Dr Kadiri Kamoru Oluwatoyin, the rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa has congratulated the immediate past minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu on the success recorded as the longserving minister under the former president, Muhammadu Buhari. Dr. Kadiri, in his long epistle letter penned down to celebrate Malam Adamu, described the former Education minister as…
Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education, has declared that he had no knowledge of the sector when he was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari, saying he only had a “superficial” knowledge about the secor before he became Minister. Adamu, the longest-serving education Minister, who was appointed by Buhari in 2015 and served as minister of education…
12.4 percent of out of school children in Sub-Saharan Africa are from Nigeria, said the minister of education Adamu Adamu. The minister made this revelation during the 2023 education week of Edo government in Benin, the capital of the state. He said the COVID 19 pandemic triggered the closure of many schools and non return…
The Forum of Nigeria Polytechnics Alumni Associations, FONPAA have paid a courtesy visit to the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu over the HND/Bsc dichotomy. The umbrella body housing all Polytechnics’ Alumni across the country, expressed interest in the ongoing HND/Bsc dichotomy bill, appealing to the Minister to make use of his good office to enable…
The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu was not able to deliver his Katagum LGA of Bauchi State for the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in order to win the presidential election in the council. The Informant247 understands that Adamu Adamu is a serving minister supervising the education sector of the country under President Muhammadu…
The federal government on Monday ordered the closure of all polytechnics in Nigeria ahead of the much anticipated 2023 general elections. This came 1 week after the National Universities Commission (NUC) directed the closure of all universities for 3 weeks. The government had ordered the closure of the universities to ensure students, lecturers and workers were given…
The federal government has appointed Dr. Sani Mani Yahaya the Rector of the Federal Polytechnic Ede, Osun State. The appointment of Yahaya has been confirmed by the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu. In a letter signed by the minister of education dated December 1st, 2022, the minister on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari conveyed…
The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS has suspended its ongoing protest in Lagos state. The students’ body has embarked on the protest over the continued closure of Nigerian public Universities. The Informant247 recalls that the students’ association had earlier issued threat to stop activities at the local and international airports across Nigeria starting from…
The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has declared its intentions to stop the operations at all international airports in Nigeria. This came as a reaction to the seven-month standoff between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The national leadership of NANS had a meeting over the weekend in Akure,…
The Federal Government has said it has done all its best to put an end to the ongoing industrial action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, made this revelation on Tuesday while having a meeting with Pro-Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors of Federal Universities at the National Universities Commission…
The Federal Government has once again issued threat that members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, who are currently on industrial strike, will not receive salary. Adamu Adamu, the Minister of Education, said the government would not pay lecturers for the six months they are absentfrom work. He confessed that the measure would…
The Federal Government has told students of Nigeria to institute a legal action against the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has told the students to drag university lecturers to court over the prolonged industrial strike. Adamu made this revelation during a press briefing at the Presidential Villa on…
The Federal Government, on Thursday, said demands by the Academic Staff Union of Universities to be paid salaries for the six-month strike period is stalling its negotiations with the union. This was as the FG insisted that it will not concede to ASUU’s demands to be paid the backlog of salaries withheld within the period….
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called for the immediate removal of the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu over his inability to put an end to the ongoing industrial strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The Informant247 observes that the university lecturers union, on February 14, embarked on…
The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, on Thursday, warned universities against issuing illegal admission to students. Adamu warned that institutions that offer illegitimate admission during the 2021 and 2022 exercises would be severely punished. He disclosed this during the 2022 policy meeting on admissions to tertiary institutions in Nigeria, held in Abuja. The minister…
The National Association of Nigerian Students has given the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities till March 28 to resolve their differences and ensure that the ongoing strike is called off, The Informant247 Nigeria News reports. In a statement released on Wednesday by its President, Sunday Ashefon, he threatened that Nigerian students…
The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has assured that the Federal Government will continue to invest hugely in education to boost the quality of teaching and learning in the country. Adamu made the pledge in a message he sent to the 33rd convocation ceremony of the Federal College of Education, Eha-Amufu, near Nsukka in…
