House of Representatives Committee on University Education has called for salary increments for primary, secondary, and lecturers.

Lifestyle Nigeria reports that the Chairman of the committee, Abubakar Fulata, made the call on Thursday.

He proposed N250,000, N500,000 and N1 million monthly salary, respectively, for primary, secondary and university teachers.

Fulata spoke at a One-Day National Stakeholders’ Workshop on the Development of a Roadmap for the Nigerian Education Sector (2023-2027), in Abuja, on Thursday.

Fulata said that it is important to encourage Nigerian teachers by paying them adequately.

He also stressed the need to translate all subject textbooks into local languages so as to catch up with the world.
According to him, efforts by past administrations to address challenges in the education sector did not yield the desired results.

“It is a thing of concern that for decades, several efforts on policies made by successive governments to resuscitate and improve the education sector and those efforts have continued to create very little progress.

“All over the world, the subject of the language of instruction has always been the local language of those countries.

“If you go to the UK, education is taught in English. If you go to France, education from the basic level up to the tertiary level is taught in French.

“It is in Nigeria that you teach the language of instruction in English. Our problem has always been that we are teaching our children subjects they ought to have been taught in their local language.

“All Mathematical, Physics, Chemistry textbooks and what have you should be in our local languages. There is no way we can catch up with the world if we continue teaching our children in a foreign language.

“No primary school teacher should earn less than N250,000 in a month, no secondary school teacher should earn less than N500,000 and no university teacher should earn less than N1 million in a month.

“The nation must declare a state of emergency in education. We must commit at least 25 per cent to 30 per cent of our national budget to education.

“It is high time we pay them adequately so that they can teach our children,” he said.

Kwara State Correctional Service has reacted to the auto crash which occurred in Ilorin, the state capital, on Thursday morning while one of its vans was conveying inmates on trial to the court.

The accident which occurred at the ‘C’ Police Division, Oja-Oba roundabout of Ilorin, at about 09:14 am, reportedly claimed some lives after the van crushed Okada riders.

The correctional service van reportedly crashed while driving on the wrong side of a lane.

At the time of filing this report, the Okada riders who sustained severe injuries in the accident were still receiving treatment in the hospital where they had been admitted.

Spokesman of the zonal Okada riders in Ilorin, Abdulakeem Suleiman, in his reaction to the incident, urged the state government to ensure justice for their members.

He said those crushed in the accident, were out in search of their means of livelihood to cater for their families.

Abdulakeem, also appealed to the authorities of the correctional service to intervene in the matter and ensure justice is served.

However, in a swift reaction, the Public Relations Officer of the state correctional service, Adegbulugbe Phillip Olumide, in a statement alleged that “suspected hoodlums attempted to free inmates” during their movement to the court.

According to the statement: “Today, 19th of October 2023, at about 09:14 am, some hoodlums in a premeditated move at Oja Oba roundabout, boisterously made a tumultuous attempt and broke into the convoy of the correctional service vehicles conveying high profile inmates, which included, AbdulAzeez Adegbola (Tani Olohun) to the court.

” This resulted in a pandemonium which saw the correctional vehicle damaged, shattered and battered. These obviously led to injuries sustained by both Okada riders and some of the custodial personnel. Two of the custodial vehicles which managed to secure their passage was again waylaid and attacked at Niger Road Junction. The personnel of the correctional service were able to manoeuvre their way to the court.

“However, those who sustained injuries have been moved to the hospital for medical attention and are responding to treatment. No life was lost so far.”

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President Bola Tinubu on Thursday approved the appointment of Dr Olasupo Olusi to serve as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank of Industry (BoI) for a term of four years in the first instance.

Lifestyle Nigeria reports that the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, announced this in a statement he signed on Thursday, titled, ‘President Tinubu appoints new Bank of Industry Chief Executive Officer.’

The President’s approval of Olusi’s appointment follows the voluntary resignation of the immediate past BoI MD and CEO, Olukayode Pitan.

Olusi has served as a World Bank economist and development finance expert over the past 20 years.

Between 2011 and 2015, he served as the Economic Adviser to the Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance.

He is an alumnus of Hull University, United Kingdom and also obtained a Master’s degree in International Money, Finance and Investment, as well as a doctorate in Finance and Economics from Durham University, United Kingdom, in 2005.

The President tasked the new BoI Chief Executive to ensure that Nigerians, who are operating all sizes of enterprises across the sectors are given fair and equitable access to much-needed support to bolster employment generation and wealth creation amongst income groups in the country with special regard for lower-and-middle-income enterprise operators.