Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu has admitted he had no knowledge of the education sector when President Muhammadu Buhari appointed him to man the Federal Ministry of Education. The minister said what he had was a ‘superficial’ knowledge of the sector. Adamu, the longest-serving education minister, spoke yesterday during a valedictory service in his honour. He was appointed in …

The Federal Government has released the white paper report of visitation panels to 42 higher institutions. The release of the white paper report was one of the demands laid down by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) during the union’s prolonged strike last year. Parts of the visitation panel’s term of references was to review the performance of each …

The longest-serving Minister of Education since Nigeria’s return to democratic rule in 1999, Malam Adamu Adamu bid farewell to the ministry in Abuja on Thursday. Adamu was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015 and served as Minister of Education for 91 months. During his period as minister, the education sector witnessed tons of “ups and downs”. Though his tenure …

The Federal Government can only afford a 23.5 percent salary increase for university workers, while professors will have a 35 percent raise, according to the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu. At a meeting with Pro-Chancellors, Vice Chancellors and other stakeholders in the university system on Tuesday, the Minister said that President Muhammadu Buhari warned against signing agreements which the …

The Federal Government has said that demands by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to be paid salaries for the six-month strike period is stalling its negotiations with the union. ASUU went on strike on 14 February, first as a warning; but it entered it seventh month last Sunday. It embarked on the action to press home some demands, …