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UniCal Setup 25 Year Plan Ro Strengthen Workforce, Curriculum

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UniCal Setup 25 Year Plan

UniCal Setup 25 Year Plan Ro Strengthen Workforce, Curriculum

UniCal setup 25 year plan to strengthen workforce, curriculum. The University of Calabar says it has developed a 25-year plan to strengthen its workforce and curriculum.

Florence Obi, vice-chancellor of the institution, disclosed this on Tuesday in Calabar during an interaction with the media.

The media interaction is part of activities lined up for the 50th anniversary of the institution and the 37th convocation ceremony.

Ms Obi noted that paucity of funds was a major challenge for any public university, adding that it was the reason for the increase in money paid by students.

She explained that this would enable management to meet the increasing cost of running the institution.

“The federal government pays our personnel costs. They don’t give us money to run the university. In fact, UniCal receives N13 million monthly as subvention which does not cover our electricity bill before solar was introduced.

UniCal Setup 25 Year Plan

UniCal Setup 25 Year Plan

The vice-chancellor noted that they could not continue running the institution as an on-campus programme alone and said with 50,000 Open and Distant Learning Programme students, the university would have enough money to maintain facilities.

She appealed to the media to help the institution sell its Open and Distant Learning Programme, noting that the graduates also enjoy the benefit of the on-campus students, such as the one-year National Youth Service Corps.

Ms Obi, the 11th VC of UniCal and the first female to hold the position, was appointed on September 10, 2020, and her tenure will expire in September 2025.

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PRP Demands Direct Federal Allocation to Local Governments

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PRP Demands Direct Federal Allocation to Local Governments

PRP demands direct federal allocation to local governments. The Peoples Redemption Party (PRP) has raised concerns over reported attempts by state governors to lobby the President against the direct disbursement of federal allocations to Local Government Authorities (LGAs).

In a statement issued on Tuesday, the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Muhammed Ishaq, reaffirmed PRP’s commitment to fiscal autonomy for LGAs, as upheld by the Nigerian Constitution and reinforced by the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on July 11, 2024.

“It is disheartening that despite the clear legal framework ensuring the financial independence of local governments, some state governors are using their influence to undermine this democratic process,” Ishaq stated.

He emphasized that the Supreme Court’s directive for federal allocations to be sent directly to elected local government councils was intended to enhance transparency, accountability, and proper utilization of funds at the grassroots level.

The PRP criticized the practice of channeling funds through joint state-local government accounts, which has led to financial mismanagement by state governments.

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The party warned that any attempt to redirect these allocations back to state control would violate constitutional provisions and weaken local government autonomy.

PRP insisted that LGA funds should be disbursed directly without interference, allowing elected councils to manage their resources efficiently, meet the needs of their constituents, and drive community development.

It also pledged support for local governments against any efforts to use their allocations to service debts not legitimately incurred for their benefit.

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Nigeria Senate Probes Cameroon’s Alleged Annexation Of Nigerian Mangrove Islands

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Nigeria Senate Probes Cameroon’s Alleged Annexation Of Nigerian Mangrove Islands

Nigeria senate probes Cameroon’s alleged annexation of Nigerian Mangrove Islands. The Senate has set up an ad-hoc committee to investigate the alleged annexation of the country’s mangrove islands and maritime territories by the Republic of Cameroon. The committee is expected to report back with necessary recommendations in the next two months.

As part of its resolutions, the Senate has urged President Bola Tinubu to take immediate steps to safeguard Nigeria’s territorial waters, including securing over 2,560 oil wells identified within the disputed mangrove islands in Akwa Ibom State.

The Senate leadership has also committed to engaging directly with President Tinubu to explore diplomatic solutions to the crisis.

Lawmakers during plenary on Tuesday, underpinned the need for urgent action to prevent further escalation of what they described as a “provocation by the Republic of Cameroon”.

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Senate

Leading the motion under Orders 41 and 51, Senator Aniekan Bassey had raised an alarm over the economic and territorial implications of Cameroon’s encroachment into Nigerian territory.

Senator Bassey said that the affected mangrove islands, located in Efiat, Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, were not part of the territories ceded to Cameroon under the 1913 Anglo-German treaties or the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling of October 2002.

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Tension As Another Explosion Rocks Pipeline in Rivers

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Tension As Another Explosion Rocks Pipeline in Rivers

A second major pipeline explosion has rocked the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area (ONELGA) of Rivers State, occurring just hours after a similar incident in Bodo, Gokana LGA.

The latest explosion struck a manifold connecting a federal pipeline in the Okwawriwa area on Tuesday morning, sending massive flames into the sky and raising fresh concerns about the safety of oil facilities in the region.

Another Explosion Rocks Pipeline

Another Explosion Rocks Pipeline

Another Explosion Rocks Pipeline in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area (ONELGA) of Rivers State.

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