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  • JAMB registrar seeks higher institutions to decide cut-off marks

    JAMB registrar seeks higher institutions to decide cut-off marks

    Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Registrar  Is-haq Oloyede yesterday stressed the need to allow tertiary institutions to decide their cut-off marks.

    He argued that a situation where universities, polytechnics and colleges of education are subjected to the same cut-off marks was no longer tenable because it prevents the institutions from admitting candidates of their choice.

    Prof. Oloyede, in a statement issued in Abuja yesterday by its Head of Information, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, noted that institutions should be allowed to determine the kind of candidates they want to admit.

    “The uniformity of cut-of marks doesn’t make any sense when colleges and polytechnics admit for National Certificate of Education (NCE) and diplomas while universities admit for degrees yet we subject them to the same cut-off marks, thereby starving these tier of institutions from admitting candidates, who if not engage may likely become easy prey to social vices.

    “This means that if a university want 250 as minimum cut-off marks, why not and if another want less so is it. If a polytechnic like Yaba Tech wants 250 as cut-off marks, let them admit and if Gboko Polytechnic in Benue State, where I come from want less than 200, let them admit.

    “Institutions should be known for their individual quality and not collective standard. This will foster positive competition for the overall good of our tertiary institutions,” he said in the statement.

    He expressed worry over the class opportunities as it affects the distribution of admission resources.

    Prof. Oloyede said he was deeply concerned over the fact that most policies were geared towards accommodating the interest of the elite only and leaving the children of the poor to suffer unjustly.

    He said: “The rich have multiple opportunities which include going abroad for studies while the poor only have the opportunity of struggling for the scarce spaces here.

  • LRCN Registrar assumes duties

    The new Registrar/CEO of Librarians’ Registration Council of Nigeria (LRCN), Prof Michael Afolabi, has assumed duties. He pledged to engage stakeholders in the Library and Information Science sector (LIS).

    Afolabi takes over from Dr Victoria Okojie who was the pioneer Registrar/CEO of the Council.

    During a brief handover in Abuja, Afolabi said he is passionate about making LIS flex muscles with its counterparts in advanced climes. He assured of collaboration with other agencies of the government to reduce cost, adding that he would as well ensure the inclusion of Nigerian libraries in the national development plans which, according to him, would fast-track the global 2030 Agenda as well as the Africa Union Agenda 2063.

    He promised to leverage on his predecessors’ legacies, build on the foundation already laid and sustain the good works he met at the Council. While assuring to improve workers’ welfare, Afolabi warned that he would not compromise on discipline to ensure effective service delivery.

    Before his appointment Afolabi served as a professor of Library and Information Science at the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State (1999-2016), and was a member of Senate in the institution within the same period.  He also taught at the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria (1976-1999). He was a member of National Universities Commission’s (NUC’s) accreditation team at various times.

    Afolabi is an alumnus of the School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States, where he bagged a doctorate in Library and Information Science. He has over 80 publications to his credit.

  • LRCN Registrar assumes duties

    The new Registrar/CEO of Librarians’ Registration Council of Nigeria (LRCN), Prof Michael Afolabi, has assumed duties. He pledged to engage stakeholders in the Library and Information Science sector (LIS).

    Afolabi takes over from Dr Victoria Okojie who was the pioneer Registrar/CEO of the Council.

    During a brief handover in Abuja, Afolabi said he is passionate about making LIS flex muscles with its counterparts in advanced climes. He assured of collaboration with other agencies of the government to reduce cost, adding that he would as well ensure the inclusion of Nigerian libraries in the national development plans which, according to him, would fast-track the global 2030 Agenda as well as the Africa Union Agenda 2063.

    He promised to leverage on his predecessors’ legacies, build on the foundation already laid and sustain the good works he met at the Council. While assuring to improve workers’ welfare, Afolabi warned that he would not compromise on discipline to ensure effective service delivery.

    Before his appointment Afolabi served as a professor of Library and Information Science at the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State (1999-2016), and was a member of Senate in the institution within the same period.  He also taught at the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria (1976-1999). He was a member of National Universities Commission’s (NUC’s) accreditation team at various times.

    Afolabi is an alumnus of the School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States, where he bagged a doctorate in Library and Information Science. He has over 80 publications to his credit.

  • LRCN Registrar assumes duties

    The new Registrar/CEO of Librarians’ Registration Council of Nigeria (LRCN), Prof Michael Afolabi, has assumed duties. He pledged to engage stakeholders in the Library and Information Science sector (LIS).

    Afolabi takes over from Dr Victoria Okojie who was the pioneer Registrar/CEO of the Council.

    During a brief handover in Abuja, Afolabi said he is passionate about making LIS flex muscles with its counterparts in advanced climes. He assured of collaboration with other agencies of the government to reduce cost, adding that he would as well ensure the inclusion of Nigerian libraries in the national development plans which, according to him, would fast-track the global 2030 Agenda as well as the Africa Union Agenda 2063.

    He promised to leverage on his predecessors’ legacies, build on the foundation already laid and sustain the good works he met at the Council. While assuring to improve workers’ welfare, Afolabi warned that he would not compromise on discipline to ensure effective service delivery.

    Before his appointment Afolabi served as a professor of Library and Information Science at the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State (1999-2016), and was a member of Senate in the institution within the same period.  He also taught at the Ahmadu Bello University Zaria (1976-1999). He was a member of National Universities Commission’s (NUC’s) accreditation team at various times.

    Afolabi is an alumnus of the School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States, where he bagged a doctorate in Library and Information Science. He has over 80 publications to his credit.

  • UNICAL bursar suspended over alleged fraud

    UNICAL bursar suspended over alleged fraud

    The bursar of the University of Calabar, Mr Peter Agi, was Monday suspended by the management of the institution over allegations of fraud among other accusations.

    A letter to Agi, signed by the Registrar of the institution, Moses Abang, obtained by The Nation in Calabar Monday read, “In an Emergency Meeting of Management held today, August 22, 2016, Management considered recent developments on campus especially your arrest by the Nigeria Police vide letter no. AB:3621/CRS/DFA/VOL.T/123 of August 17, 2016 on allegations of fraud, forgery and threat to life, it has become imperative that you step aside as Bursar and clear yourself of these allegations.

    “Furthermore, Management observed that you have been impersonating the Vice Chancellor on the CBN e-payment platform by making final approvals and payments, a duty that is the responsibility of the Vice Chancellor who is the Chief Accounting Officer of the University.  Bank transactions and alerts are still being forwarded to the immediate past Vice Chancellor, Prof. James Epoke without the Vice Chancellor’s knowledge.

    “Again, you absented yourself from office without requesting any of your Deputies to act for you, thus creating a vacuum in the administration of the Bursary.  Rather, in a circular of 18th August, 2016, you requested members of the University community who need you for official business to do so by reaching you on your phone number.  This is absurd and not acceptable anywhere.

    “To further compound matters, you have as well:(1) Deliberately orchestrated measures aimed at ensuring that the University loses accreditation of its Medical Programmes by refusing to purchase buses for the Departments of Public Health and Community Medicine.

    “This is a major requirement for accreditation and Council had directed you several times on this yet you bluntly refused to comply. (2) Deliberately refused to purchase official car for the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration) 8 months after he was appointed into office.  You have ignored several Council and Management directives on this. (3) Deliberately refused to purchase official car for the Dean of Graduate School even when the Graduate School designed measures to internally generate revenue for this purpose.

    “You have consistently ignored Management’s directives with impunity. (4) Bluntly refused to pay TETFUND contractors who have successfully executed jobs and rendered services to the University even when such contractors have been cleared for payments. The consequence of this is that while other Universities are already making progress and accessing the 2015 allocation, the University of Calabar cannot exhaust the 2013 allocation to qualify for the next tranche. (5) Illegally mobilized and brought into campus a group of non-staff/students including suspected cultists, some of whom have been charged to court.

    “These your “supporters” violently molested staff and beat up Journalists who were at the scene of the incident and even damaged their camera (as stated in the security report and reported in the media). (6) Unilaterally granted press interview on matters relating to the University without clearance from appropriate authorities. (7) Callously and with utter disregard of Vice Chancellor’s directives by refusing to pay staff entitlements even when due process have been followed before approval. (8) You were issued a query on August 17, 2016 Ref. UC/R.45A to offer explanation on your misdeeds on Campus on Monday, August 15, 2016.  When your staff told you that you have a mail, you requested for the content of the mail to be read to you.

    “Thereafter, you requested for the letter to be brought to you.  You read the letter and returned it through the same staff to your office and directed that they should inform whoever cares that they could not deliver the mail to you.  As a follow up you left definite instruction with the security man in your house not to receive any mail meant for you. As a consequence, the other copy mailed to you by courier was rejected by your gatemen.

    “These actions of yours are a clear manifestation of an orchestrated and deliberate design to bring to ridicule, the image of the University of Calabar and indeed to cripple its progress as an institution. Management cannot continue to close its eyes on these misdeeds and allow the University to crumble.

    “Management has therefore resolved that you should be placed on suspension. You are therefore suspended as Bursar of the University of Calabar with effect from Monday, August 22, 2016. You are to handover immediately to Mrs. Atim Mensah who is the most senior Deputy Bursar while Mr Joseph Odum is to take over the previous duties covered by Mrs Mensah. By this letter of suspension, Council is being briefed accordingly.”

  • Registrar’ll revolutionise JAMB, says Okebukola

    Registrar’ll revolutionise JAMB, says Okebukola

    A former Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Peter Okebukola, has said the Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-ahaq Oloyede, will revolutionise the agency.

    He also said the outgoing Registrar, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, did well.

    Okebukola, in a statement, said the registrar is “a no-nonsense, clear-headed scholar, who is globally consulted on higher education matters”.

    The statement reads: “With about nine years as head of JAMB, Professor Dibu Ojerinde has done well. The transformation, which he took the Board through, is huge. He modernised the operations of the Board at such a dizzying pace that I used to fondly call him the “magician” in JAMB. I note that he worked with exceptional directors and I should single out Dr. Yusuf Lawal, who oversees Test Administration.

    “With the appointment of Professor Is-haq Oloyede as the new registrar, JAMB is in for a revolutionary time in terms of delivering more effectively on its mandate.

    “Professor Oloyede parades excellent credentials to lead a whole sector, such as education in Nigeria, hence asking him to head a parastatal in education is like asking a Five-star, battle-tested general to quell a fight between two area boys in Ajegunle! Professor Oloyede ran University of Ilorin as a model for the Nigerian university system and served dutifully as chairman of the Association of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities and at the continental level, as president of the Association of African Universities.

    “He is a no-nonsense, clear-headed scholar, who is globally consulted on higher education matters, including issues dealing with admitting quality students which fit in with the JAMB mandate. I am convinced that he will smoothen the rough edges of the unfortunate furore around the 2016 admission exercise.

    “On the matter of the relevance of JAMB, I am unshaken in my belief that at this time in the nation’s higher education development, JAMB is still a relevant player.

    “The important thing is for JAMB not to overstep its bounds by infringing on those areas where the universities should exercise their autonomy. Post-UTME, as originally conceived in 2004, not in its adulterated form, is still a must if we are to get better quality students for our higher education system.

    “Rather than shut the door on Post-UTME, we should scape off whatever the universities are not doing right and not throw the baby away with the bath water.”

  • TRCN Registrar resumes

    TRCN Registrar resumes

    The new  Registrar/Chief Executive Officers of Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Prof Segun Ajiboye yesterday assumed duty following his inauguration by the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu.

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday approved the appointment of 17 new chief executives of parastatals and agencies under the Federal Ministry of Education with effect from August 1.

    Ajiboye told reporters after the exercise that he alongside other chief executive officers of the agencies were admonished to key into the change mantra of the Buhari administration.

    He promised to uplift the standard at TRCN by focusing on teachers certification, and improving quality.

    He said: ‘’I am going to TRCN to carry out the mandate of the Federal Government and raise the bar.

    ‘’Teachers are central to the quality of education of any nation. I will introduce some programmes to raise the bar of teacher education in the country. I will maintain standards and promote teacher education quality.’’

     

  • TUC honours registrar

    The Registrar, College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti, Mr Gbenga Ojo, has been conferred with an award of excellence by the Trade Union Congress (TUC), Ekiti State Council, for his worker-friendly disposition and administrative acumen.

    The programme, which was part of events marking this year’s workers’ day, was attended by the Provost of the College, Dr Mojisola Oyarekua, chairmen of the three industrial unions in the College as well as other members of staff.

    Also honoured at the event were the Ekiti State Head of Service, Dr. Gbenga Faseluka, the Elesun of Esun-Ekiti, Oba David Ogunsakin, Senator Fatimah Raji-Rasaki, and Chief Boboye Olanipekun.

    The Ekiti State TUC chairman, Mr Adesoye Odunayo described Ojo as a thorough bred administrator and a visionary leader of proven pedigree whose sterling performance in institutional administration and public life has earned him profound respect and accolades.

    Congratulating him, the Provost said that his intellectual and managerial prowess place him head and shoulder above his peers.

    “He has distinguished himself as a consumate administrator with passion for excellence, no wonder he is being recognised even outside the college community…,” she said.

    Thanking the TUC for the recognition, Ojo promised to sustain the good work that earned him the honour.

    Ojo, a graduate of the University of Ibadan, joined the college in 1988 as an administrative officer II and rose to become the first substantive registrar.

    In the past, he has also been honoured by the Senior Staff of Colleges of Education (SSUCOEN), South West zone and the National Association of Non-Academic Staff (NASU) award of outstanding personality by NASU.

    His passion to assist the downtrodden made him to award scholarships to indigent students in his town Oye-Ekiti in the last six years.

     

  • BSU sacks Registrar, Bursar

    BSU sacks Registrar, Bursar

    The Benue State University (BSU), Makurdi, has kicked out its Registrar Dr Timothy Utile and Bursar, Mr Aondoakaa Kwaghfan for alleged corruption.

    The decision to sack the duo was taken after were indicted by the report of a seven-man visitation panel set up by Governor Samuel Ortom to review the activities of the institution from 2010-2015, most of which was during the tenure of former Vice-Chancellor, Prof Charity Angya.

    The Chairman of the panel, Prof Zachary Gundu, while submitting the report to the Governor last December, had alleged that principal officers of the institution were involved in fraudulent practices.

    “Each Principal Officer in BSU collects a Housing Allowance of N6, 418,280 per annum as against N649, 939 per annum in extant salary scales.

    “This means that for every month, BSU Principal Officers collect N534, 856.67 per month as housing allowance instead of N54, 161.00 per month. There are other instances of payroll manipulation in respect of allowances of Principal Officers, especially the Vice Chancellor.

    “Council had also approved the renovation and furnishing of the VC’s Lodge for the former Vice Chancellor at the cost of N22, 398,318.00. This money was given to her directly. Yet when she moved into the Lodge, she was given a furniture grant of N20 million. She vandalised the Lodge when she was moving out,” he said.

    It is believed that these allegations and more led to the sack of the Registrar and Bursar, who were key figures in the past administration of the university.

    The governing council of the institution has also been dissolved.

     

  • Benue University Registrar, Bursar sacked

    Benue University Registrar, Bursar sacked

    The Registrar and Bursar of Benue State University, Makurdi, Dr Timothy Utile and Mr Aondoakaa Kwaghfan, have been sacked.
    The decision to  sack the Bursar and Registrar  was taken after the duo were indicted by the report of a seven-man visitation panel set up by the state Governor, Samuel Ortom to review the activities of the institution from 2010 to 2015, most of which was during the tenure of former Vice-Chancellor, Professor Charity Angya.
    The Chairman of the panel, Professor Zachary Gundu, while submitting the report to the Governor last December, had alleged that principal officers of the institution were involved in fraudulent practices.
    According to him, “Each Principal Officer in BSU collects a Housing Allowance of N6, 418,280 per annum as against N649, 939 per annum in extant salary scales.”

    “”This means that for every month, BSU Principal Officers collect N534, 856.67k per month as housing allowance instead of N54, 161.00 per month. There are other instances of payroll manipulation in respect of allowances of Principal Officers especially the Vice Chancellor.

    “Council had also approved the renovation and furnishing of the VC’s Lodge for the former Vice Chancellor at the cost of N22, 398,318.00. This money was given to her directly. Yet when she moved into the Lodge, she was given a furniture grant of N20 million. She vandalized the Lodge when she was moving out,” he stated.

    The governing council of the institution has also been dissolved.