The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has met with the National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) to address pressing issues affecting polytechnic education. At the Abuja meeting, NAPS, led by its President, Comrade Eshiofune Paul Oghayan, presented a 10-point demand to the federal government. Key among them are full inclusion of polytechnic students in
Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has stated that the cash awards given to Nigerian winners of the TeenEagle 2024/2025 Global Competition were funded from his personal resources, not the federal government. The clarification followed online criticism after it emerged that each of the champions received ₦200,000 (£105). Many Nigerians on social media described
Prof Suwaiba Said Ahmad, the Minister of State for Education, has reassured the Federal Government’s commitment to supporting informal technical hubs known as Panteka Centres. Ahmad disclosed this when the leadership of the centres, led by the National President, Nasiru Adamu, paid a visit to the Federal Ministry of Education in Abuja. According to her,
The Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Tunji Alausa, is receiving bipartisan commendation from education and policy experts for spearheading a series of reforms aimed at transforming Nigeria’s ailing education sector. Two notable voices, Dr Dakuku Peterside, former NIMASA Director-General, and Professor Yemi Oke, legal scholar at the University of Lagos, have endorsed Alausa’s initiatives, citing
The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has commended President Bola Tinubu for renaming the University of Maiduguri after the late President Muhammadu Buhari. The university, located in Borno State, will now be known as Muhammadu Buhari University of Maiduguri. In a statement issued on Friday by Folasade Boriowo, Director of Press at the Federal
The Federal Government has expressed concern over persistently low enrolment in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions across the country, attributing the trend to lingering societal and parental indifference. Minister of Education, Dr Morufu Olatunji Alausa, made this known at a three-day working session on the 2025 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) and
The Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Tunji Alausa, has intervened in the ongoing industrial strike between primary school teachers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and local authorities over the implementation of the new national minimum wage. The intervention follows concerns raised by the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), FCT chapter, in a communiqué issued
