Nigerian universities, others will reopen very soon, FG says

The federal government has released a new update on the resumption of all tertiary institutions across Nigeria - Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, the minister of state for education has said universities will resume soon.

Nwajiuba urged Nigerians students to bear with the government a bit more and stop protesting

As the pressure on the federal government to reopen tertiary institutions continues to grow, the minister of state for education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, has assured students that universities across the nation will resume very soon.

Nwajiuba disclosed this on Monday, August 24, while responding to questions at the Presdential Task Force briefing in Abuja, The Guardian reports. Though the minister did not announce any specidic date for reumption, he, however urged all students to stop protesting and bear with th government a little bit more.

Kogi guber: Huge number of APC aspirants is due to my efforts, says Gov Bello He explained that the rioting needs to stop as talks are in full negotiation with Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
The minister of state for education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba Source: UGC The minister speaking further said the ministry is working to articulate the situation report of tertiary institutions from the National Universities Commission (NUC) and other regulatory bodies for evaluation. This is coming a few days after the minister said that the federal government is making moves to end the ongoing ASUU strike before schools reopen.

Nwajiuba during a programme that aired on the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) on Saturday, August 22, noted that many people want the federal government to resolve the strike before reopening schools.

These people believe some public schools which are not ASUU-prone want to take advantage of the strike to move ahead. The education minister said if this is allowed, it would destroy public schools.
Immigration boss gives 10 rules to a successful career Meanwhile,it was reported that Nigerian students took to streets to protest the reopening of all tertiary institutions in the country as the two-week ultimatum issued to the federal government by its leaders on reopening of schools elapsed.

National Association of College of Education Students (NACES) staged a peaceful protest on Wednesday, August 19, despite the heavy threat from police and DSS. The students vowed to continue to shut down Abuja and all the 36 states. In a related development, the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) has been presented before the federal government by ASUU as an alternative to the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). UTAS was presented to the minister of education, Adamu Adamu by the president of ASUU, Biodun Ogunyemi, on Tuesday, August 18.

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