DAILY RENDEZVOUS

Daily Rendezvous Universities to Reopen 17th October 2022 as Federal Govt Agrees To Pay The Outstanding 8 Months' Salaries. Revitalization and salary areas have been cleared. Although the issue of UTAS is not finalized, for now, ASUU members have agreed to resume October 17th. 

Daily Rendezvous  Buhari's Independent speech was a huge disappoitmentas usual, it was ladened with all manners of excuses and phantom claim to successes.he said every ward and community has been touched by his NSIP but could not state any statistics numbers to substantiate his false claims. He also said he is implementing projects aimed at addressing literacy and education in the country, how is that true when ASUU has been on strike seven months! And many more.  Below for the full text of speech: INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS BY MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA DELIVERED ON THE OCCASION OF NIGERIA’S 62ND INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION ON 1ST OCTOBER, 2022 Fellow Nigerians, I address you today, with a deep sense of gratitude to God and a high level of appreciation to all Nigerians whose tremendous goodwill gave me the opportunity to provide leadership for our great country at one of the trying tim...

Daily Rendezvous The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, (ASUP) has issued a one month warning to the president Muhammadu Buhari led APC government to urgently keep its promise of releasing N15 billion revitalization funds it promised the union or it will be faced with strike action by the union. The union said, its staff are also owed minimum wages backlog dating back to 31st December, 2019. The national president of the Union, Anderson Ezeibe made this known at a press briefing at the end of its 102nd NEC meeting held at the Federal Polytechnic, Mubi, Thursday, in Adamawa state. While condemning the actions of the federal government, the union said, it is not in the character of the union to embark on frivolous strike action but it is hesitate to embark on a strike and stay as long as it takes until the federal government responds to its demand. Decrying the state of decay at polytechnics in the country, the national president of ASUP, Anderson Ezeibe said, ...

Daily Rendezvous The Federal Government has declared Monday 27th, Tuesday 28th December 2021 and Monday, 3rd January 2022 as public holidays to mark Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year's Day celebrations respectively. Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, felicitates with Christians and all Nigerians at home and in the Diaspora on this year’s Christmas and New Year celebrations. Ogbeni Aregbesola enjoins Christians to practice the doctrines of Christ, which include but not limited to these – faith, hope and love. “We must emulate the life of Jesus Christ in His practice and teachings on Humility, Service, Compassion, Patience, Peace and Righteousness, that His birth signifies. This will be the best way to portray Christ and celebrate his birth”, he noted. He emphasizes that peace and security are two critical conditions for economic development and prosperity. He urges Christians and Nigeri...

Daily Rendezvous The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Monday, has  issued a three weeks ultimatum to the Buhari led government, to quickly implement the memorandum of understanding it signed with the body about a year ago,or else it would reverts to strike action. This is coming as the Senior Staff Association of Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities met to deliberate next moves over the failure of the Federal Government to meet the union’s demands. It would be recalled that the Federal Government had signed a memorandum of understanding with the unions last year and promising to fulfill demands ranging from payment of earned allowances, introduction of the UTAS platform for University workers, payment of revitalization fund for Universities, among others. Addressing the press at the University of Abuja Monday, the National President of the Union, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, decried the failure of the Federal Govern...