GRAPHITTI
NEWS collates national and international highlights from late-breaking news,
upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Sunday:
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| Prof. Abdul-Ganiyu Ambali, Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin |
1. UNILORIN VC URGES FG TO RELAX PROCEDURE FOR ACCESSING TETFUND
Prof. Abdul-Ganiyu
Ambali, Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin (Unilorin), has appealed to the
Federal Government to relax the procedure for accessing the Tertiary Education
Trust Fund (TETFund).
Ambali made the appeal on
Sunday in Abuja, when he appeared at the Forum of the News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN).
NAN reports that tertiary
institutions were yet to access about N43 billion with TETFund due to
cumbersome procedure.
The VC noted that the
protocol involved in accessing the funds was cumbersome, adding that most
universities would have loved it to be made easier.
“I am sure the protocol
in TETFund is not Bible or Quran that cannot be changed to make things much
easier for all stakeholders.
“I am sure that sooner or
later, TETFund will meet to look at the protocol and review it with a view to
make it more accessible if possible.
2. ADAMAWA: PDP MAKES U-TURN, CLEARS ACTING GOV
BARELY Sixteen hours
after it disqualified the acting governor, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, from
contesting the October 11
gubernatorial bye election in Adamawa State, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
Sunday, made a U-turn, clearing the Acting governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu
Umaru Fintiri to contest the State’s election.
With this clean bill of
health, the Acting governor will now join the other thirteen aspirants who were
cleared on Saturday for the September 6 primaries where the party’s
candidate will emerge for the October
11 gubernatorial election in the state.
The PDP reviewed its
earlier disqualification by the five-member screening Committee headed by
former Deputy Senate President, Senator Ibrahim Mantu.
The PDP appeal panel led
by Senator James Manager which sat at the party’s national secretariat for two
and a half hours said section 191(2) of the 1999 constitution which the
screening panel relied on to disqualify Fintiri does not in any way
affect his right to contest the bye-election.
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