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OAUSTECH gets NUC nod to run programme in petroleum engineering

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The Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH) in Okitipupa Ondo state has gotten regulatory approval to run an undergraduate programme in petroleum and gas engineering.

The National Universities Commission (NUC) also approved five other programmes including chemical engineering, economics, public administration, public health and medical laboratory science for the institution’s 2024/2025 session.

Temi Ologunorisa, OAUSTECH’s vice-chancellor, spoke to journalists on Friday in Okitipupa.

Ologunorisa said a resource verification visit was carried out by a panel of experts for some proposed programmes at the university.

He said the visit was to assess the human and material resources available for the establishment of those academic programmes.

The vice-chancellor said the approval was conveyed to the university via a letter dated September 6 and signed by Abubakar Gerei, NUC’s acting director of academic planning.

“I am directed to inform the vice-chancellor that the Ag. the executive secretary has considered and approved the establishment of the full-time mode of the following programmes to be run in the university with effect from the 2024/2025 academic session,” the letter reads.

“The newly approved programmes include B.Eng. Chemical Engineering, B.Eng. Petroleum and Gas Engineering within the School of Engineering and Engineering Technology; BSc Economics and BSc Public Administration in the School of Management Sciences.

“As well as B. Medical Laboratory Science (B.MLS) and BSc Public Health in the School of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences.

“The approval from NUC to launch these new courses is the culmination of a resource verification evaluation conducted by the regulatory body in July to confirm the institution’s preparedness to introduce the proposed programmes.”

Ologunorisa, while speaking on the results of the verification assessment, encouraged prospective students to consider OAUSTECH as their primary choice of educational institution.

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Godfrey Okoye University VC decries high electricity bills as DisCo puts them in Band A

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Godfrey Okoye University (GOUni) in Enugu has decried the placement of the university in the electricity Band A.

In April, the National Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) raised the rate for the Band A tariff class from N66 to N225 per kwh.

Customers under the Band A category are expected to have a minimum of 20 hours of electricity in a day.

Band B category is 16 hours, Band C is 12 hours, Band D is eight hours, and Band E is four hours.

The tariff hike attracted public outcry and calls for its reversal, with many communities raising concerns about affordability.

Christian Anieke, the vice-chancellor of GOUni, said the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) placed the campus on Band A.

He addressed the institution’s campus while unveiling plans for the 2024/2025 academic session which commenced on Friday.

The VC said the billing of GOUni on the electricity tariff class is “ridiculous” and excessive.

“It is only in Nigeria that you see things like this; billing a university like a business entity,” he added.

Anieke said the university is looking to install solar lights in all the student hostels.

He said the institution would boost its internally generated revenue (IGR) through research, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

Anieke said each department in the university must show evidence of IGR without additional payment by the students.

The VC directed all faculties and departments to double efforts to generate funds through research, grants, and alumni collaboration.

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Flood hits UI student hostels, destroys property

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Flood has caused significant damage at the University of Ibadan, destroying books, foodstuffs, and other essential materials.

The flood, on Friday, wreaked havoc in the university community and destroyed property worth millions of naira.

Among property destroyed were documents and other valuables.

The PUNCH investigations on Saturday morning revealed that the property were destroyed by floods that submerged some hostels of the institution.

A student of the institution, who preferred anonymity, said, “The most affected hall of residence is Awo Hostel where about 16 rooms in the underground floor were completely submerged with students’ property floating on the water.”

Another source said, “The students’ foodstuffs, documents and property, especially those that went for examinations were destroyed.

“The flood took over students’ rooms, toilets, kitchens and all the entrances to their hostel.

“The flood took over my friend’s room, and destroyed everything she has, including the ones in her cupboard.”

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ASUU threatens indefinite strike, says FG fails to honour agreement

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on an indefinite strike over the failure of the Federal Government to honour the 2009 agreement reached with it.

Prof. Timothy Namo, the Bauchi Zonal Coordinator of the union said this during a news conference on Friday in Jos.

Namo said that the union after its National Executive Council (NEC) held between Aug. 17 and Aug. 18, issued a 21-day ultimatum.

”As we speak, the government has not honour any of the agreements or addressed our concerns.

”At the expiration of the 21-day ultimatum, we again issued another 14-day ultimatum that commenced from Sept. 23.

”So, we want Nigerians to blame the federal government if ASUU decides to down tools and shut down public universities,” he said.

Namo highlighted the lingering issues, nonconclusion of the re-negotiation of the 2009 agreement, non-release of the three-and-half month salaries of academic staff, unpaid salaries of all academic staff on adjunct appointment, and outstanding third-party deductions.

Other lingering issues he said were poor funding for the revitalisation of public universities, non-payment of Earned Academic Allowances (EAA) as captured in the 2023 budget, proliferation of universities, and nonimplementation of the reports of visitation panels to universities, among others.

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