The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has raised alarm that the Department of States Services (DSS) is planning to arrest them whenever they will embark on protest. The student body warned that its Association will not relent in protest if the secret police made attempt of keeping one of their member behind bars for protesting as a result of this alarm.
In an attempt to end the deadlock over refusal of some University lecturers to enroll into the Integrated Personnel and Payroll System (IPPS) policy of the Federal Government, on 2nd December, 2019, Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris issued a letter to all the Vice-Chancellors of the Federal Universities warning that, lecturers who failed to enrol on the IPPIS platform on or before Friday, December 6, 2019, will be appropriately sanctioned.
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has exposed about 100 fake professors across Nigerian universities.
President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated the construction of a new Transport University in Katsina, which is said to be completed within 18 months. President Buhari, during the inauguration of the first university of transportation in sub-Saharan Africa, stated that the school will boost local capacity, economy, domestic technology, enhance innovation in the nation’s transport system, and provide employment opportunities.
In an attempt to sanitize the teaching profession, Federal Government has directed all non-qualified teachers to be removed by December 31, 2019. This was disclosed by the Registrar, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Professor Olusegun Ajiboye, while inducting over 200 Education graduates of the University of Ibadan(UI).
The Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) officials have continued to stand their ground over enrolment into the Integrated Personal Payroll Information System (IPPIS), saying the Federal Government cannot intimidate its members to enrol into the system they have already rejected with stoppage of salaries.
