ASUU strike has increased prostitution, group alleges
COALITION
of Civil Society Organizations, Market women and students have staged a
protest with placards of different inscriptions at the Federal Capital
Territory, FCT, Abuja, over the continuous strike by the Academic Staff
Union of Universities, ASUU, alleging that the strike has increased
prostitution in the country.
The group which noted that the strike was entering the fourth month appealed to the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, the Trade Union Congress, TUC and appealed to the union to call off the strike in the interest of Nigerians.
Some of the placards read, “ASUU please save our young girls from prostitution, NLC, TUC and NUPENG mediate now, Stop playing politics with our future, This ASUU strike has lost its tactics, ASUU please save our future.”
Though, the group in some of the placards had accused the striking university teachers of being selfish and too rigid in their demands, in what looked like a contradiction, the groups also said that the demands were germane and for the good of the education system.
Delivering a letter to the NLC President at the Labour House, the leader of the protest and Executive Director of Conscience Nigeria, Comrade Tosin Adeyanju said that they decided to embark on the protest to appeal to the labour leaders to mediate on the lingering face-off between ASUU and the Federal Government that had led to the continuous closure of public universities in the country.
Comrade Adeyanjul said, “We embarked on this protest today to further appeal to all major stakeholders in the Nigeria project and we deem it fit to come to the labour house because of the strategic importance that labour represents in this country.
“For almost 100 days, our students, our dependants, our children have been locked out of our ivory towers and nothing has changed. We are here to appeal to the labour leaders in this country to come and mediate on the lingering and prolonged ASUU strikes.
“We are not unaware on the germane and relevant issues raised by ASUU, there is need for our institutions to be revitalized, there is need for improved research, there is need for improved allowance, there is need for infrastructural development in ivory towers, but all over the world no country has been able to meet the demands of labour unions 100 per cent.”
“With the information available to us, we are aware that the federal government proposed and has given ASUU a 100 billion initial fund requested for different issues in the various universities. We are aware that ASUU appealed for more money to be given on the earned allowance and 30 billion was given for earned allowance as at today about 130 billion has been given to ASUU.”
Receiving the protesters, President of NLC, Abduwaheed Omar, represented by the Chief Economist of NLC, Dr. Peter Ozo’eson said that the labour leaders had initiated moves by writing to the Federal government about four times on how to mediate but government had not responded to their letters.
The group which noted that the strike was entering the fourth month appealed to the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, the Trade Union Congress, TUC and appealed to the union to call off the strike in the interest of Nigerians.
Some of the placards read, “ASUU please save our young girls from prostitution, NLC, TUC and NUPENG mediate now, Stop playing politics with our future, This ASUU strike has lost its tactics, ASUU please save our future.”
Though, the group in some of the placards had accused the striking university teachers of being selfish and too rigid in their demands, in what looked like a contradiction, the groups also said that the demands were germane and for the good of the education system.
Delivering a letter to the NLC President at the Labour House, the leader of the protest and Executive Director of Conscience Nigeria, Comrade Tosin Adeyanju said that they decided to embark on the protest to appeal to the labour leaders to mediate on the lingering face-off between ASUU and the Federal Government that had led to the continuous closure of public universities in the country.
Comrade Adeyanjul said, “We embarked on this protest today to further appeal to all major stakeholders in the Nigeria project and we deem it fit to come to the labour house because of the strategic importance that labour represents in this country.
“For almost 100 days, our students, our dependants, our children have been locked out of our ivory towers and nothing has changed. We are here to appeal to the labour leaders in this country to come and mediate on the lingering and prolonged ASUU strikes.
“We are not unaware on the germane and relevant issues raised by ASUU, there is need for our institutions to be revitalized, there is need for improved research, there is need for improved allowance, there is need for infrastructural development in ivory towers, but all over the world no country has been able to meet the demands of labour unions 100 per cent.”
“With the information available to us, we are aware that the federal government proposed and has given ASUU a 100 billion initial fund requested for different issues in the various universities. We are aware that ASUU appealed for more money to be given on the earned allowance and 30 billion was given for earned allowance as at today about 130 billion has been given to ASUU.”
Receiving the protesters, President of NLC, Abduwaheed Omar, represented by the Chief Economist of NLC, Dr. Peter Ozo’eson said that the labour leaders had initiated moves by writing to the Federal government about four times on how to mediate but government had not responded to their letters.
ASUU strike has increased prostitution, group alleges
COALITION
of Civil Society Organizations, Market women and students have staged a
protest with placards of different inscriptions at the Federal Capital
Territory, FCT, Abuja, over the continuous strike by the Academic Staff
Union of Universities, ASUU, alleging that the strike has increased
prostitution in the country.
The group which noted that the strike was entering the fourth month appealed to the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, the Trade Union Congress, TUC and appealed to the union to call off the strike in the interest of Nigerians.
Some of the placards read, “ASUU please save our young girls from prostitution, NLC, TUC and NUPENG mediate now, Stop playing politics with our future, This ASUU strike has lost its tactics, ASUU please save our future.”
Though, the group in some of the placards had accused the striking university teachers of being selfish and too rigid in their demands, in what looked like a contradiction, the groups also said that the demands were germane and for the good of the education system.
Delivering a letter to the NLC President at the Labour House, the leader of the protest and Executive Director of Conscience Nigeria, Comrade Tosin Adeyanju said that they decided to embark on the protest to appeal to the labour leaders to mediate on the lingering face-off between ASUU and the Federal Government that had led to the continuous closure of public universities in the country.
Comrade Adeyanjul said, “We embarked on this protest today to further appeal to all major stakeholders in the Nigeria project and we deem it fit to come to the labour house because of the strategic importance that labour represents in this country.
“For almost 100 days, our students, our dependants, our children have been locked out of our ivory towers and nothing has changed. We are here to appeal to the labour leaders in this country to come and mediate on the lingering and prolonged ASUU strikes.
“We are not unaware on the germane and relevant issues raised by ASUU, there is need for our institutions to be revitalized, there is need for improved research, there is need for improved allowance, there is need for infrastructural development in ivory towers, but all over the world no country has been able to meet the demands of labour unions 100 per cent.”
“With the information available to us, we are aware that the federal government proposed and has given ASUU a 100 billion initial fund requested for different issues in the various universities. We are aware that ASUU appealed for more money to be given on the earned allowance and 30 billion was given for earned allowance as at today about 130 billion has been given to ASUU.”
Receiving the protesters, President of NLC, Abduwaheed Omar, represented by the Chief Economist of NLC, Dr. Peter Ozo’eson said that the labour leaders had initiated moves by writing to the Federal government about four times on how to mediate but government had not responded to their letters.
The group which noted that the strike was entering the fourth month appealed to the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, the Trade Union Congress, TUC and appealed to the union to call off the strike in the interest of Nigerians.
Some of the placards read, “ASUU please save our young girls from prostitution, NLC, TUC and NUPENG mediate now, Stop playing politics with our future, This ASUU strike has lost its tactics, ASUU please save our future.”
Though, the group in some of the placards had accused the striking university teachers of being selfish and too rigid in their demands, in what looked like a contradiction, the groups also said that the demands were germane and for the good of the education system.
Delivering a letter to the NLC President at the Labour House, the leader of the protest and Executive Director of Conscience Nigeria, Comrade Tosin Adeyanju said that they decided to embark on the protest to appeal to the labour leaders to mediate on the lingering face-off between ASUU and the Federal Government that had led to the continuous closure of public universities in the country.
Comrade Adeyanjul said, “We embarked on this protest today to further appeal to all major stakeholders in the Nigeria project and we deem it fit to come to the labour house because of the strategic importance that labour represents in this country.
“For almost 100 days, our students, our dependants, our children have been locked out of our ivory towers and nothing has changed. We are here to appeal to the labour leaders in this country to come and mediate on the lingering and prolonged ASUU strikes.
“We are not unaware on the germane and relevant issues raised by ASUU, there is need for our institutions to be revitalized, there is need for improved research, there is need for improved allowance, there is need for infrastructural development in ivory towers, but all over the world no country has been able to meet the demands of labour unions 100 per cent.”
“With the information available to us, we are aware that the federal government proposed and has given ASUU a 100 billion initial fund requested for different issues in the various universities. We are aware that ASUU appealed for more money to be given on the earned allowance and 30 billion was given for earned allowance as at today about 130 billion has been given to ASUU.”
Receiving the protesters, President of NLC, Abduwaheed Omar, represented by the Chief Economist of NLC, Dr. Peter Ozo’eson said that the labour leaders had initiated moves by writing to the Federal government about four times on how to mediate but government had not responded to their letters.
ASUU strike has increased prostitution, group alleges
COALITION
of Civil Society Organizations, Market women and students have staged a
protest with placards of different inscriptions at the Federal Capital
Territory, FCT, Abuja, over the continuous strike by the Academic Staff
Union of Universities, ASUU, alleging that the strike has increased
prostitution in the country.
The group which noted that the strike was entering the fourth month appealed to the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, the Trade Union Congress, TUC and appealed to the union to call off the strike in the interest of Nigerians.
Some of the placards read, “ASUU please save our young girls from prostitution, NLC, TUC and NUPENG mediate now, Stop playing politics with our future, This ASUU strike has lost its tactics, ASUU please save our future.”
Though, the group in some of the placards had accused the striking university teachers of being selfish and too rigid in their demands, in what looked like a contradiction, the groups also said that the demands were germane and for the good of the education system.
Delivering a letter to the NLC President at the Labour House, the leader of the protest and Executive Director of Conscience Nigeria, Comrade Tosin Adeyanju said that they decided to embark on the protest to appeal to the labour leaders to mediate on the lingering face-off between ASUU and the Federal Government that had led to the continuous closure of public universities in the country.
Comrade Adeyanjul said, “We embarked on this protest today to further appeal to all major stakeholders in the Nigeria project and we deem it fit to come to the labour house because of the strategic importance that labour represents in this country.
“For almost 100 days, our students, our dependants, our children have been locked out of our ivory towers and nothing has changed. We are here to appeal to the labour leaders in this country to come and mediate on the lingering and prolonged ASUU strikes.
“We are not unaware on the germane and relevant issues raised by ASUU, there is need for our institutions to be revitalized, there is need for improved research, there is need for improved allowance, there is need for infrastructural development in ivory towers, but all over the world no country has been able to meet the demands of labour unions 100 per cent.”
“With the information available to us, we are aware that the federal government proposed and has given ASUU a 100 billion initial fund requested for different issues in the various universities. We are aware that ASUU appealed for more money to be given on the earned allowance and 30 billion was given for earned allowance as at today about 130 billion has been given to ASUU.”
Receiving the protesters, President of NLC, Abduwaheed Omar, represented by the Chief Economist of NLC, Dr. Peter Ozo’eson said that the labour leaders had initiated moves by writing to the Federal government about four times on how to mediate but government had not responded to their letters.
The group which noted that the strike was entering the fourth month appealed to the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, the Trade Union Congress, TUC and appealed to the union to call off the strike in the interest of Nigerians.
Some of the placards read, “ASUU please save our young girls from prostitution, NLC, TUC and NUPENG mediate now, Stop playing politics with our future, This ASUU strike has lost its tactics, ASUU please save our future.”
Though, the group in some of the placards had accused the striking university teachers of being selfish and too rigid in their demands, in what looked like a contradiction, the groups also said that the demands were germane and for the good of the education system.
Delivering a letter to the NLC President at the Labour House, the leader of the protest and Executive Director of Conscience Nigeria, Comrade Tosin Adeyanju said that they decided to embark on the protest to appeal to the labour leaders to mediate on the lingering face-off between ASUU and the Federal Government that had led to the continuous closure of public universities in the country.
Comrade Adeyanjul said, “We embarked on this protest today to further appeal to all major stakeholders in the Nigeria project and we deem it fit to come to the labour house because of the strategic importance that labour represents in this country.
“For almost 100 days, our students, our dependants, our children have been locked out of our ivory towers and nothing has changed. We are here to appeal to the labour leaders in this country to come and mediate on the lingering and prolonged ASUU strikes.
“We are not unaware on the germane and relevant issues raised by ASUU, there is need for our institutions to be revitalized, there is need for improved research, there is need for improved allowance, there is need for infrastructural development in ivory towers, but all over the world no country has been able to meet the demands of labour unions 100 per cent.”
“With the information available to us, we are aware that the federal government proposed and has given ASUU a 100 billion initial fund requested for different issues in the various universities. We are aware that ASUU appealed for more money to be given on the earned allowance and 30 billion was given for earned allowance as at today about 130 billion has been given to ASUU.”
Receiving the protesters, President of NLC, Abduwaheed Omar, represented by the Chief Economist of NLC, Dr. Peter Ozo’eson said that the labour leaders had initiated moves by writing to the Federal government about four times on how to mediate but government had not responded to their letters.
ASUU strike has increased prostitution, group alleges
COALITION
of Civil Society Organizations, Market women and students have staged a
protest with placards of different inscriptions at the Federal Capital
Territory, FCT, Abuja, over the continuous strike by the Academic Staff
Union of Universities, ASUU, alleging that the strike has increased
prostitution in the country.
The group which noted that the strike was entering the fourth month appealed to the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, the Trade Union Congress, TUC and appealed to the union to call off the strike in the interest of Nigerians.
Some of the placards read, “ASUU please save our young girls from prostitution, NLC, TUC and NUPENG mediate now, Stop playing politics with our future, This ASUU strike has lost its tactics, ASUU please save our future.”
Though, the group in some of the placards had accused the striking university teachers of being selfish and too rigid in their demands, in what looked like a contradiction, the groups also said that the demands were germane and for the good of the education system.
Delivering a letter to the NLC President at the Labour House, the leader of the protest and Executive Director of Conscience Nigeria, Comrade Tosin Adeyanju said that they decided to embark on the protest to appeal to the labour leaders to mediate on the lingering face-off between ASUU and the Federal Government that had led to the continuous closure of public universities in the country.
Comrade Adeyanjul said, “We embarked on this protest today to further appeal to all major stakeholders in the Nigeria project and we deem it fit to come to the labour house because of the strategic importance that labour represents in this country.
“For almost 100 days, our students, our dependants, our children have been locked out of our ivory towers and nothing has changed. We are here to appeal to the labour leaders in this country to come and mediate on the lingering and prolonged ASUU strikes.
“We are not unaware on the germane and relevant issues raised by ASUU, there is need for our institutions to be revitalized, there is need for improved research, there is need for improved allowance, there is need for infrastructural development in ivory towers, but all over the world no country has been able to meet the demands of labour unions 100 per cent.”
“With the information available to us, we are aware that the federal government proposed and has given ASUU a 100 billion initial fund requested for different issues in the various universities. We are aware that ASUU appealed for more money to be given on the earned allowance and 30 billion was given for earned allowance as at today about 130 billion has been given to ASUU.”
Receiving the protesters, President of NLC, Abduwaheed Omar, represented by the Chief Economist of NLC, Dr. Peter Ozo’eson said that the labour leaders had initiated moves by writing to the Federal government about four times on how to mediate but government had not responded to their letters.
The group which noted that the strike was entering the fourth month appealed to the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, the Trade Union Congress, TUC and appealed to the union to call off the strike in the interest of Nigerians.
Some of the placards read, “ASUU please save our young girls from prostitution, NLC, TUC and NUPENG mediate now, Stop playing politics with our future, This ASUU strike has lost its tactics, ASUU please save our future.”
Though, the group in some of the placards had accused the striking university teachers of being selfish and too rigid in their demands, in what looked like a contradiction, the groups also said that the demands were germane and for the good of the education system.
Delivering a letter to the NLC President at the Labour House, the leader of the protest and Executive Director of Conscience Nigeria, Comrade Tosin Adeyanju said that they decided to embark on the protest to appeal to the labour leaders to mediate on the lingering face-off between ASUU and the Federal Government that had led to the continuous closure of public universities in the country.
Comrade Adeyanjul said, “We embarked on this protest today to further appeal to all major stakeholders in the Nigeria project and we deem it fit to come to the labour house because of the strategic importance that labour represents in this country.
“For almost 100 days, our students, our dependants, our children have been locked out of our ivory towers and nothing has changed. We are here to appeal to the labour leaders in this country to come and mediate on the lingering and prolonged ASUU strikes.
“We are not unaware on the germane and relevant issues raised by ASUU, there is need for our institutions to be revitalized, there is need for improved research, there is need for improved allowance, there is need for infrastructural development in ivory towers, but all over the world no country has been able to meet the demands of labour unions 100 per cent.”
“With the information available to us, we are aware that the federal government proposed and has given ASUU a 100 billion initial fund requested for different issues in the various universities. We are aware that ASUU appealed for more money to be given on the earned allowance and 30 billion was given for earned allowance as at today about 130 billion has been given to ASUU.”
Receiving the protesters, President of NLC, Abduwaheed Omar, represented by the Chief Economist of NLC, Dr. Peter Ozo’eson said that the labour leaders had initiated moves by writing to the Federal government about four times on how to mediate but government had not responded to their letters.
ASUU strike has increased prostitution, group alleges
COALITION
of Civil Society Organizations, Market women and students have staged a
protest with placards of different inscriptions at the Federal Capital
Territory, FCT, Abuja, over the continuous strike by the Academic Staff
Union of Universities, ASUU, alleging that the strike has increased
prostitution in the country.
The group which noted that the strike was entering the fourth month appealed to the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, the Trade Union Congress, TUC and appealed to the union to call off the strike in the interest of Nigerians.
Some of the placards read, “ASUU please save our young girls from prostitution, NLC, TUC and NUPENG mediate now, Stop playing politics with our future, This ASUU strike has lost its tactics, ASUU please save our future.”
Though, the group in some of the placards had accused the striking university teachers of being selfish and too rigid in their demands, in what looked like a contradiction, the groups also said that the demands were germane and for the good of the education system.
Delivering a letter to the NLC President at the Labour House, the leader of the protest and Executive Director of Conscience Nigeria, Comrade Tosin Adeyanju said that they decided to embark on the protest to appeal to the labour leaders to mediate on the lingering face-off between ASUU and the Federal Government that had led to the continuous closure of public universities in the country.
Comrade Adeyanjul said, “We embarked on this protest today to further appeal to all major stakeholders in the Nigeria project and we deem it fit to come to the labour house because of the strategic importance that labour represents in this country.
“For almost 100 days, our students, our dependants, our children have been locked out of our ivory towers and nothing has changed. We are here to appeal to the labour leaders in this country to come and mediate on the lingering and prolonged ASUU strikes.
“We are not unaware on the germane and relevant issues raised by ASUU, there is need for our institutions to be revitalized, there is need for improved research, there is need for improved allowance, there is need for infrastructural development in ivory towers, but all over the world no country has been able to meet the demands of labour unions 100 per cent.”
“With the information available to us, we are aware that the federal government proposed and has given ASUU a 100 billion initial fund requested for different issues in the various universities. We are aware that ASUU appealed for more money to be given on the earned allowance and 30 billion was given for earned allowance as at today about 130 billion has been given to ASUU.”
Receiving the protesters, President of NLC, Abduwaheed Omar, represented by the Chief Economist of NLC, Dr. Peter Ozo’eson said that the labour leaders had initiated moves by writing to the Federal government about four times on how to mediate but government had not responded to their letters.
The group which noted that the strike was entering the fourth month appealed to the Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, the Trade Union Congress, TUC and appealed to the union to call off the strike in the interest of Nigerians.
Some of the placards read, “ASUU please save our young girls from prostitution, NLC, TUC and NUPENG mediate now, Stop playing politics with our future, This ASUU strike has lost its tactics, ASUU please save our future.”
Though, the group in some of the placards had accused the striking university teachers of being selfish and too rigid in their demands, in what looked like a contradiction, the groups also said that the demands were germane and for the good of the education system.
Delivering a letter to the NLC President at the Labour House, the leader of the protest and Executive Director of Conscience Nigeria, Comrade Tosin Adeyanju said that they decided to embark on the protest to appeal to the labour leaders to mediate on the lingering face-off between ASUU and the Federal Government that had led to the continuous closure of public universities in the country.
Comrade Adeyanjul said, “We embarked on this protest today to further appeal to all major stakeholders in the Nigeria project and we deem it fit to come to the labour house because of the strategic importance that labour represents in this country.
“For almost 100 days, our students, our dependants, our children have been locked out of our ivory towers and nothing has changed. We are here to appeal to the labour leaders in this country to come and mediate on the lingering and prolonged ASUU strikes.
“We are not unaware on the germane and relevant issues raised by ASUU, there is need for our institutions to be revitalized, there is need for improved research, there is need for improved allowance, there is need for infrastructural development in ivory towers, but all over the world no country has been able to meet the demands of labour unions 100 per cent.”
“With the information available to us, we are aware that the federal government proposed and has given ASUU a 100 billion initial fund requested for different issues in the various universities. We are aware that ASUU appealed for more money to be given on the earned allowance and 30 billion was given for earned allowance as at today about 130 billion has been given to ASUU.”
Receiving the protesters, President of NLC, Abduwaheed Omar, represented by the Chief Economist of NLC, Dr. Peter Ozo’eson said that the labour leaders had initiated moves by writing to the Federal government about four times on how to mediate but government had not responded to their letters.
In recognition of KWASU’s remarkable contributions to entrepreneurial
development in Nigeria, Africa and the world at large in the last four
years, the former Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship, Dr. Muritala
Awodun, has been named the MIT Global Startup Workshop (GSW) 2014
African Scholar.
To this end, Dr. Awodun who has just been appointed the Dean, School
of Business and Governance, has been invited to Marrakech, Morocco
between March 24-27, 2014, to attend the GSW organised by MIT.
Speaking on how he was considered for the award, Dr. Awodun said he
was asked by the organisers what his plans were for the next four years
and if he was the Director of the KWASU’s Centre for Entrepreneurship to
which he responded in affirmative. Thereafter he said, he was named the
“MIT GSW 2014 African Scholar” for the University’s successes in
entrepreneurship in the last four years.
Dr. Awodun said he was very reluctant in giving the competition a
thought initially but that as God would have it, he was considered the
most qualified for the award not only in Nigeria, but Africa as a whole.
The awardee possesses obvious creative and innovative competences
demonstrated through the initiation and coordination of several
seminars, conferences, workshops, programmes, local and international
researches.
GSW is typically attended by over 350 participants each year from over 70 countries from around the world.
NIGERIA ECONOMICS STUDENT ASSOCIATION, KWARA STATE
UNIVERSITY CHAPTER
(NESA KWASU) VISIT ERIN-IJESHA WATERFALLS
An Insight into Erin-Ijesha
Waterfalls
Composed By Oluwasegun Olawale Benjamin
And
Re-edited by
Abdulgafar Abdulrauf Adio
To this end, Dr. Awodun who has just been appointed the Dean, School
of Business and Governance, has been invited to Marrakech, Morocco
between March 24-27, 2014, to attend the GSW organised by MIT.
Speaking on how he was considered for the award, Dr. Awodun said he
was asked by the organisers what his plans were for the next four years
and if he was the Director of the KWASU’s Centre for Entrepreneurship to
which he responded in affirmative. Thereafter he said, he was named the
“MIT GSW 2014 African Scholar” for the University’s successes in
entrepreneurship in the last four years.
Dr. Awodun said he was very reluctant in giving the competition a
thought initially but that as God would have it, he was considered the
most qualified for the award not only in Nigeria, but Africa as a whole.
The awardee possesses obvious creative and innovative competences
demonstrated through the initiation and coordination of several
seminars, conferences, workshops, programmes, local and international
researches.
GSW is typically attended by over 350 participants each year from over 70 countries from around the world.
NIGERIA ECONOMICS STUDENT ASSOCIATION, KWARA STATE UNIVERSITY CHAPTER
One of the many beautiful sights in Nigeria is
the Erin Ijesha Waterfalls or Olumirin Waterfall, which was located in Osun
State, is a wonderful creature of God and untapped tourist centre in Nigeria
and it would contribute to the development of its environs and Nigeria at large
if it is well developed. Erin Ijesha Waterfall aka Olumirin Waterfall is a
whole new experience with nature. Erin Ijesha Waterfall is a cascading fall
surrounded by towering mountains that gives you that sense of wildlife mixed
with serenity as you behold the beauty of nature has to offer.
NIGERIA ECONOMICS STUDENT ASSOCIATION, KWARA STATE
UNIVERSITY CHAPTER (NESA KWASU) visits the tourist centre in order
behold the beauty of nature, identify the resource that are not fully utilize
and recommend ways the resource can be use efficiently so that it would bring about
economic development.
The falls has seven levels you have to ascend.
The view at all the levels is wonderful and the freshness of the water is
energizing if you have the mettle to get to the last and seventh level, the
view is most intriguing. The final and seventh level lies at the peak of the
falls, it is also hosts a settlement where many of its inhabitants have lived
for several years. Apart from the beautiful site, present at the Erin
Ijesha Water fall are also fresh water prawns.
The site is a thick forest, it is about 2kms off
Erin Ijesha town, which is a few kilometers East of Ilesa town on the
Ilesa-Akure Road. It is situated within latitude 7o30’ and 8o
45’ North and longitude 4o 31’ and 5o East. The people of
Erin-Ijesha believed that the waterfalls exude from a big pot located at the
top of the redge (Kolawole 2011).
According
to Boyinde (2012), Olumirin waterfalls was discovered in the year 1140AD ,
years after the Ife people migrated from Erin-Ijesha which was led by “Akimla” –
a Grand daughter of Oduduwa. For some years after the migrants had settled at
Erin-Ijesha, they were unaware of the Olumirin waterfalls, but on a particular
day, this wonderful falls was discovered by hunters who set out to hunt for
animal. Having seen this mystifying fall, the (hunters) ran bank to Erin-Ijesha
and informed “Yeye Akinla” who happened to be the leader of the village (then
Erin-Ijesha was a typical village). Hearing this, Yesy Akinla and others set
out to see the wonderful creature of God, but because of fear of being
swallowed up due to it mysterious figure, they could not move closer to it
(Boyinde, 2012).
The
(Yeye Akinla and others) thought Olumirin waterfalls was a living spirit
because it was very huge and tall to the extent that it height reached to the
high heavens, and also has several mouth through which water gushed out (Boyinde,
2012). The name “Olumirin” was from “OLuwamiran”. When the hunters discovered
the falls in 1140AD, they said they had discovered another god which means a ti ri oluwamiran. The inhabitants,
describe the power of the waterfalls to be similar
to that of “Akinla” – the founder of Erin-Ijehsa, but later the
(inhabitants) were convinced by Ifa consultation that Olumirin waterfall was
not a spirit or another god but the handwork of God (Boyinde, 2012). In spite
of the confirmation, the people of Erin-Ijesha still worship the falls until
1959 when a devoted Christian and educated King Oba S.A. Adeosun took over the throne.
Brief
Description of Olumirin Waterfalls Cascade.
“Olumirin
Waterfalls got seven levels to ascend, with
each level revealing difference natural architectural magnum-opus and a great
gift nature fro God” (Boyinde 2012).
Olumirin Waterfalls
is an assemblage of seven distinct cascades:
· The
first cascade plummets through a narrow opening in a cluster of luxuriant tree
trunks blanketedin dark green leafage, down a steeply folded rock face of
about ten meters in height.
· The
second cascade is the most gigantic of all, with the waters diving down a
40m-high cliff.
· The
third level is simply spectacular and each increase means a corresponding rise
in grandeur
· The
fourth level beckons next and having this far up, there is no way to go but
higher still, taking the next torturous and joyful stridge.
· The
most level is the seventh level, which is the peak of the falls. At this level,
one sees the source of the waterfall.
Abake Village
Another great attraction at the waterfalls, is
the Abake village, a rustic enclave located at the top of the colossal ridge.
The name “Abake”, is a Yoruba word which is a combination of two other Yoruba
words: “Aba” “Oke”, meaning “the village on the top”, suggesting the location ,
of the small village.
A tourist ascending the ridge from the
waterfalls, will have to climb for about one hour before getting to Abake
settlement. The village is said to be in Effon Alaaye local government, hence
the villagers refer to their settlement as Effon Alaaye (Ekiti State). The
village basically consists of mud houses and the main occupations are farming,
gari processing (using local method), cocoa cultivation and moi moi leaf
cultivation as they are found in great numbers on the ridge. The enclave
suffers from inaccessibility of good roads, lack of electrical supply, poor
water supply, lack of hospitals, clinics or health centers etc. Despite the
indigence of the people. They are ever convivial and ecstatic to see people
beat the heights of the enormous ridge in order to visit their remote enclave.
Exciting activities at Erin-Ijesha waterfalls
tourist resort includes: Swimming, base jumping (new potentials), rock
climbing; bird and game watching etc.
More tourist facilities such as good road,
tourist chalets, electrical supply, escalators and steps up the waterfalls
etc., if provided will place Olumirin Waterfalls on the pedestal of one of the
choicest tourist resorts in Africa.
The waterfall is a must-visit for you and I. If
you come to Nigeria and you miss the Olumirin Waterfalls, you might as well
have stayed at home.
KWARA STATE UNIVERSITY NAMED AJONBADI, Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship
He also had a Graduate Diploma in Business Information System from Bells College, London, United Kingdom (2008) and a Certificate in French Language from The Nigeria French Language Village, Badagry, Lagos (1999).
Before joining the services of KWASU, Dr. Ajonbadi was the Director of Training and Development, London Corporate Advantage Consulting, London, United Kingdom (February 2011-December 2012); Senior Lecturer/Training Coordinator, London Academy Business (January 2010-January 2011); Senior Lecturer (adjunct), Guildhall College, London (University of Gloucestershire, United Kingdom, Master Programme [September 2009 – December 2010]); and Registrar/Senior Lecturer, London Academy for Higher Education (December 2007-July 2009).
The new Director had also served as Lecturer and later Head of Department, London School of Management and Technology, London (Running America International University programmes) between September 2005 and October 2007. He was equally a Lecturer/Research Assistant, Inter-University Institute for Training and Development (IITD), Belgium (September 2004-June 2005); Assistant Lecturer/Programme Coordinator, Lagos State University, Faculty of Management Sciences, Department of Business Administration (February 2000-August 2004); and Assistant Lecturer/Academic Facilitator, Lagos State University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Economics (August 1997-December 1999).
His areas of research interest include Business Law, Entrepreneurship Development, Human Resource Management, International Business, and Managing Change in Organisations, Managing Small Business, Research Methodology, and Related Subjects.
He is a Fellow, Institute of Commercial Management, United Kingdom (FInstCM); Fellow, African Center for Resource Studies (FAcrs); Board Member, Institute of Entrepreneurship of Nigeria (IoE); Member, Institute of Administrative Management, United Kingdom (MInstAM); Member, Institute of Leadership Management, United Kingdom (MIsntLM); Member, Nigeria Institute of Management (MNIM); Member, Chartered Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (MCIMN) and Member, British Academy of Management.
Dr. Ajonbadi has published several books, contributed to academic journals and attended conferences and workshops locally and internationally. The appointment takes immediate effect.
ASUU strike has increased prostitution, group alleges
on October 19, 2013 / in News 8:09 am / Comments
COALITION
of Civil Society Organizations, Market women and students have staged a protest
with placards of different inscriptions at the Federal Capital Territory, FCT,
Abuja, over the continuous strike by the Academic Staff Union of
Universities, ASUU, alleging that the strike has increased prostitution in the
country.
The
group which noted that the strike was entering the fourth month appealed to the
Nigerian Labour Congress, NLC, the Trade Union Congress, TUC and appealed to
the union to call off the strike in the interest of Nigerians.
Some
of the placards read, “ASUU please save our young girls from prostitution, NLC,
TUC and NUPENG mediate now, Stop playing politics with our future, This ASUU
strike has lost its tactics, ASUU please save our future.”
Though,
the group in some of the placards had accused the striking
university teachers of being selfish and too rigid in their demands, in what
looked like a contradiction, the groups also said that the demands were germane
and for the good of the education system.
Delivering
a letter to the NLC President at the Labour House, the leader of the protest
and Executive Director of Conscience Nigeria, Comrade Tosin Adeyanju said that
they decided to embark on the protest to appeal to the labour leaders to
mediate on the lingering face-off between ASUU and the Federal Government that
had led to the continuous closure of public universities in the country.
Comrade
Adeyanjul said, “We embarked on this protest today to further appeal to all
major stakeholders in the Nigeria project and we deem it fit to come to the
labour house because of the strategic importance that labour represents in this
country.
“For
almost 100 days, our students, our dependants, our children have been locked
out of our ivory towers and nothing has changed. We are here to appeal to
the labour leaders in this country to come and mediate on the lingering
and prolonged ASUU strikes.
“We
are not unaware on the germane and relevant issues raised by ASUU, there is
need for our institutions to be revitalized, there is need for improved
research, there is need for improved allowance, there is need for
infrastructural development in ivory towers, but all over the world no country
has been able to meet the demands of labour unions 100 per cent.”
“With
the information available to us, we are aware that the federal government
proposed and has given ASUU a 100 billion initial fund requested for different
issues in the various universities. We are aware that ASUU appealed for more
money to be given on the earned allowance and 30 billion was given for earned
allowance as at today about 130 billion has been given to ASUU.”
Receiving
the protesters, President of NLC, Abduwaheed Omar, represented by the Chief
Economist of NLC, Dr. Peter Ozo’eson said that the labour leaders had initiated
moves by writing to the Federal government about four times on how to mediate
but government had not responded to their letters.
- See more at:
http://www.econsforumnews.blogspot.com/2013/10/asuu-strike-increased-prostitution-group-alleges
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Benin zone, on Friday threatened that the ongoing strike embarked upon by the union could be prolonged if President Goodluck Jonathan repeated the mistakes of previous administrations.
Addressing journalists at the University of Benin main campus, Coordinator of the zone and member of the National Executive Council of ASUU, Dr. Sunny Ighalo, said the strike could be indefinite if government remained insensitive to lecturers’ plight and refused to honour the agreement it had with the union.
Giving an update on the three-week strike, Ighalo said this time around, the action would be total and comprehensive in all Nigerian universities.Ighalo said members would not shift ground except government honoured the agreement it entered into with ASUU, adding that members would not yield to government’s threat of no-work-no-pay rule.
He said, “It is clear that the Jonathan government has not learnt anything from the mistakes of previous governments in Nigeria that are notoriously known for fragrant disregard for agreements, due process and rule of law.
“Government must be compelled to find a solution to the brain drain issue and infrastructure decay in the system. This is what this ongoing strike action is all about.
KWARA STATE GOVERNMENT APPROVES SCHOLARSHIP TO PhD LEVEL FOR KWASU’S BEST GRADUATING STUDENT
KWARA STATE GOVERNMENT APPROVES SCHOLARSHIP TO PhD LEVEL FOR KWASU’S BEST GRADUATING STUDENT.
The Kwara State Government has approved scholarship for post graduate studies up to PhD level for the best graduating student from the Kwara State University, Malete.The Kwara State University held its first Convocation ceremony on the 1st of June,2013.
The Vice – Chancellor of the Institution in an on – line message disclosed that the scholarship is for preliminary Studies in the United States of America for the former student, preparatory to his entry qualification programme for his proposed Masters and PhD programmes in the US.
KWASU’S best graduating student Muhammed Tukur Ameen a graduate of Microbiology, emerged best graduating student with a Cumulative GradePoint Average of 3.96 out of four Points .The former student will also be sponsored in the U.S. for his Masters and PhD programes by the Kwara State Government. He will be undergoing studied in medical research.
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