it has helped in battling infrastructural deficit in the country’s Ivory towers.
The Vice-Chancellor said this in Ado Ekiti on Saturday while receiving the Federal Ministry of Education’s Needs Assessment Project Monitoring Committee in his office.
Olanipekun described the fund as a product of struggles and relentless battles fought by various unions in the universities, which he said brought about the NEEDS intervention.
He said: “Let me emphasize that without these struggles, Nigerian Universities would have been nothing to write home about in terms of facilities.
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Labour unions at the Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, Ondo State, on Wednesday embarked on an indefinite strike over unpaid salaries and other issues.
This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Temidayo Temola, the Chairman of the Joint Action Congress (JAC) in Okitipupa.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the unions include the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), and National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT).
“The JAC of OAUSTECH arising from all-important congress on April 6 resolved to commence the total, comprehensive and indefinite strike.
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