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Students are on their own if they resume, ASUU tackles LAUTECH

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso branch has said lecturers at the state-owned university will not engage in any academic activities despite the management’s directive that students should resume next week.

It was reported that the management of LAUTECH had, on Thursday, directed its students and staff to resume on May 26 for continuation of academic activities.

The ASUU chairman, LAUTECH branch, Dr. Biodun Olaniran, replied in a statement issued on Friday on behalf of the union.

He said lecturers at the university were part of the nationwide strike declared by ASUU and they were not ready to abandon the cause except the national body of the union suspended the strike.

The union said parents and students should be aware that academic activities would not start even if the students resumed as directed by the university management.

The ASUU chairman said, “Our union is in receipt of the memo from the university registrar calling for the resumption of academic activities for the first semester of the 2021/2022 Academic Session on Thursday, May 26, 2022.

“The Academic Staff Union of Universities, LAUTECH branch, wishes to dissociate itself from the said memo. The branch wishes to make it abundantly clear that ASUU-LAUTECH is part of the ongoing nationwide struggle of the union to reposition our public universities. LAUTECH has not, and cannot, back out of this patriotic struggle.

“As you are aware, the LAUTECH branch of ASUU is involved in the ongoing, twelve weeks roll-over strike action by our union called to draw the attention of the Federal Government to implement the Memorandum of Action signed with ASUU in 2020. The MoA encapsulates all that needed to be done to make our public universities (Federal or State) internationally competitive.

“The decision to embark on this action was duly communicated to the university administration and it has not been vacated. As clearly stated by our union, the ongoing strike action embarked upon by ASUU is not targeted at any vice-chancellor, university administration, students, or any group within or outside the system.

“Once again, it must be emphasised that the strike action has not been reviewed in any way. It must also be stated that the administration pays attention to the subsisting demands of the branch to ensure a conducive industrial atmosphere in LAUTECH even after the suspension of the nationwide strike.

“We, therefore, urge the parents, guardians, students, and general public to note that our members are not in a position to conduct any academic activities while this ongoing action lasts.”

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Oyo College of Nursing and Midwifery extends sale of admission form (Apply Here)

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The Oyo State College of Nursing and Midwifery has extended the deadline for the sale of its basic midwifery admission form by four weeks.

Gbonjubola Owolabi, the college’s provost, announced the development in a statement on Thursday.

The form sale, which had an initial deadline of March 20, will now run till April 20.

Owolabi explained that the extension was to create more time for prospective students who might still be interested in obtaining the form.

The provost further said that the computer based test (CBT) is now scheduled to hold from April 22 to April 24, while the interview is slated for May 2 and May 3.

Owolabi also announced that applicants seeking admission into basic nursing are now required to apply through the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB).

She encouraged interested candidates to take advantage of the extended period and visit the office of the registrar or ICT center of the college for further enquiry.

“The College will not compromise her standard as admission would strictly be based on merit. Post UTME form would be available at the College after the release of result for those who attained the cut off mark of 200 and above in their exam,” Owolabi said.

She cautioned the public against providing personal or financial information to any unofficial source claiming to be associated with the college. because she would never request for sensitive information through unofficial channels.

The provost also announced that the admission process into community nursing and community midwifery programmes has commenced and that candidates for the program will be shortlisted from their LGAs.

She commended Seyi Makinde, Oyo state governor, for paying full fees of all the candidates that would be recommended for the programmes from all the 33 LCDAs.

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UNIJOS students protest water scarcity, blackout

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Students at the University of Jos, Plateau State, on Thursday, locked the institution’s gates protesting water scarcity and lack of electricity supply to their hostels.

The protesting students held placards with different inscriptions such as: ‘No light to soak gari’ and ‘We no get SUG.’

Others held empty buckets to symbolise the lack of water in the institution.

Some of the students, who spoke to our correspondent, lamented their plight and said that the situation had caused untold suffering to them and impacted negatively on their academic activities.

One of the students, who gave his name simply as Josiah, said, “We don’t know what the school management wants the students to do. There has been no water in the hostels for the past two or three days. Even the blackout, which has been ongoing as well, has left several students completely stranded.

“Apart from that, we are also not happy with the school management over the dissolution of the Students Union Government because right now, the students have no direction because they don’t have any leadership.

“The VC and the school management have refused to give us a listening ear. They (school management) came here this morning and said we should send representatives to negotiate, but how can we be told to negotiate for our rights? This is not proper.

“The school management has now directed the students to send in representatives for negotiations. However, no one has volunteered to go since the protest was not led by the officials of the student body as the last SUG executives were dissolved in February and a new government has not been formed.”

It was learnt that following the protest, the university authority quickly deployed security operatives to the institution to prevent the protest from being hijacked by hoodlums to cause havoc, but the students were said to have vowed to stay at the gate until the issues were resolved.

Some staff members of the university who were caught up in the protest, however, condemned the action of the students, describing it as unnecessary.

One of the staffers who refused to give his name said, “We got here this morning and discovered that the gate had been locked. Everything is not about protest. There was no official notice. We just started seeing students at the gate. I believe that if they had brought their complaints to the school management, they would have got immediate solution because the VC does not joke with the welfare of the students.”

Contacted, the university’s Dean of Students Affairs, Prof. Christopher Piwuna, acknowledged the challenge of water scarcity and blackout in the students’ hostels.

The Dean, who blamed the situation on the Jos Electricity Distribution Company over an outstanding debt, however, said that the problem had been resolved following an intervention by the Vice Chancellor.

“It is true that there was no water before now, but water has been supplied to the hostels. The JED severed our supply because of outstanding bills. The VC has intervened, and they are going to reconnect the light. As I am talking to you, water has been supplied. The light will be reconnected any moment from now and with the light restored, we won’t have the problem of water again,” the Dean assured.

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UNIOSUN server hacked during teachers’ recruitment test

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A recruitment test for teachers has been disrupted after a server glitch at the Osun State University (UNIOSUN).

The southwestern state had commenced the recruitment process to employ new teachers for public primary and secondary schools.

The test was to be held in 13 centres across Osun on Wednesday.

The exercise witnessed hitches in two centres in Osogbo and Ikire towns where the test was disrupted.

It is understood that UNIOSUN was listed as one centre where the assessment was to happen between March 27 and 28, 2024.

But Ademola Adesoji, the UNIOSUN PRO, in a statement, said the university witnessed a disruption in Osogbo and Ikire centres.

The PRO, who blamed the disruption on hackers, said the exercise would be rescheduled in the affected centres.

He said the suspected hackers attempted to invade the university’s servers. He said the damage inflicted on the server required time to resolve.

Adesoji said this resulted in an undue delay in the start of exams and caused the rescheduling of tests at two out of 13 centres.

“The management of Osun State University has disclosed that its server was hacked overnight by unknown criminals attempting to disrupt the teachers’ recruitment test,” the statement reads.

“We responded technically and frustrated attempts to breach our core software and question bank.

“The damage inflicted on the server required time to resolve, resulting in an undue delay in the start of exams and necessitating the rescheduling of tests at two out of thirteen centres.

“We are relieved that the hackers or opponents of this recruitment process have failed in their attempts to thwart us.

“Over the last eight or so hours, it has been a tough battle in our efforts to ensure the success of the Osun State government. Examinations have concluded at 11 out of the 13 locations today.

“However, the two problematic centres Osogbo and Ikire will be rescheduled based on the ministry’s decision.”

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