Tag: #KingsCollege
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ASCSN, NLC DEMAND SCRUTINY OF FEDERAL UNITY COLLEGES CONCESSION PLANS
The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have called for greater scrutiny of plans to concession King’s College, Lagos, and other Federal Unity Colleges, amid concerns over public ownership, workers’ rights and access to education. ASCSN’s Head of Research and Development Unit, Strategic Media Group, Mr Captain…
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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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UNITY COLLEGES DEFER RESUMPTION OVER KING’S COLLEGE CONCESSION DISPUTE
Students of Federal Unity Colleges across Nigeria have been unable to resume as scheduled following opposition by teachers’ unions to the Federal Government’s proposed concession of King’s College, Lagos. Several colleges visited by News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondents on Sunday, Sept. 13, were under lock and key, with no teachers or students on the…