Brilliant indigent students of Ona Ara LG to get financial assistance Brilliant indigent students of Ona Ara LG to get financial assistance
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Arrangements are in top gear by the Ona Ara Development Forum (ODF) to start awarding scholarships, bursary and grants to brilliant but indigent youths of Ona Ara Local Government Area of Oyo State who are in secondary schools and tertiary institutions.
The chairman of the forum’s scholarship committee, Professor Olukunle Iyanda, disclosed this after a meeting of the committee in Ibadan last weekend.
Professor Iyanda commended families and individuals that had responded to letters of appeal for donations to the scholarship fund and urged those who are yet to participate to come on board and be counted among those who are passionate about quality education for youths of Ona Ara council area.
Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), Niger State Council, has embarked on industrial action over the non-implementation of the new minimum wage and better condition of service.
Niger NUT Chairman, Ibrahim Umar, the Principal Assistant Secretary-General, Labaran Garba; President, All Nigeria Conference of Principals of Public Schools (ANCOP) in Niger, Ahmed Jafaar and OPSHON Chairperson, Fatima Kutigi, stated in Minna yesterday that the strike followed the resolution by the State Working Committee of NUT on April 30, 2021.
The resolution was due to the state government’s inability to meet the union’s demands after it suspended the previous strike in February. The union’s demands include the immediate implementation of N30,000 minimum wage for Primary School Teachers, payment of primary school teachers’ October 2020 salaries and refund to all teachers of salary cut for April 2021.
By Femi Falana
Comrades, friends, fellow compatriots, Ladies and Gentlemen, we are here to celebrate one of our very best; one of the best our continent can offer not just in terms of academic achievements and intellectualism, but also in clear-headed and consistent political activism and revolutionary practice. Professor Omotoye Olorode is not just an example in selflessness and sacrifice for the liberation of Nigeria and Africa, but also a study in humility and mentorship of generations. He is one Nigerian that has absolute confidence in the future and the ultimate triumph of our people over backwardness, neo-colonialism and imperialism.
By Rebecca Ejifoma
The funeral rites for foremost educationist and former Principal of Christ’s School, Ado-Ekiti, Chief Olusola Bayode, would commence today in Ado-Ekiti, the deceased’s family has announced.
Chief Bayode, former President, All Nigeria Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS), Ondo State, passed on in January. He was 82. He was also the founding principal of Aisegba Community Grammar School, Aisegba-Ekiti.
Until his death, Chief Bayode was a dedicated and active member of the Christ’s School, Ado-Ekiti Alumni Association.
Spokesman for the family, Mr Morakinyo Bayode, a United Kingdom-based architect, said the week-long chain of events, jointly put together by the Bayode family as well as the alumni associations of the two schools, would kick off on Monday (today) with a special commendation service at Aisegba Community Grammar School, Aisegba-Ekiti.
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