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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 Social Investment Programme has launched another phase of the School Feeding Program in Adamawa, engaging Trained Independent Monitors, about 2400 vendors in over 1047 schools in Adamawa state alone. The ripple effect is that no fewer than 168,692 pupils in 1,047 primary schools in Adamawa, in addition to 2,400 vendors, are benefiting from the Federal Government’s School Feeding Programme, a federal government official has said. Mary Yuwadi, Adamawa state Focal Person, National Social Investment Program (NSIP) made this known on at the flag off of the distribution ceremony in Yola, Adamawa state. The event was also witnessed the presentation of engagement letters and tablets to trained independent monitors of the programme I order to accountability and probity in thr implementation of the feeding Programme. Yuwadi said that the home-grown programme was designed to improve school enrollment and completion, good nutrition for children and to s...