VIDEO: POLYTECHNIC STUDENTS PROTEST CLOSURE OF SCHOOLS

Our Agitations and Protests havent gone unnoticed.

Even when some media houses have decided to turn deaf ears and blind eyes to cries over the closure of schools of  all polytechnics in the country,a few have found reasons to atleast give us a hearing as well as coverage.

Our recent protest in Lagos was recently covered and broadcast on the network of Television Continental,TVC Lagos.

It is our expectation that other print and electronic media houses will follow suit.

Aluta Continua, Victoria Ascerta

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OLAMIDE BADOO DISPELS RUMOUR...I WAS NOT SIGNED BY D'BANJ

After the party is the hotel lobby thats what i used to hear while growing up as a Hip-Hop fan but for this YBNL rapper,this saying doesnt hold steam.

The one time young erikina was on monday,a live radio guest on Star fm programme "Celebraty Interview" hosted by popular DJs,Dj Shy shy shilon and Dj Boombastic.

Here's an exercept of what went down
Djs: whats up wtth the "Durosoke" track that taken the airwaves and becomes street national anthem?
Badoo: durosoke is an art of creativity thing,an out-of-box kind of track which was suppose to drop in july before itt leaked,but thank God for the responses my fans are giving me

Djs: looking back now,what keeps u going?
Badoo: its the grace of God,i always try to envision the future but the fear of poverty considering my background,jus cant make me stop....ah,i dont want to be poor.

Djs: where are u from and any collabo soon?
Badoo: am from Ijebu Itele,Ogun state,no more collabo 4nw,i want to do my own thing as well as the artistes under my label...just staying focus.

Djs: can u tell ur fans ur real name
Badoo: my name is olamide Adedeji...thats all(laughs)

Djs: when precisely did u started ur musical career
Badoo: i started in 2000 with a group of 3boys,2yrs after we broke-up,then i used to sing,some thought i cudnt sing cos of my voice isnt gud 4singing,so i make sure i do all my chorus myself.

Djs: your mentor and kind of music u like?
Badoo: i get plenty people i listen to *sighs*different people cos i do different thing.basically,i listen to Hip-Hop music,no artiste in particulari can decide to listen to jaay z for a whole weeek,den nas for months,little wayne,eminem andd here ruggedman,soultan,nomoloss...lots of other artistes

Djs: your best food?
Badoo: aaahhhh,it used to be bread and beans oooo,u understand but now i just eat anything that comes my way maybe bcos after performing,one just av to eat n relax.

Djs: after several names holla baby,young erikina,ilefo illuminati,how did u come about Badoo,baddest-guy-ever-liveth?
Badoo: i dnt know,i guess it was in the studio while recording,i just started calling badoo!!!....

Dj (cuts in): kind of woman u like,ladies that attract u?
Badoo: a woman/lady who doesnt flaunt sexiness,moderate,calm...mmmhhh....

Djs(cut in): we mean shape,size...Olamide as a badoo na
Badoo:(sings) she carry front,she carry back....

Djs: tell us about stupid love
Badoo: Sam clef did that beat for a real track,but we were having and got drunk while in d studio recording,we couldnt hold it so i just did freestyle.

Djs: and thee OTIS track
Badoo: that one,smiles...i felt like doing the rap i've been known with cos i think i've that line for a long time.

Djs: your favourite track?
Badoo: i really cant pick one but i must,it has to be "street luv" in the YBNL album.

Djs: whats up with the D'banj sign,is it real or speculations?Badest-guy be sincere o
Badoo: thats whats it is...speculations (sings)

The baddest guy nicknamed his teeming fans as "baddest guy eva calleth",baddest guy eva shyeth,baddest lady eva wanteth and guess what? he blew a female fan a kiss and sent pix on d radio....how is that possible,u ask? thats why he's a badooo.

He appreciated every of his fans for their continuous support,then asked Osun state residents to prepare for on tuesday(yesterday). Olamide came in company of Buckwyde,victor and the youngest africa artiste,Ozzybosco who also came with his mother

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CALL OFF THIS STRIKE, STUDENTS BEG ASUP

In a bid to return to their classrooms and continue with their academic activities, students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, MAPOLY, have appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, to end the strike action which has crippled activities in polytechnics across the country.




Some of the respondents revealed that they have been idle since the commencement of the strike action and any further delay may cause more harm than good.

An ND1 Accounting student of the institution, Adisa Oluwafehinsola Lydia siad: “I’ve been idle since ASUP embarked on the strike action and it’s really killing me. Our school calendars will also be affected with this action.”

“I want the federal government to consider us and give ASUP their demands so that this strike action will be called off as soon as possible,” she added.

Speaking in the same vein, another student, Oshilaja Olatunji, lamented that apart from the effect of the strike action on the school calendar, he has been spending more than necessary since the strike action had been embarked upon.

He also added that those who were supposed to be working on their projects would be delayed.

“It is unfortunate that the federal government has closed its eyes to the yearning of these people because we’re the ones bearing the brunt.”

Onifade Akinyemi, a Business Administration student of the institution, said the effects of the strike action are devastating as it prevents them from catching up with their counterparts in the universities.

“All my friends in the university will be ahead of me with this kind of setting, it’s also not good enough for the school calendar because it will draw us back.”

“We heard that the Board of Directors had a meeting yesterday  and t they insisted on continuing with the strike. I know it’s quite annoying but that’s what we have to live with until the federal government gives them what they want,” she said.

—Damilare Okunola writes in

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NANS AUTO ACCIDENT: FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOOTS BURIAL BILLS

The Federal Government,FG, has promised to foot all burial expenses of the five Executive members of National Association of Nigerian Students,NANS, who died in an auto crash last week.

 The NANS executive met their untimely death around Ikwuano local government area,of Akwa Ibom state on their way to intervene in University of Uyo,UNIUYO students' struggles against the school authority over hike in transportation fare.

 The promise was made by the Minister of Education,Prof. Ruqayatu Ahmed Rufai in Umuahia who said yesterday when she visited the injured students on admission at the Federal Medical Centre,FMC,Umuahia that the FG will pay the deceased families any amount expended on the burial and would take care of medical expenses of the surviving students of the fatal accident.

The Minister said this in the presence of the Executive Secretary of National University Commission,NUC, Prof. Julius Okojie and chairman of the hospital medical advisory, Dr. Uche Nwamuo who futhered informed the minister and her team of a student is in dire need of a life-support ventilator equipment worth eight million naira,(N 8m).

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"THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING" SAYS ASUP MAPOLY AS MEETING ENDS IN A DEADLUCK

ACADEMIC STAFF UNION OF POLYTECHNIC MAPOLY CHAPTER'S MEETING OVER THE TOTAL STRIKE ENDED IN A DEADLUCK!

 MEMBERS OF ASUP (MAPOLY CHAPTER)HELD THEIR MEETING TODAY TO CONSIDER (AMONG OTHER MATTERS) THE ONGOING TOTAL STRIKE,SOME MEMBERS SUGGESTED RESUMPTION BACK TO SCHOOL,WHILE SOME OTHERS SAID NO. AFTER MUCH DELIBERATION,THE MEETING ENDED IN A BROUHAHA AS ASUP MAPOLY CHAPTER CANT MEET UP WITH CONDITIONS OF RESUMPTION/BOYCOTT FROM THE STRIKE AS LAID DOWN IN THE ASUP CONSTITUTION SUCH AS PAYMENT OF FINES,ANNUAL DUES,LETTER OF INTENT/DE-MEMBERSHIP FROM THE UNION BODY,NOTIFICATION PERIOD, ETC. ACCORDING TO THOSE MEMBERS WHO VOTED "NO RESUMPTION" THE BENEFITS OF RESUMPTION IS LESS WHEN COMPARED TO DOWN TOOLING.

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ACADEMIC STAFF UNION OF POLYTECHNIC MAPOLY CHAPTER MEETING OVER THE TOTAL STRIKE ENDED IN A DEADLUCK!

THE MEMBERS OF ASUP (MAPOLY CHAPTER)HELD THEIR MEETING 2DAY TO CONSIDER (AMONG OTHER MATTERS) THE ONGOING TOTAL STRIKE,SOME MEMBERS SUGGESTED RESUMPTION BACK TO SCHOOL,WHILE SOME OTHERS SAID NO. AFTER MUCH DELIBERATION, TH E MEETING ENDED IN A BROUHAHA AS ASUP MAPOLY CHAPTER CANT MEET UP WITH CONDITIONS OF RESUMPTION/ BOYCOTT FROM THE STRIKE AS LAID DOWN IN THE ASUP CNOSTITUTION SUCH AS PAYMENT OF FINES,ANNUAL DUES,LETTER OF INTENT/ DE-MEMBERSHIP FROM THE UNION BODY,NOTIFICATION PERIOD, ETC.

 ACCORDING TO THOSE MEMBERS WHO VOTED "NO RESUMPTION" THE BENEFITS OF RESUMPTION IS LESS WHEN COMPARED TO DOWN TOOLING .

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RAY OF HOPE AS ASUP,FG HOLD MEETINGS

Signs are beginning to show that thw Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics,ASUP,total nationwide strike may be suspended by next week monday. Information reaching Insidemapoly have it that the Union body and Federal Government,FG have set-up a joint committee levied with the responsibilities of putting an end to the strike,foister the resumption of Academic staffs and implementation of FG agreement.

 According to a member of the committee who craved anonymity said consultations have been on-going between the bodies. The member,during the telephone interview said " we just started the consultation by paying visits to ASUP and FG. The consultation is a phase of the many plans channelled to ensure the demands of ASUP are meant and that lecturers resume back to the lecture rooms.

 Another member representing the federal government hinted that the striking union has informed the committee on the grounds in which they (ASUP) will compromise to resume full lecturing services. "Having taken cognisance of their demands and compromise stands,the FG is ready to meet their demands as we hold our final meeting (hopefully) on the 24th June,2013,he said.

 The striking Union body demands are
 1. Full implementation of CONTISS 15 and CONPCASS 15 across board.
 2. The review of polytechnic Act to remove the disparity between Higher National Diploma Graduates and Bachelor Degree.
 3. The establishment of National Polytechnic Commission (NPC).
4. Genuine autonomy and democracy in Polytechnic and the education system as a whole
5. Improved funding of education to 26% of the Nation's budget in line with UNESCO recommendation.
6. Democratic running of Polytechnics through the involvement of elected representatives of staffs and students in all the decision-making bodies of each polytechnic.
7. End to culture of victimization. Recall all victimized workers and student activists. Unban all proscribed unions.

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NAPS PRESENTS ARCH. FOWODE "RECTOR OF THE YEAR AWARD"

The National Association of Polytechnic Students,NAPS, recently presents the " 2013 Rector of The Year " award to rector, Arch. Tokunbo Fowode.

 Arch. Tokunbo Fowode is the rector of the reknown Moshood Abiola Polytechnic,Abeokuta (formerly Ogun state polytechnic). The students' group deems it fit to award the rector in acknowledging his exemplary style of leadership as evidence in the peaceful environment of the institution. In his words, the national president of group Comrade Olu Jacobs said the award was presented to the Mapoly rector for his crises control and management style and due to nominations received across polytechnics in the country.

 While receiving the plaque,Arch. Fowode thanked and appreciate the students efforts and advised them to be role model to other students.

You will recal that penulminate week,the Students' group held its zone D election within the school premises.

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POLYTECHNICS STRIKE: NAPS, NANS CALL ON FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR URGENT INTERVENTION

THE National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and the National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS), have called on the Federal Government, to as a matter of urgency, intervene in the nationwide strike embarked upon by all the three unions in the nation’s polytechnics.

It will be recalled that the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics (SSANIP) and the Non- Academic Staff Union (NASU) are currently on industrial action over government’s refusal to implement agreements it signed, aimed at rejuvenating the polytechnic system. The president-elect of NAPS, Mr Ogbonnaya Sunday, who spoke with the Nigerian Tribune, shortly after the union’s national convention, held at the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, at the weekend, said the strike had grounded all activities in the polytechnics.

He said:  “We are begging the Federal Government to look into ASUP’s recommendations and come up with a commendable stand so that this strike can be called off. .. “Gone are the days we use violence to get what we want. We believe in three Cs— consultation, consolidation and confrontation.
 “Like I said, we will not confront, but will make sure that we exhaust our two Cs— consultation and consolidation. It is when those two fails, then we will consider the last option.”

The NANS Senate President, Donald Onukaogu, admonished President Goodluck Jonathan, to take seriously the welfare of civil servants and warned the leadership of ASUP not to politicise its demand from government...

 Onukaogu said: “We have had a press conference on that issue and we told government clearly that staff welfare is important. The hallmark of any virile education sector is having a well-mobilised workforce. “We have equally told the ASUP that it should not politicise its demands. It should not make demands and go on strike over every little thing. It must always face the reality. “It must consider the financial strength of the country, what is achievable and workable before making its demands?”....

 Written by Olayinka Olukoya

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MAPOLY RESUMES FOR 2ND SEMESTER AS NASU SUSPENDS STRIKE

THIS IS TO INFORM YOU ALL THAT THE SCHOOL HAS RESUME FOR 2012/2013 REGISTRATION OF 2ND SEMESTER DUE TO THE SUSPENSION OF THE 1 WEEK STRIKE EMBARKED UPON BY NON-ACADEMIC STAFF UNION OF POLYTECHNICS,NASU.

 NOTE THAT,ASUP IS STILL ON STRIKE ACCORDING TO THE LAGOS STATE CHAPTER CHAIRMAN OF ASUP ON RADIO ONE 103.5 FM ON MONDAY.

 LETS HOPE THAT AS STUDENTS REGISTER THEIR RESPECTIVE COURSES,LECTURERS WILL ALSO RESUME LECTURES.

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