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  • Institute inaugurates regional coordinators

    The Institute of Agricultural  Research and Training, Moor Plantation,  Ibadan, has inaugurated regional co-ordinators for soil development to foster food sufficiency in the country.

    Inaugurating the committee, the institute’s Executive Director, Prof. James Adediran, said members comprised professors and specialists on soil.

    According to him, the committee is expected to raise a team of soil scientists that cut across all disciplines in soil sciences in their respective regions.

    He noted that the committee would also co-ordinate research activities for agricultural transformation in the country.

    Adediran said: “Based on our national mandate, we are well positioned to do this through the cooperation from each region. We are to raise a team of soil scientists in the region that cuts across all disciplines in Soil Science and to also collaborate with other regions in planning and executing soil research programmes in Nigeria.

    “We are also saddled with the responsibility of identifying challenges and environmental impacts on soils with the aim of providing sustainable methods of land use in all the regions.”

    Speaking on the need for such development, Adediran said the mandate for national soil research was given to the institute by the Federal Government in 1978 when the Ministry of Agriculture was recognised to conduct and co-ordinate research for the development of soil management technology in all agro-ecologies.

  • Institute holds peace awards in Ondo

    The founder, World Institute for Peace (WIP), Dr Lamina Kamiludeen, has pledged the determination of the organisation to partner with the United Nations Organisation (UNO) in the propagation of message of peace across the world.

    He stressed the need for peace in the society, even as he said the peace advocate group under his leadership would continue to employ the use of persuasive method to communicate its message to manufacturers of lethal weapons, to guard against further production and use to settle conflicts.

    He spoke at the Adeyemi College of Education (ACE) Ondo during the award ceremony organised for eminent personalities by the institution.

    The recipients of the award were selected from various countries in recognition of their contributions to humanity in their various endeavours.

    According to him, the event was organised to create an avenue through which citizens, especially youths could play more active role in nation-building.

    In a lecture delivered at the occasion entitled “Democracy and Role of African Youth in Good Governance, by a university lecturer, Prof. Muhhammad Shanazar, pointed out that people should make wise decisions when voting for those to represent them, saying they should elect people with good character, vision and integrity.

    He stressed the need for representatives of the people to always place national interests above personal well-being in the discharge of their duties. He also advised them to abstain from acts such as greed, nepotism and corruption. Muhammad noted that it was through this development, which the masses can benefit maximally from their representation.

    He also advised political office holders to always show commitment, utmost sincerity and integrity in the service to their fatherland, saying anyone who exhibits these attributes, would remain in the hearts of the people forever.

    Prof. Muhammad said governments in African should always accord recognition to youths by allowing them to play active role in the eradication of poverty, hunger and ignorance.

    He advised the youth to show more interest in science and technology and keep abreast of events happening in global politics and industry, saying that would enable them to update their knowledge and become globally competitive.

    Also speaking, Dr. Jeznail Singh Anand, Secretary-General, World Parliament of Literature (WPL), stressed the need for African youths to be given proper education, adding that the step would enable them to make positive contributions to the development of their countries.

    On corruption and poverty in Africa, he advised leaders in the continent to evolve some development strategies that would help in reducing the menace.

    In addition, the WPL scribe emphasised the need for people in position of authority to have passion and exhibit patriotism in national service.

    The programme organised by WIP in partnership with the College Directorate of International Linkages and Research under the leadership of Dr. (Mrs.) Bridget Itunu Awosika, was held at the Centre for Educational Technology (CET) of the institution.

    The Provost of the College, Prof. Olukoya Ogen praised the founder of WIP, Kamiludeen for collaborating with the college in organising the programme.

    Ogen said the initiative would spread the message of peace across the world.

  • Tension as marketing institute ‘rightsizes’

    When a former Senior Strategy Manager at Nigerian Breweries Plc Tony Agenmonmen became President of the Nigerian Institute of Marketing Nigeria (NIMN)last month, the workers were happy.

    Reason: They thought he was the messiah they were waiting for. One, they were being owed many months of salaries and allowances.

    However, rather than get good news from the president, the workers got a’special yuletide package’. The members of staff of NIMN were on Wednesday, last week told that they had been disengaged with a caveat that those still interested to work with institute should re-apply by January 6, next year.

    Expectedly, the 32-workforce, excluding the Registrar, expressed shock on the development.  Their expectations that the new executive would improve their well-being, especially in clearing the backlog of their unpaid salaries, were dashed.

    A source at the meeting said the workers were miffed by  the development, saying it was contrary to the promises earlier made by Agenmonmen, when he met with the staff of the institute, shortly after being elected.

    One of such promises, the source said, was that the Council would sort out the backlog of salaries being owed the staff and embark on capacity development for them to equip them for the challenges ahead.

    “Everybody was surprised at the announcement. Nobody expected it. We were thinking it was going to be one of such meetings where the new president would announce some of those ‘goodies’ he had for the staff, “ he said.

    It was gathered further that the board has already instructed the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management of Nigeria (CIPM) to help it handle the recruitment.

    Confirming the development, a member of the institute, who would not want his name in print, said he had seen a memo, informing members of the development and the decision of the board to source for new employees from within and outside the institute’s workforce.

    Meanwhile, the new president reportedly denied the disengagement story saying: “I’m not aware that any staff of the institute has been disengaged for now. All I know is that staff are on vacation, and they are expected to resume first week in January, next year.”

  • Institute holds peace awards in Ondo

    The  founder, World Institute for Peace (WIP), Dr Lamina Kamiludeen, has pledged the determination of the organisation to partner with the United Nations Organisation (UNO) in the propagation of message of peace across the world.

    He stressed the need for peace in the society, even as he said the peace advocate group under his leadership would continue to employ the use of persuasive method to communicate its message to manufacturers of lethal weapons, to guard against further production and use to settle conflicts.

    He spoke at the Adeyemi College of Education (ACE) Ondo during the award ceremony organised for eminent personalities by the institution.

    The recipients of the award were selected from various countries in recognition of their contributions to humanity in their various endeavours.

    According to him, the event was organised to create an avenue through which citizens, especially youths could play more active role in nation-building.

    In a lecture delivered at the occasion entitled “Democracy and Role of African Youth in Good Governance, by a university lecturer, Prof. Muhhammad Shanazar, pointed out that people should make wise decisions when voting for those to represent them, saying they should elect people with good character, vision and integrity.

    He stressed the need for representatives of the people to always place national interests above personal well-being in the discharge of their duties. He also advised them to abstain from acts such as greed, nepotism and corruption. Muhammad noted that it was through this development, which the masses can benefit maximally from their representation.

    He also advised political office holders to always show commitment, utmost sincerity and integrity in the service to their fatherland, saying anyone who exhibits these attributes, would remain in the hearts of the people forever.

    Prof. Muhammad said governments in African should always accord recognition to youths by allowing them to play active role in the eradication of poverty, hunger and ignorance.

    He advised the youth to show more interest in science and technology and keep abreast of events happening in global politics and industry, saying that would enable them to update their knowledge and become globally competitive.

    Also speaking, Dr. Jeznail Singh Anand, Secretary-General, World Parliament of Literature (WPL), stressed the need for African youths to be given proper education, adding that the step would enable them to make positive contributions to the development of their countries.

    On corruption and poverty in Africa, he advised leaders in the continent to evolve some development strategies that would help in reducing the menace.

    In addition, the WPL scribe emphasised the need for people in position of authority to have passion and exhibit patriotism in national service.

    The programme organised by WIP in partnership with the College Directorate of International Linkages and Research under the leadership of Dr. (Mrs.) Bridget Itunu Awosika, was held at the Centre for Educational Technology (CET) of the institution.

    The Provost of the College, Prof. Olukoya Ogen praised the founder of WIP, Kamiludeen for collaborating with the college in organising the programme.

    Ogen said the initiative would spread the message of peace across the world.

  • Re: Varsity applicants battle institute for results

    Permit me a space in your widely read newspaper to respond to the above story which appeared on page 23 of Thursday, October 6, 2016 edition of The Nation written by one Abdulsalam Mahmud, who though, for reasons best known to him, is used to writing frivolous and unsubstantiated stories about the institute. The said story is characterised by subjective and unverified claims by the writer as against objectivity which is an important tenet of journalism. The institute, therefore, felt the need to put the records straight in order to correct the possible erroneous impressions that may have been created in the minds of the public by the story in question.

    First, the story is dominated by subjective claims, statements and opinions because of the writer’s failure to indicate his sources. Some of the subjective claims made include among others: that “the fate of thousands of diploma graduates of the Fati Lami Abubakar Institute of Legal and Administrative Studies (FLAILAS) in Minna…” when in reality the total number of graduating students (i.e. if all are successful) is less than 1,500 and the number that indicated that they have registered for Direct Entry (D.E) admission into Universities is less than 300. Also, the claim that “the applicants have been shuttling between their homes and the institute since their graduation in June” and that “Majority of them travel from Abuja, Kaduna, Kano, Kogi and other distant places to the institution weekly to check their results” are both untrue and only intended to create unnecessary alarming impressions.

    Let it be known that no institution would ever ask its fresh graduates to come for results immediately after examinations are written and if the majority of the students of a state-owned institution are from distant places what then is the comparative population of its indigenes, the minority?. These and many more are instances of the frivolous claims by the writer. It is important to note that results usually go through several processes that include marking by lecturers; submission to the Deans of schools for computation; presentation of the results to the Academic Committee for verification; and finally to the Academic Board for moderation and approval. These explain the reasons for the assumed delay. Besides, the results were released in the week of the publication. It is therefore assumed that the writer did not verify his claims before going to the press.

    Again, the story is dominated by the use of vague and unspecified sources such that even where he mentioned names such names are suspected to be fictitious. Instances of the use of vague and unspecified sources include ‘a top academic staff member of the institute’, ‘another lecturer’, ’a top administrative staff member of the school’, ‘parents who spoke to me’ e.t.c. It is also surprising that the writer has mentioned names and claimed that they are names of parents and could not state clearly when and where he met with the parents. Was it in the institute or outside of it? If some of these questions amongst others are not answered in the story lines then, it can be assumed that the writer chose to write along fantasy lines.

    It is unfortunate that the writer of the article did not verify his claims/information when he claimed that the institute’s management asked interested applicants to pay N6,000 for the D. E form when the institute is neither JAMB nor  an agent of JAMB.  Also, the claim that the school invited an on-line registration expert to register the final year students is not true as the school did not send an invitation to any on-line registration expert to do D. E. registration as claimed by the writer of the article. Similarly, the parents that he claimed to have expressed their ‘frustrations over the delay in releasing the diploma results’ and accused ‘the school management of “gross incompetence” saying it was unfair to collect N6,000 from students to put in for D.E…’ did not verify their claims as the management did not at any time tell or compel students to pay any amount of money to it for DE registration. It is again common knowledge that D.E registration by JAMB was never done for free.

    Above all, the assumed students that the writer claims are accusing or battling the institute for delay in releasing results meant to be used by them for Direct Entry admission into the universities have failed to realise that the academic calendar of tertiary institutions in Nigeria do not usually rhyme. Therefore, it would be quite unfair for students who have not been issued with their results to presume that such results must be made ready for them to meet up with the calendar of other institutions the issuing institution has no control over.

    The management and staff of the institute have always been sensitive to the objective for which the institute was established. In the like manner, it has always been doing all that is humanly possible to ensure that its students get what is rightly due to them in terms of the obligations it has to the students. While doing all of these, it also holds dearly its responsibility to safeguard the integrity of the institute. Consequently, we call on the general public to disregard the claims made by the writer of that article as they are frivolous, malicious and unfounded. We equally wish to advise the publisher of this widely circulated newspaper to always encourage their reporters who may not want to stick to the tenets of journalism profession to always do so and be objective in their reportage.

    Signed: Babadoko is Dean, Student Affairs, FLAILAS.

  • Re: Varsity applicants battle institute for results

    Permit me a space in your widely read newspaper to respond to the above story which appeared on page 23 of Thursday, October 6, 2016 edition of The Nation written by one Abdulsalam Mahmud who though, for reasons best known to him, is used to writing frivolous and unsubstantiated stories about the institute. The said story is characterised by subjective and unverified claims by the writer as against objectivity which is an important tenet of journalism. The institute therefore felt the need to put the records straight in order to correct the possible erroneous impressions that may have been created in the minds of the public by the story in question.

    First, the story is dominated by subjective claims, statements and opinions because of the writer’s failure to indicate his sources. Some of the subjective claims made include among others: that “the fate of thousands of diploma graduates of the Fati Lami Abubakar Institute of Legal and Administrative Studies (FLAILAS) in Minna…” when in reality the total number of graduating students (i.e. if all are successful) is less than 1,500 and the number that indicated that they have registered for Direct Entry (D.E) admission into Universities is less than 300. Also, the claim that “the applicants have been shuttling between their homes and the institute since their graduation in June” and that “Majority of them travel from Abuja, Kaduna, Kano, Kogi and other distant places to the institution weekly to check their results” are both untrue and only intended to create unnecessary alarming impressions.

    Let it be known that no institution would ever ask its fresh graduates to come for results immediately after examinations are written and if the majority of the students of a state-owned institution are from distant places what then is the comparative population of its indigenes, the minority?. These and many more are instances of the frivolous claims by the writer. It is important to note that results usually go through several processes that include marking by lecturers; submission to the Deans of schools for computation; presentation of the results to the Academic Committee for verification; and finally to the Academic Board for moderation and approval. These explain the reasons for the assumed delay. Besides, the results were released in the week of the publication. It is therefore assumed that the writer did not verify his claims before going to the press.

    Again, the story is dominated by the use of vague and unspecified sources such that even where he mentioned names such names are suspected to be fictitious. Instances of the use of vague and unspecified sources include ‘a top academic staff member of the institute’, ‘another lecturer’, ’a top administrative staff member of the school’, ‘parents who spoke to me’ e.t.c. It is also surprising that the writer has mentioned names and claimed that they are names of parents and could not state clearly when and where he met with the parents. Was it in the institute or outside of it? If some of these questions amongst others are not answered in the story lines then, it can be assumed that the writer chose to write along fantasy lines.

    It is unfortunate that the writer of the article did not verify his claims/information when he claimed that the institute’s management asked interested applicants to pay N6,000 for the D. E form when the institute is neither JAMB nor  an agent of JAMB.  Also, the claim that the school invited an on-line registration expert to register the final year students is not true as the school did not send an invitation to any on-line registration expert to do D. E. registration as claimed by the writer of the article. Similarly, the parents that he claimed to have expressed their ‘frustrations over the delay in releasing the diploma results’ and accused ‘the school management of “gross incompetence” saying it was unfair to collect N6,000 from students to put in for D.E…’ did not verify their claims as the management did not at any time tell or compel students to pay any amount of money to it for DE registration. It is again common knowledge that D.E registration by JAMB was never done for free.

    Above all, the assumed students that the writer claims are accusing or battling the institute for delay in releasing results meant to be used by them for Direct Entry admission into the universities have failed to realise that the academic calendar of tertiary institutions in Nigeria do not usually rhyme. Therefore, it would be quite unfair for students who have not been issued with their results to presume that such results must be made ready for them to meet up with the calendar of other institutions the issuing institution has no control over.

    The management and staff of the institute have always been sensitive to the objective for which the institute was established. In the like manner, it has always been doing all that is humanly possible to ensure that its students get what is rightly due to them in terms of the obligations it has to the students. While doing all of these, it also holds dearly its responsibility to safeguard the integrity of the institute. Consequently, we call on the general public to disregard the claims made by the writer of that article as they are frivolous, malicious and unfounded. We equally wish to advise the publisher of this widely circulated newspaper to always encourage their reporters who may not want to stick to the tenets of journalism profession to always do so and be objective in their reportage.

    Signed: Babadoko is Dean, Student Affairs, FLAILAS.

  • Institute bemoans candidates’poor performance in physics

    The Nigeria Institute of Physics has raised the alarm over pupils’ poor performance in Physics, saying the development must be tackled quickly.

    Its National President Prof. David Malgwi, spoke at its 39th conference  at Crawford University, Ogun State. The event had as theme: ‘Physics and the sustainable development goals.’

    Malgwi noted that without sound background in Physics, other professions cannot excel and make remarkable progress.

    “The Earth we occupy and the entire universe run according to the laws and theories of physics.

    “In spite of this stark reality, our young school leavers continue to perform abysmally in their results in physics from both WAEC and NECO.  This is, indeed, a very serious problem in our hands, and if we do not tackle it now, our satellite launching and nuclear energy projects may run into very serious difficulties in future due to the imminent dearth of knowledgeable physicists, other scientists and engineers,” Malgwi said.

    He added:”I want to emphasise once again that without good knowledge of physics, we cannot have engineers, technologists, doctors, pharmacists, nurses, surveyors, geoscientists/oil and gas workers, pilots, astronauts and air-traffic-controllers, among others.

    Meanwhile, prizes and awards were given to pupils who excelled in the National Physics quiz which took place across the 36 states in the country.

    Master Tungbulu Preye of Premier School, Yenagoa, won the competition with 85 per cent, beating Uzoma Stephen of New Capital Academy, Yenagoa, with 72.5 per cent and Abdulazeez Oluwagbenga with 70per cent to second and third places.

     

  • Institute urges lawyers to embrace arbitration

    The Chartered Institute of Arbitration (UK) Nigeria Branch has urged lawyers to take advantage of economic opportunities that arbitration provides.

    The branch chairperson, Mrs Adedoyin Rhodes-Vivour, said lawyers could earn huge sums of money by serving as registrars to arbitration tribunals.

    She stated this while demonstrating a mock arbitration routine during the Law Week of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Lagos Branch.

    According to her, arbitration and mediation are effective means of resolving disputes, adding that quick determination of commercial disputes wouls help Nigeria out of recession.

    Demonstrating how an arbitral tribunal functions, she said such a tribunal needed a secretary, a bursar and a registrar.

    “Being a registrar can earn you good income,” she said. Mrs  Rhodes-Vivour urged lawyers to focus on acquiring the skills at the initial stage and not on the money.

    Arbitrators, she said, must ensure that they derive their powers from the terms of the contract and the Arbitration and Conciliation Act.

    They must also discover from parties what would be required, such as expert evidence, time required to file statements of claim and response, further and better particulars, issues for determination, among others.

    Arbitrators must confirm their availability and impartiality, and ensure there is no conflict of interest.

    “If you don’t have the time, don’t accept the appointment. Set rules. For instance, all communications must be copied the other parties,” she said.

    Third Vice Chairperson of the branch Mrs Sola Adegbonmire said there were many opportunities in arbitration.

    “We cannot sit here while people come from abroad to take work from us,” she said.

    She said the institute offered a two-day basic entry course, an accelerated membership programme and fellowship.

    “Arbitration and mediation are being globally accepted as the best dispute resolution mechanisms.”

  • Varsity applicants battle institute for results

    Varsity applicants battle institute for results

    Universities have started screening prospective students to meet the November 30 deadline of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for admissions. But for the Diploma graduates of the Fati Lami Abubakar Institute of Legal and Administrative Studies (FLAILAS) in Minna, the Niger State capital, their dreams of going to the university may remain just that. Reason: the institute’s alleged failure to release their results. They are worried that they may lose their admission if the institution does not release their results before the expiration of JAMB deadline, reports ABDULSALAM MAHMUD.

    They bought the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Direct Entry (DE) forms some months ago, in their quest to further their studies after completing their diploma courses. But except for divine  intervention, their dreams to become university undergraduates may be dashed. Reason: their final results are yet to be computed.

    This is the fate of thousands of diploma graduates of the Fati Lami Abubakar Institute of Legal and Administrative Studies (FLAILAS) in Minna, the Niger State capital, who have been battling the school management over their results. Admission and screening are ongoing in many universities, but their hope of gaining admission this year for degree courses is faint, months after they submitted their forms.

    The applicants, CAMPUSLIFE gathered, have been shuttling between their homes and the institute since their graduation in June.  Majority of them, our correspondent learnt, travel from Abuja, Kaduna, Kano, Kogi and other distant places to the insitution weekly to check their results.

    They flock their lecturers’offices to know when their results will be released. But, no one is ready to give them an answer, heightening their anxiety.

    Findings by CAMPUSLIFE revealed that most of the FLAILAS graduates, who applied to study in Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) in Zaria, Federal University, Gusau (FUG), Zamfara State, Kaduna State University (KSU) and Umar Musa Yar’adua University (UMYU) in Katsina State, were barred from partaking in screenings because they could not produce their diploma results.

    But, some of them who applied to study at Bayero University, Kano (BUK), Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University (IBBU) in Lapai, Niger State, University of Abuja (UNIABUJA) and Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS) may be allowed to undergo screening, if they upload or present their diploma results before the screening window closes.

    An affected student, Idris Ismail, who applied to study at ABU, expressed disappointment over the “unnecessary delay” in computing and releasing their final results, saying he was annoyed after spending several hours in school to inquire about his result.

    He said: “The insensitivity being displayed by the institute management towards many of us who purchased DE forms can only be imagined. If we had known our results would not be released on time, many of us would not have purchased the N6,000 form. Only some of us who sat for the last Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) have hope to be admitted this year. Many rely on the diploma results. The school management should know that we are terribly discontented, to say the least.’’

    Idris added that he had been going to the school for his result, but usually returned home frustrated. He pleaded with the school management to compel their coordinators and Heads of Departments to release the diploma results in the students’interest.

    Khadija Ahmed, another DE applicant, said travelling on “death-trap” roads from Kaduna to Minna without information about her diploma result has compounded her agony.

    “I travelled to Minna on several occasions to get my results. Unfortunately, my complaints and appeals to lecturers and my HOD did not yield positive result. Even if it would take them a year to release the results, I have already missed a university screening. Honestly, I am so dejected and even regretted applying at the first instance,” she said.

    Khadija, who applied to study for Sociology at UMYU, said some were not sure if they would not get extra year at the institute because of the delay.

    A diploma graduate, who simply identified himself as Usman, wondered why it is taking the departments time to release the results.

    Another diploma graduate, Mrs Salamatu Ibrahim, who hopes to undergo online screening of IBBU, said management needed to take proactive actions to help the affected applicants.

    CAMPUSLIFE gathered that the institute management asked interested applicants to pay N6,000 for the DE forms. The school invited an on-line registration expert to register the then final year students. The method, according to source, is to save the applicants the stress of going to queue for long hours in banks and JAMB offices.

    Reacting, a top academic staff member of the institute, who spoke to CAMPUSLIFE,  said there were reasons for the delay in releasing the graduating students’ results.

    He said: “It is offensive to say lecturers are insensitive to the plight of the affected students. Even though we empathised with the students, we want to assure them that very soon their results will be released. Some factors that caused the delay include the workers’ strike last July and the on-going Niger State’s labour screening. Besides, there are many exam scripts to be marked.”

    Another lecturer, who also pledged not to be named, said the diploma graduates should forget using the results for admission this year. He said: “It is only wise and appropriate for graduating students to be patient, collect their results before applying for a direct entry. This way, they can be sure of any university’s admission.’’

    A top administrative staff member of the school said the management was not unaware of the development. He maintained that the management was making frantic effort to resolve the matter.

    His words: “Let the graduating students know that the school management is genuinely addressing the matter and will not do anything that will affect future engagement of the students. The fact that their results are still pending is highly regretted. However, we want to assure them that there is painstaking effort to resolve the issue.”

    Parents who spoke to CAMPUSLIFE expressed frustrations over the delay in releasing the diploma results. They accused the school management of “gross incompetence”, saying it was unfair to collect N6,000 from students to put in for DE without ensuring their results are released for the purpose.

    Mallam Tijjani Abdurrahman, a civil servant, said the school had no reason for not enrolling the diploma students for DE programme. He said many of the applicants would lose admission because of the school’s ineptitude.

    Another parent, Mrs Rabi Adamu, who was upset said: “It is disturbing to learn that our children’s results are not ready about four months after their graduation. This is not a good image for a school that should be an example for excellence.’’

  • Institute to support govt on job creation

    Worried by the rising unemployment rate, the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPM) has expressed its desire to assist the Federal Government in tackling the crisis.

    The institute stressed that the recent unemployment data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) should be a source of concern to stakeholders in the country.

    Speaking in Lagos, its President, Anthony Arabome, said indicators had shown that unemployment is growing at an increasing rate, with serious attendant consequences for the nation.

    He said a report had shown that 20 foreign shipping companies operating in Nigeria have discontinued operations, leaving over 3,000 unemployed.

    “This is in addition to the rising trend of unemployment recently observed in the financial, oil and gas sectors of the economy,” he said.

    The institute, as part of its efforts to support the Federal Government, in the fight against unemployment recently conducted a study entitled: ‘The Management of National Unemployment Challenge (MNUC)’ as a response to some perceived social, economic and political challenges of unemployment in Nigeria’.

    Arabome explained that the MNUC study was initiated to collaborate with the Federal Government in providing sustainable solutions to the unemployment challenge in the country, adding that it was part of the institute’s contribution to national transformation.

    He said: “The immediate and remote causes of unemployment include policy inconsistency, poor political governance and setting of policy direction, which in turn elicits a harsh business environment, lack of stakeholders ownership of national employment policy, mis-alignment of the educational system output and the skill-sets required by current employers of labour and others.”

    Arabome expressed CIPM’s willingness to collaborate with relevant stakeholders to review/design and curricula of the nation’s institutions of higher learning to reflect current skills demand reality.