The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETTFund) said that from January 2025 the agency will stop all foreign scholarship funding for Nigerian academics under the TETFund Scholarship for Academic Staff (TSAS) scheme. The academic Funding agency made this known yesterday in a statement by its spokesperson, Abdulmumin Oniyangi.
The Federal Government (FG) has disclosed the suspension of foreign training programs for scholars in order to redirect resources to enhance and promote domestic training initiatives and reduce dependence on international education.
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has threatened to shut down all public polytechnics nationwide over inability of the Federal Government to meet its demands. ASUP Chairman, Kaduna Polytechnic Chapter, Comrade Abubakar J. Abdullahi hints on commencement of an indefinite strike from 2nd December.
President Bola Tinubu has urged for the support of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to ensure that out-of-school children in Nigeria are kept in classrooms. The Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the President, Bayo Onanuga, stated that Tinubu made the remarks during a courtesy call with Kristalina Georgieva, the Managing Director of the IMF, on the sidelines of the G20 leader’s summit.
The Federal Government after careful consideration has reversed its earlier directives regarding posting restrictions in the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, across Ministries, Departments and Agencies. MDAs.
This directive was made available through a statement released in Abuja yesterday Tuesday which was signed by, Director of Information and Public Relation in the Ministry of Youth Development, Omolara Esan.
National Youth Service Corp, NYSC, members have called on the Federal Government to fulfil its promised N77,000 allowance to alleviate the economic hardship as they can no longer feed with the N33k monthly stipend.
The corps members took to collective online agitation through their social media handles to share their concerns to the government today.
