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KING’S COLLEGE DISPUTE: EDUCATION MINISTRY, LABOUR UNIONS REACH 5-POINT AGREEMENT
The Federal Ministry of Education and labour unions have reached a five-point agreement aimed at resolving the dispute over the proposed management arrangement involving King’s College, Lagos. The agreement was reached in Abuja, on Wednesday September 16, at a meeting involving the Ministers of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa and Prof. Suwaiba Ahmad, and representatives of…
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KING’S COLLEGE: FG RULES OUT SALE OR CONCESSION OF UNITY COLLEGES
The Federal Government has ruled out the sale of Federal Unity Colleges and said the proposed management arrangement for King’s College, Lagos, will not be extended to other government-owned schools. Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, stated this in Abuja, on Wednesday September 16, while addressing the controversy surrounding the arrangement involving the King’s College…
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KING’S COLLEGE CRISIS DEEPENS AS EDUCATION UNIONS REJECT TUC STRIKE SUSPENSION
The dispute over the proposed concession of King’s College, Lagos, has deepened as unions under the Joint Workers Council of the Federal Ministry of Education rejected the Trade Union Congress (TUC) suspension of industrial action and demanded that the arrangement be reversed. The Joint Council Chairman, Abraham Onuche, said during a protest at the ministry’s…
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TUC SUSPENDS STRIKE OVER KING’S COLLEGE CONCESSION AFTER FG TALKS
The Trade Union Congress (TUC) has suspended the industrial action it directed affiliates to undertake over the proposed concession of King’s College, Lagos, following talks with the Federal Government. TUC General Secretary, Nuhu Toro, announced the suspension after a meeting with Education Minister Tunji Alausa and other stakeholders in Abuja, on Monday September 14. He…
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FG STILL OWNS KING’S COLLEGE, EDUCATION MINISTER CLARIFIES
The Federal Government, on Friday September 11, clarified that King’s College, Lagos, has neither been sold nor privatised, stressing that it retains legal ownership of the 117-year-old institution despite a concession agreement with the King’s College Old Boys’ Association (KCOBA). Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, said the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement only transfers responsibility…