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JUST IN: ASUU rejects Core-Curriculum designed by NUC

The Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards prepared by the National Universities Commission has been rejected by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, saying that the curriculum was nightmarish, a threat to quality university education, and an erosion of powers of the university Senate in Nigerian universities.
A statement signed by the national president of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, on Friday, explained that it was inexplicable that NUC pre-packaged 70 per cent CCMAS contents were being imposed on the Nigerian University System, adding that university Senates, who are statutorily responsible for academic programme development, were left to work on only 30 per cent.
It stressed that there were growing concerns about the numerous shortcomings and gross inadequacies of the CCMAS documents.
“ASUU is not unaware that setting academic standards and assuring quality in the NUS is within the remit of the NUC. Section 10(1) of the Education (National Minimum Standards and Establishment of Institutions) Act, Cap E3, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004, enjoins the NUC to lay down the minimum standards for all universities and other degree awarding institutions in the Federation and conduct the accreditation of their degrees and other academic awards.
“However, the process of generating the standard is as important (if not more important) than what is produced as “minimum standards”.
“In this instance, the NUC has recently, through some hazy procedures, churned out CCMAS documents containing 70% curricular contents in 17 academic fields with little or no input from the universities. The academic disciplines covered are (i) Administration and Management, (ii) Agriculture, (iii) Allied Health Sciences, (iv) Architecture, (v) Arts, (vi) Basic Medical Sciences, (vii) Computing, (viii) Communication and Media Studies, (ix) Education, (x) Engineering and Technology, (xi) Environmental Sciences, (xii) Law, (xiii) Medicine and Dentistry, (xiv) Pharmaceutical Science, (xv) Sciences, (xvi) Social Sciences, and (xvii) Veterinary Medicine,” it read partly.
It stressed that many university administrators, though dissatisfied, were shying away from making public comments on CCMAS.
The statement revealed that, however, some university Senates did not hide their displeasure with the ongoing efforts to impose CCMAS on Nigerian universities by the NUC.
It read, “The CCMAS is a nightmarish model of curriculum reengineering. It is an aberration to the Nigerian University System. The CCMAS documents are flawed both in process and in content. There is no basis for the 70% “untouchable CCMAS,” which cannot stand the test of critical scrutiny of university Senates.”
However, it suggested that “NUC should encourage universities, as currently being done by the University of Ibadan, to propose innovations for the review of their programmes. Proposals from across universities should then be sieved and synthesised by more competent expert teams to review the existing BMAS documents and/or create new ones as appropriate.
“The difference here is the bottom-up approach, unlike the top-bottom or take-it-or-leave-it model of the CCMAS.”
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You Can’t Resume Now, NASS tells Akopti-Uduaghan
The National Assembly management in a letter signed by the Acting Clerk to the National Assembly, Dr. Yahaya Danzaria
stated that the six month suspension remains in force, pending the outcome of the matter currently before the Court of Appeal.

The National Assembly Management has formally rejected Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s request to resume for legislative duties following the completion her six-month suspension.
The National Assembly management in a letter signed by the Acting Clerk to the National Assembly, Dr. Yahaya Danzaria
stated that the six month suspension remains in force, pending the outcome of the matter currently before the Court of Appeal.
In the letter, the National Assembly management acknowledged Akpoti-Uduaghan’s notification of her intended return to the Senate on September 4—the date she claimed marked the end of her six-month-long suspension.
However, the letter clarified that the suspension took effect from March 6, 2025, and emphasised that the matter is subjudice, and as such she cannot resume legislative duties.
According to the National Assembly no administrative action can be taken until the Court of Appeal finally delivers a verdict on the matter.
The letter stated that the Senate would only review her suspension after the court’s final pronouncement and that she will be duly notified of the Senate’s decision on the matter as soon as it is resolved.
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UPDATED: NUPENG shuts depots as Dangote reluctant to sign MoU
In various depots across the country, especially those in Lagos and Warri, Delta State, drivers parked their trucks to wait for the next directive as far as fuel lifting was concerned.

NUPENG officials have visited petroleum depots to enforce compliance on no loading as the talks between representatives of Dangote Petroleum Refinery and the leadership of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers dragged on for several hours on Monday night.
Ohibaba.com learned that despite the role played by the Federal Government through the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Productivity for reconciliation, plans for both parties to immediately sign a Memorandum of Understanding to put an immediate end to the ongoing conflict delays.
The resolutions of the Memorandum of Understanding were read for all parties to agree upon and sign.
Still, officials of the Dangote Group disagreed with some of the resolutions, thereby leading to further talks. As of 10:15 pm on Monday, parties continued talks to find a lasting solution to the crisis.
Consequently, in some parts of the country, filling stations were being closed by NUPENG members.
The Aradel refinery in Obele, Port Harcourt, was shut. The Kwale Hydrocarbon facility in Delta State was shut.
In various depots across the country, especially those in Lagos and Warri, Delta State, drivers parked their trucks to wait for the next directive as far as fuel lifting was concerned.
The National President of NUPENG, Williams Akporeha, confirmed that there was “100 per cent compliance across the nation.”.
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BREAKING: Lagos Says Won’t Adopt New Education Curriculum for Now
That those logistics that will make it to work, such as the scheme of work for the terms, the materials and training of staff, need to be sorted first before the curriculum can be adopted.

The Lagos State Government, through the Ministry of Education, says it is not adopting the newly released curriculum for basic and senior secondary education immediately.
The curriculum was released last week by the federal government ahead of the September back-to-school season across the country.
Ohibaba.com gathered from people who have knowledge about the matter that at a meeting with the Commissioner of Education, school owners raised concerns about what the schemes will be, and the instructional materials, etc.
The source said, “So, the system is not ready for the curriculum because all those trade subjects that are there, they need equipment to work on them and they are not readily available.
So, the Commissioner when asked how do we go about it?, the commissioner said that it’s a projection into the future.
That for the next section, they will adopt it but for this first term, the curriculum won’t work in Lagos State.
That those logistics that will make it to work, such as the scheme of work for the terms, the materials and training of staff, need to be sorted first before the curriculum can be adopted.”
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