Officials and participants at the training Programme. By Anietie Akpan The Federal Government has so far trained over 30,000 unskilled and unemployed people in the first phase of the Renewed Hope Empowerment Initiative (RHEI) which kick-started last year December. The Director General, National Directorate of Employment, H. E Silas Ali Agara disclosed this n a…
Delegates at the workshop. By Anietie Akpan Public Schools in Nigeria suffer as over N250 billion idle Universal Basic Education (UBE) funds have remained unused by the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) due to cumbersome work plan. In view of this, the UBEC is holding an interactive workshop for revised Basic Education Action Plan (BEAP)…
Gov Otu’s aide pens emotional message after graduating with daughter same day By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Senior Special Assistant to Governor Bassey Otu on Content Development, Saviour Asuquo, has melted the hearts of many with his comment after graduating from the university the same day as his daughter. In fact, both of…
By Frank Ulom CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it’ll embark on the mother of all strikes if the Federal Government does not heed to their demands. These demands include but not limited to renegotiation of the 2009 ASUU-FGN agreement; sustainable funding of universities; revitalisation of universities; victimisation of…
By Efio-Ita Nyok CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Mlumun, 17, looks through her well-worn notebook in the dusty courtyard of a northern Cross River secondary school. Her grades are in the high 80s, and she writes neatly, but there is a persistent worry in her eyes. The family’s daily meals are barely within her father’s means as…
