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  • 50 BUK students get scholarship

    50 BUK students get scholarship

    Fifty students from various Faculties of Bayero University, Kano (BUK) have benefited from the Jifatu Scholarship scheme (JSS).

    Each of the students were also awarded fifty thousand Naira (N50, 000) each.

    The scholarship, which is in its third year, is being given to indigent students of the University who are thoroughly examined and selected by a committee, headed by Dr. Sagir Saleh of Anatomy Department.

    The Vice Chalcelor, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed was represented by the Dean, Student Affairs, Prof. Isma’il Muhammad Zango during the distribution of the money.

    In his speech, he challenged wealthy individuals and corporate organizations to emulate the gesture of Alhaji Sabitu Jifatu, who is promoting the course of scholarship in Northern Nigeria.

    He also tasked the beneficiaries to use the money judiciously.

    Dr. Sagir Saleh in his speech, admonished the beneficiaries to always remember this humanitarian gesture and to the donor and his family in prayers.

    Speaking on behalf of the beneficiaries, Aliyu Abubakar Ibrahim from the Faculty of Law expressed delight and appreciation to the donor, Alhaji Sabitu Jifatu and the committee that found them worthy beneficiaries.

  • BUK: Only 1,921 fresh graduates ready for NYSC

    NO fewer than 1,921 out of 3,821 graduating students of Bayero University Kano (BUK), which is less than 65 per cent of the total number, got the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) call up letter for the  next Batch C of corps members to serve the nation.

    The consequence of this according to information from the Student Affairs unit of the university, is that some of those left out may not be able to make the service again next year because they would have clocked 30 years by then, which is the age limit.

    It was learnt that a list of 3,821 prospective corps members were forwarded to NYSC headquarters in September for Batch C as requested.  However, 1,360, who were eligible, were not lucky to make the final list.

    Many of them besieged the Students’ Affairs unit last week for possible rectification

    One of those affected, Abubakar Umar, a graduate of Biochemistry, disclosed that the students got frustrated after patiently waiting for five months for the service year.

    “Can you imagine after spending not less than four years in the university, only for some of us to be mobilised, while others were not? It is indeed, a major challenge,” he said.

    Although some of the students blamed the university for the anomaly despite completing the online registration as required by the NYSC, others however, blamed the NYSC leadership for adopting an uncompromising measure, which they described as rigid.

    The Deputy Dean, Students Affairs Unit of the university, Dr. Shamsudeen Umar, however, claimed that the university fulfilled “all righteousness” as required by the NYSC.

    Shamsudeen said the university forwarded the names of 3,821 graduates to the NYSC at the stipulated period only to receive a list less than 2,000, describing it as a surprising development, which is “a departure from the known tradition”.

    A recent memo, which originated from the NYSC and made available to The Nation indicated  that about 730 prospective corps members from BUK were not able to complete their online registration, which may have informed their names being absent from the comprehensive list.

    However, Dr. Shamsudeen insisted that most of the affected students had documentary evidence that they had completed the online registration.

    “I will disagree with the argument of NYSC leadership because most of those who stormed our office had the print out of the online registration. So, they cannot hide under such an excuse, as far as we know. In fact, I can prove to you that some of those, who had no problem, did not register.  So what do you say about that?” Dr. Shasudeen quried!.

  • British Council, BUK training

    THE British Council, Institute for Policy Research (IPR) and the Faculty of Social and Management Sciences, Bayero University Kano are organising a Researcher Links Workshop in Abuja.

    It is to bring together early career researchers from Nigeria and the United Kingdom conducting research on the causes and consequences of urbanisation in Nigeria. The workshop will take place between March 17-19 March.

  • ASUU Strike: Students give FG one week ultimatum

    ASUU Strike: Students give FG one week ultimatum

    Students of Bayero University, Kano (BUK) on Thursday in Kano gave the Federal Government one week ultimatum to meet all the demands of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) or face wrath of Nigerian students.

    The students, who staged a peaceful protest under the auspices of a Student Union Government (SUG), BUK chapter, urged the Federal Government to respect and implement the 2009 ASUU/FG agreement, insisting that the two parties should come to the negotiation table and settle their scores for the interest of Nigerian students.

    Addressing the crowd at BUK gate, the university’s SUG President, Comrade Sani Ibrahim, said they were forced to stage the protest, “because we are tired of staying at home. Our mates in other countries are in school; why should the case of Nigerian students be different.”

    “As part of the struggle to fight for our right, I will like to salute our students for their patience while receiving the negative consequences of bad governance. We believe that the delay in resuming lectures in our universities is not only lamentable but also devastating. We believe even more strongly that now is the time to let our leaders know that enough is enough and we shall wake up and say no to injustice being meted out to Nigerian students.

    “Similarly, we call on the Federal Government to respect the 2009 agreement reached between government and ASUU. We also call on the government to review the annual budget for the education sector from eight per cent to 26 per cent, so as to ensure adequate rehabilitation of infrastructures in our universities, including hostels, laboratories, potable water and constant supply of electricity.

    “In the same vein, we are calling on ASUU to give government more opportunity to dialogue so as to quickly resolve the differences in the best interest of Nigerian students. We are giving ASUU and Federal Government one week to sort themselves out and resume lectures, otherwise, Nigerian students will look for other alternatives to fight for our right. Education is our right and no one should take it away from us,” Ibrahim noted.

     

  • BUK cancels sub-degree programmes

    BUK cancels sub-degree programmes

    Bayero University Kano (BUK) has cancelled the admission of students into sub-degree or diploma programmes, beginning from this year.

    Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, who disclosed the development in Kano said the open and part-time degree programmes were introduced to compete with other universities across the country and from other parts of the world.

    Rasheed explained that the open and part-time degree programmes would be held at the Institute of Continuing Education (ICE), at the Dala campus of the university.

    However, the Vice-Chancellor disclosed plans to add Dentistry, Allied Medicine Sciences, Communication Engineering, Fisheries, Forestry/Agro Forestry, Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, and Food Science and Technology to the league of new programmes it has started running, the first being Mechatronics Engineering.

    To help in tackling the menace of Almajiri (street beggars), Rasheed said the university is building a Centre for Qur’anic Education, courtesy of Khalifa Sheik Isyaka Rabi’u, Leader of Tijjaniyyah Islamic sect.

    The Centre, according to the Vice Chancellor, would concentrate on research on almajiri institution to assist the policy makers in implementing the almajiri phenomenon.