GOV. DICKSON HAILS MANAGEMENT OF BAYELSA VERSITY FOR 100 PERCENT ACCREDITATION OF COURSES

-

Posted By Tony Okechukwu

 The Bayelsa State Executive Council has applauded the management of the state owned Niger Delta University for midwifing the successful accreditation of more courses by the National University Commission (NUC).

The council at its 106th meeting said the development has again proved that the investment the government is making in the education sector is truly paying off.
The State Commissioner for Education, Hon. Jonathan Obuebite stated this while briefing journalists at the end of the meeting on Thursday.

He said it was cheering for Governor Seriake Dickson and other members of the council when the managment of the school presented the report of the just concluded 2018 accreditation excercise of the institution.

Hon. Obuebite disclosed that the 29 programmes presented before the NUC  got full accreditation and by that has increased the enrollment of more students into the university.

According to him, Governor Dickson praised the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council as well as other members of the management team for the feat, noting that it was their committment and efforts that yielded the positive result.

He said: "Today council at its 106th meeting recieved the management team of the Niger Delta University. They presented the report of the recently concluded accreditation exercise. I am glad to announce that we got 100 percent accreditation for all the 29 programmes that was presented.

"This development has automatically increased enrollment of students into the school. Now 7,100 students can gain adminssion into the NDU if they pass JAMB. This has no doubt shown that our investment in the education sector is yielding the desire fruits".

In his remarks the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Daniel Iworiso-Markson said a 27 member committee has been inaugurated for the burial of late poet, literary icon and renowned novelist, Pa Gabriel Okara.

Iworiso-Markson informed that the committee which is headed by the Deputy Governor also has the Chief of Staff Government House, some serving commissioners, representative of the Association of Nigerian Authors and veteran journalist, Linsday Barret as members.




He said Governor Dickson charged the committee to work closely with the Okara family to give the departed literary giant a burial befitting of a hero.

"To underscore how important Pa Gabriel Okara is to the government and people of Bayelsa State, His Excellency decided that the Deputy Governor should be in charge of that commitee which is made up of other prominent personalities who will also serve as heads of various sub-committees" he said.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Fayemi Defrays #31 Billion Debt Inherited From Fayose

-
Image
·        …Says 2020 ‘ll be year of life-changing projects Posted by Tony Okechukwu Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi on Wednesday disclosed that his administration has defrayed #31,105, 658,370.89 amounting to 26% of the total debt inherited by his administration from the immediate past government of Mr. Ayodele Fayose. Delivering a state of the State address at the State House of Assembly, the governor said the sum was expended to defray salaries, pension, gratuity, subvention arrears and contractual claims and obligations owed by Fayose. Fayemi however assured that despite the burden of inherited debts, the year 2020 would witness a massive commissioning of projects and institutionalizing of more life-changing programmes. The governor who described the failure of the immediate past government to meet its obligations to workers and pensioners as a violation of fundamental human rights stated that his administration is focusing ...
Read more

GOs Protest Fraudulent Election Results in Bayelsa

-
Image
Posted By Tony Okechukwu Members of various non-governmental organisations and civil society groups in Bayelsa State, on Wednesday, staged a peaceful protest over the conduct of the Presidential and National Assembly elections in some parts of the state. Comrade Toitoi Newton of the Grassroots For Development, who led the protest to the Independent National Electoral Commission office in Yenagoa, told journalists that the CSOs demand a cancellation of the purported results from Constituency 4 in Southern Ijaw council and Nembe-Bassambiri in Nembe council where election materials were carted away. According to Comrade Newton, elections did not hold in the seven wards of Nembe-Bassambiri due to the violence orchestrated by political thugs aided by security personnel deployed in the community. He said the people were disenfranchisised as they were chased away from their communities on the day of the election. Comrade Stephen Seleke of the Advocacy for Peace also said an...
Read more

Attorny General of the Federation Clears Rift between Rival Factions of IPMAN

-
Image
By Desmond Ogudu There was wild jubilation across the rank and file of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) nationwide as the Honorable Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami in a landmark judicial release cleared the lingering ambiguity in the Supreme Court judgment of 14th December 2018. Addressing a cross-section of marketers from the Western and Northern Zones who paid him a solidarity visit, the National Deputy President of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) Alh. Debo Ahmed, began with congratulating His Excellency Pres. Muhammadu Buhari on his 2nd term inauguration in office and pledged the total support of the IPMAN towards his administration’s goal and objectives. He went further to assuring the teeming marketers of the Association's commitment in ensuring a total transformation in the oil and gas down stream sector of the economy. Speaking on behalf of the National President of IPMAN, ...
Read more