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  • Varsity student kills Almajiri ln Kano

    A student of Kano State University of Science and Technology (KUST) Wudil has killed an 18- year- old Almajiri Adamu Ibrahim at Sabon Garin ‘yan Kwaya  in Wudil local government area of Kano.

    The Nation reports that the student known as Lubsi killed Ibrahim while fetching water from a well close to the university.

    An eyewitness, Husaini Ibrahim, said he and the deceased were at the well when the alleged killer asked them to allow him to fetch water.

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    Ibrahim said when they refused, the alleged killer hit the late Adamu with a wooden slab.

    The deceased was rushed to the hospital but gave up the ghost.

    Spokesman of the Kano state police command, DSP. Abdullahi Haruna confirmed the incident.

    Haruna, said the alleged killer is now at large but the police is investigating the matter.

    He assured that the suspect will be arrested and prosecuted.

  • Fire guts female hostel at Kano varsity

    Dangote Female Hostel at the Kano State University of Science and Technology KUST Wudil has been gutted by fire last night.

    Confirming the fire outbreak via telephone to our reporter, the Deputy Head of Information, Publications and Public Relations Unit of the University, Abdullahi Datti, said the incident occurred around 9.30 pm and lasted for about 2 hours, destroying some part of the building.

    He said that the inferno could have been caused by suspected electrical spark, following the restoration of full current electricity to the University.

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    He added that the management swiftly alerted some relevant agencies including the Fire Services at federal and state levels who quickly responded and controlled the situation.

    Datti who could not ascertain the level of damages as at the time of filing this report noted that there was no casualty recorded considering the fact that the students were already at home due to the ongoing ASUU’s nationwide strike.

  • ASUU to NASS: Address funding issue for varsities

    ASUU to NASS: Address funding issue for varsities

    The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on the National Assembly to address the issue of low funding of the education sector in the country.

    The ASUU President, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi made the call on Wednesday while answering questions from newsmen after the inauguration of a new secretariat constructed by the ASUU chapter of Kano State University of Science and Technology, Wudil.

    NAN reports that the new ASUU secretariat was named after Nasir Hussein, a founding member of the union in the university.

    Ogunyemi said the union was not happy with the allocations to the sector in the last three years and said that the National Assembly must change the narrative.

    “In this year’s budget 6.1 per cent was allocated, last year it was eight per cent and we rejected it and the year before was 11 per cent.

    “So the allocation to the education sector has been on the decline and what we are saying is that we will no longer take it.

    “We went to the National Assembly during the budget defence and argued our case,” the ASUU president said.

    He expressed hope that the lawmakers would do something urgently to address the issue, to enable Nigerian universities have the necessary facilities for uninterrupted academic activities and be able to compete with other universities across the world.

    “We hope the National Assembly will address the issue of funding and address other problems bedeviling the universities in the country.

    “We have always been engaging government on what they need to do to make our universities globally competitive to attract and retain the best academics.”

    According to him, the union is also working to promote policies that would address the welfare of its members as well as improve the quality of lives of Nigerians.

    Ogunyemi also commented on salary shortfalls in some universities, saying that the union would no longer tolerate such.

    “We have written to the government. We met at Yola last week and we put it on the table that as from the end of March, we will no longer accept any reduction in what is due to our members as their entitlements.”

    He added that ASUU would continue to concsientise Nigerians to identify people with the capacity to provide the best leadership in the country.

     

  • KUST: ASUU rejects planned fees increase for students

    The Kano State University of Science and Technology chapter of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has rejected plan by the university to raise registration fees for undergraduate students.

    ASUU in a statement jointly signed by its branch Chairman and Secretary, Abdulkadir Muhammad and Kashmir Ibn Yakubu, said the increase was ill timed and unacceptable.

    The statement, issued to newsmen in Kano on Friday, noted that the institution plan to raise the fees for indigenes from N22, 000 to N50, 800, and N45,500 to N86, 000 for non indigenes.

    “The emergency Congress of our union held on Thursday, March 9, 2017 rejected the planned hike in fees based on a number of reasons:

    “The proposed hike is ill-timed in view of the current economic recession the country is facing.

    “It also negates one of the cardinal objectives of establishing the university, which is to avail indigent students access education,” the union said.

    The statement added that the decision also contravened Article 1 of the Kampala Declaration on Fundamental Human Rights and Freedom, which said every person has the right to education and participation in intellectual activity.

    “It is also in contravention of the Lima Declaration which states that every person has the right to education, and states should make available an adequate proportion of its national income to ensure practice and the full realisation of the right to education,” it added.

    According to the union, it is the responsibility of Kano state government to fully fund the university.

    The union further accused the university of not following due procedures and guidelines with regard to the fees increment.

    It therefore called on the state government, civil societies, parents and the public to call the authorities of the university to order, to avert breakdown of industrial peace.