The National Examinations Council (NECO) has rescheduled some of its papers due to the current crisis across the country.
In a statement issued by the Head of Information and Public Relations Division, Azeez Sani, the affected papers which were supposed to be written from Thursday 22 October 2020, Friday 23 October 2020 and Saturday 24 October 2020 are now scheduled for 17th, 18th and 19th November 2020.null
The Examination Body said that it was constrained by circumstances beyond its control to reschedule the papers.
“These changes were due to the security challenges, which led to the imposition of curfew and closure of schools by some state governments, in order to safeguard lives and properties.
” In the circumstances, it has become difficult for the Council to move examination materials across the country.
“The Council prays that the Examinations will continue on Tuesday 27 October 2020, all things being equal, with the papers as originally scheduled in the examination time table.”
The federal government says continued closure of universities occasioned by the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)MEETing a boost to the ongoing nationwide protests of #EndSARS.
It also clarified that it is not considering to replace the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) with University Transparency Account System (UTAS) as reported in some sections of the media recently.
Ngige said, “For the past one week, we have all been on our toes, we have been meeting and we pray that this meeting will yield some good fruits. We don’t take very great pleasure, to the fact that the children who are supposed to be in school are being recruited into the #EndSARS, #EndStrike, #EndSWAT and all the kind of situations.
“As much as possible, we will try to see how we can meet ourselves halfway, so that we can resolve this crisis to the benefits of all and the country at large.”
He disclosed that government has commenced the process of testing UTAS which ASUU members claimed it accommodates the peculiarities of university systems, adding that all the three stages of test will be concluded within the time frame the union gave government.
According to him, “We have had the preliminary report and test-run on the UTAS, which is the University Transparency Accountability Solution. We believe that with that, we will be able to get it right.
“Let me make it clear to members of the press, we never said UTAS will replace IPPIS as some of you are reporting, No! The UTAS developed by them is for the University systems and they feel that it captures the peculiarities that are configured to accommodate all the peculiarities of the University systems especially as it affects the Professors and other teaching staff, and even the Non-Academic Staff. That is the situation.
We, as government feel we are going to put it up for tests – three stages of test. We have done the first stage of test which is within the timeline of six months that ASUU promised. We are going to do other integrity test, Alpha test, Beta test and the one they call roll-over and other whatever test. It is the technologists that know all those tests. But this is the round we are going on now.”
ASUU President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, who led the union’s delegation to the meeting, said Nigerians, including members of the union, expect so much from its leadership, insisting that it would not do anything that will jeopardize rights of its members, students and the country as whole.
Those who attended the meeting which started at about 3:10pm include: Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige; Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris; Chairman Senate Committee on Tertiary Education, Senator Ahmed Baba-Kaita; Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof. Adamu Rasheed and Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo.
POST UTME SCREENING FOR 2020/2021 ADMISSIONS EXERCISE
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This is for the information of all Candidates who applied for admission into degree programmes of the Federal University, Gashua for the 2020/2021 Academic session.
ELIGIBILITY FOR SCREENING:
UTME candidates who have scored 160 and above; and
Direct Entry: Candidates who have chosen Federal University Gashua as First Choice with Distinction, Credit or merit in NCE, IJMB (6 points & above), Upper Credit in Ordinary National Diploma (OND) are eligible for the online screening.
That there will be online screening for admission. Candidates should visit the Federal University, Gashua website: https://fugashua.edu.ng and register for the online screening exercise. Candidates are to pay the sum of Two Thousand Naira (2000) only for the registration excluding bank charges. The portal will be opened on 12th October, and to be closed on 14th November, 2020.
To register, Candidates must proceed as follows;
CLICK on “New Applicant” to Choose mode of entry (UTME/DE).
Fill the opened form to create UTME/DE screening accounts.
Step 1: Create account and fill in your Biodata. Click on
Step 2: Login and Click Edit to complete your Biodata. Click Save and Next
Step 3: Fill in your Institution attendant, Qualifications obtained, O’Level and JAMB details. Save and Next
Step 4: Upload your Passport Photograph and Select Course app
Note they will be no change of details after payment has been made.
You will not be invited for physical screening or aptitude test. You will be notified once admitted through your CAPS or text message and your online portal.
The federal government has given university lecturers a November 2020 ultimatum to comply with the directive to enlist on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) or be removed from the payroll.
The ultimatum was contained in a memo dated October 8, 2020 from the office of the Accountant General of the Federation (OAGF) to the vice chancellors of all federal universities.
The memo entitled: ‘STOPPAGE OF SALARIES OF UNIVERSITY STAFF THAT ARE YET TO BE ENROLLED ON IPPIS PLATFORM’ was addressed to the bursars of the universities through the committee of vice chancellors of Nigeria federal universities.
The memo signed by the director of IPPIS in the office of the Accountant general of the Federation, Nsikak Ben, read:
“I am directed to inform you that any Staff of your Institution who has not enrolled on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS), either as a result of Study Leave (with pay), Maternity Leave or on Medical ground, will no longer appear on the IPPIS payroll with effect from November, 2020 payroll, except such Staff presents himself/herself for the biometric data capture at the office of the Accountant-General of the Federation (OAGF), Abuja with an introduction letter/IPPIS Enrollment forms duly endorsed by the principal authorities of the Institution.
“In addition, all supporting documents should include evidence of six months’ salary bank statement.”
Urging the affected lecturers to urgently avail themselves for the biometric data capture at the OAGF, Mr Ben said that exemption may only be given where institutions provide evidence of study leave, stating the duration to justify such persons being retained on the
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