Tag: National Universities Commission

Nigeria has only 100,000 lecturers for 2.1 million varsity students NUC

Aminu Imam

The National Universities Commission, (NUC), has said that 100,000 academic staff members were attending to 2.1 million students in Nigerian universities. The NUC disclosed this in its latest bulletin, which was made available to newsmen, in Abuja. The Commission also stated that universities should be isolated from the Federal Governments circular on new employment owing to the shortage of lecturers. The Deputy Executive Secretary, Administration, NUC, Chris Maiyaki, who was quoted in the bulletin, explained that the Commission was supervising over 200 universities, consisting of 48 belonging to the Federal…

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NUC directs varsities to re-open January 18, after 10-month closure

Aminu Imam

The National Universities Commission,(NUC), has directed vice-chancellors of universities to commence academic activities on January 18, in accordance with the directive of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) team on COVID-19. The directive was contained in a statement signed by NUCs Deputy Executive Secretary (Administration), Chris Maiyaki, on behalf of the Executive Secretary, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed. The nations public universities have been closed since March 2020, following a strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities,(ASUU), and the lockdown occasioned by the curbs introduced to combat the spread of COVID-19 infections. …

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