Yahaya Bello Governor bans ASUU in Kogi varsity

Governor Yahaya Bello
Kogi State Government on Wednesday proscribed activities of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Kogi State University (KSU), Ayangba.
Gov. Yahaya Bello, who announced the proscription in Lokoja shortly after the weekly executive council meeting, said that the decision was with immediate effect.

He told journalists that the state government was forced to take the decision following the refusal of the lecturers to call off six months old strike.

Bello said that ASUU rebuffed all government efforts to persuade it to end the strike, including meeting over 90 per cent of the union’s demands.

The governor ordered the striking lecturers to go back to work immediately or lose their jobs.

According to Bello any lecturer who fails to resume teaching will be assumed to have resigned his or her appointment.

“The institution will declare their positions vacant and new lecturers will be employed to fill the vacancies,” he said.

Bello directed the authorities of the university to monitor the lecturers’ compliance to the directive.

The governor who is the Visitor to the university also directed the authorities to beef up security in and around the premises of the institution.

“Any lecturer willing to work should not suffer any form of harassment or intimidation,” the governor ordered.

He reiterated the commitment of the government to the development of education in the state, saying that the government could no longer tolerate the strike.

“Last week, I undertook a tour of tertiary institutions in Kogi with a view to having firsthand information about the problems of the schools."

“While others have since resumed studies, ASUU members in Kogi State University have refused to call off their strike."

“We have fulfilled over 90 per cent of their demands and have even gone a step further to pay outstanding salaries of both cleared and un-cleared staff members including those who have committed one crime or the other,” he said.

The governor said that the strike had led to increase in crime rate in Ayangba and its environs.

“We cannot afford to fold our hands and watch the future of our youths mortgaged,” he said.

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Her net worth has been estimated at over$9 billion which makes Zhou not only the youngest self-made female billionaire, but also the richest self-made woman on earth.

For those who don’t know, Zhou grew up on a farm and dropped out of high school at the age of 16 to start working on the floor of a watch lens factory. She came of age at the perfect time to get in early on China’s liberalizing market.

With only a few thousand dollars, she founded her own company making watch lenses in 1993, at the age of 22.

According to Zhou in an interview with Times back in 2015, “dduring the period of China’s rapid economic growth, there were plenty of opportunities for entrepreneurs, including women, It allowed me to develop my business. In the village where I grew up, a lot of girls didn’t have a choice of whether to go to middle school. They would get engaged or married and spend their entire life in that village”.

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Babcock University Schedule Of Fees 2017/2018 Announced

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2017/2018 SESSION GENERAL UNDERGRADUATE BILL
	100 LEVEL		200 LEVEL		300 LEVEL		400-500 LEVEL
	INSTRUCTIONAL		INSTRUCTIONAL		INSTRUCTIONAL		INSTRUCTIONAL
PROGRAMME	FULL YEAR	1ST SEM	FULL YEAR	1ST SEM	FULL YEAR	1ST SEM	FULL YEAR	1ST SEM
ACCOUNTING	568,807	310,865	568,807	310,865	443,680	247,284	443,680	247,284
AGRICULTURE	503,176	274,996	503,176	274,996	408,186	227,501	408,186	227,501
ANATOMY	546,930	298,909	546,930	298,909	425,933	237,392	425,933	237,392
BANKING & FINANCE	546,930	298,909	546,930	298,909	425,933	237,392	425,933	237,392
BIOCHEMISTRY	546,930	298,909	546,930	298,909	425,933	237,392	425,933	237,392
BIOLOGY	503,176	274,996	503,176	274,996	408,186	227,501	408,186	227,501
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION	546,930	298,909	546,930	298,909	425,933	237,392	425,933	237,392
CHEMISTRY	503,176	274,996	503,176	274,996	408,186	227,501	408,186	227,501
COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSYEM	568,807	310,865	568,807	310,865	443,680	247,284	443,680	247,284
COMPUTER SCIENCE	568,807	310,865	568,807	310,865	443,680	247,284	443,680	247,284
COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY	568,807	310,865	568,807	310,865	443,680	247,284	443,680	247,284
ECONOMICS	546,930	298,909	546,930	298,909	425,933	237,392	425,933	237,392
ENGLISH STUDIES/FRENCH	525,053	286,952	525,053	286,952	408,186	227,501	408,186	227,501
EDUCATION PROGRAMS	288,779	157,824	288,779	157,824	234,263	130,566	234,263	130,566
HISTORY & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS	503,176	274,996	503,176	274,996	390,438	217,610	390,438	217,610
INFORMATION RESOURCE MANAGEMENT	525,053	286,952	525,053	286,952	408,186	227,501	408,186	227,501
INTERNATIONAL LAW & DIPLOMACY	525,053	286,952	525,053	286,952	408,186	227,501	408,186	227,501
MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE	568,807	310,865	568,807	310,865	443,680	247,284	443,680	247,284
MARKETING	546,930	298,909	546,930	298,909	408,186	227,501	408,186	227,501
MATHS/PHY/CHEM	503,176	274,996	503,176	274,996	408,186	227,501	408,186	227,501
MASS COMMUNICATION	546,930	298,909	546,930	298,909	425,933	237,392	425,933	237,392
MICROBIOLOGY	546,930	298,909	546,930	298,909	425,933	237,392	425,933	237,392
NURSING SCIENCE	568,807	310,865	568,807	310,865	443,680	247,284	443,680	247,284
PHYSIOLOGY	546,930	298,909	546,930	298,909	425,933	237,392	425,933	237,392
POLITICAL SCIENCE	525,053	286,952	525,053	286,952	408,186	227,501	408,186	227,501
PUBLIC HEALTH/SOCIAL WORK	525,053	286,952	525,053	286,952	408,186	227,501	408,186	227,501
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION	525,053	286,952	525,053	286,952	408,186	227,501	408,186	227,501
THEOLOGY	481,298	263,040	481,298	263,040	390,438	217,610	390,438	217,610
FEEDING
2 Meals Option	133,529	66,764	133,529	66,764	133,529	66,764	133,529	66,764
3 Meals Option	200,293	100,147	200,293	100,147	200,293	100,147	200,293	100,147
ACCOMMODATION*
Classic	212,400	106,200	212,400	106,200	212,400	106,200	212,400	106,200
Premium	141,600	70,800	141,600	70,800	141,600	70,800	141,600	70,800
Regular	99,120	49,560	99,120	49,560	99,120	49,560	99,120	49,560
Other Charges
Clinical/Prog Enhancement fees2	158,700	158,700	158,700	158,700	158,700	158,700	158,700	158,700
Laboratory Fees3	39,000	39,000	39,000	39,000	39,000	39,000	39,000	39,000
IT Certification4	41,400	-	41,400	-	41,400	-	41,400	-
Graduation, Alumni fees5							47,880	47,880
E-Payment Course6					15,000	15,000	15,000	15,000
Fraud Audit Course fee7					35,000	35,000	35,000	35,000
TCDR Charge8	60,000	60,000	40,000	40,000	40,000	40,000	40,000	40,000
Teaching Practice fee9			35,000	35,000	35,000	35,000
Miscellaneous (Other fees)10	151,840	133,810	129,140	111,110	130,340	112,310	130,340	112,310

1 Instructional Include: Tuition, Registration, Library, Development fees
2  Applicable to only: Nursing ,Law, Banking& finance, Med Lab, Public Health, Physiology & Anatomy , 500 level Accounting students
3  All Courses in Schools of Computing, Nursing, basic & applied sci, Public&Allied Health, College health & Med Sci
4 Applicable to Computer Info Sys, Compter Tec h & Computer Sci Students
5 Applicable to graduating 400-500 Level Programmes
6 Applicable to 300-500 level students only
7 Compulsary for 300-400 level ILD students & Optional for LAW & Accounting students only
8 Applicable to All Students
9 Applicable to 200-300 Level students of Education
10 Miscellaneous (other fees) include: PCF, BUSA, IT Competence, etc

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