Sunday, August 31, 2014

GRAPHITTI NEWS BRIEFS — 12 National & International Highlights To Know For Sunday, August 31, 2014

GRAPHITTI NEWS collates national and international highlights from late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Sunday:
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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