Day: September 15, 2020

Lagos To Pay Tertiary Institution Workers New Minimum Wage

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Wale Jagun Lagos State Government has agreed to pay workers in state-owned tertiary institutions the new minimum wage starting from October this year. The agreement was reached on Tuesday at meeting with the leaders of the staff unions in Ikeja. A statement signed by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, said that the State Government took the decision to restore and sustain normalcy as all stakeholders collectively strive to ensure a guaranteed future for the students and institutions. It was gathered that workers across various…

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Relief As LASPOTECH HND Students Resume Back On Campus

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Oluwakemi Jospeh & Tawakalitu Ashimiyu -Institution maintains strict adherence with COVID-19 protocols. It was a great moment of relief on Monday, September 14, 2020, as students in Higher National Diploma I and II in the Lagos State Polytechnic resumed back on campus after about seven months that the institution, alongside other educational establishments, were closed due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic.  The Director, Information and Public Relations of the institution, Mr Lanre Kuye, had last week informed THE IMPACT that Higher National Diploma (HND) I and II students…

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Our Senatorial Candidate’s Pedigree, Experience Cannot Be Matched By Opposition – APC Chieftains

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Kunle Adelabu Chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos State have said that the party’s flag bearer in the forthcoming Senatorial bye – election in the Lagos East District, Mr Adetokunbo Abiru, is a better candidate compare to that of the major opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). They spoke at an interactive session with the media at the weekend in Ikorodu.  The State Publicity Secretary of the APC, Mr Seye Oladejo, while addressing Editors of Community Media across the Lagos East Senatorial District, described the APC candidate…

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I know That I’ll Come Back To Public Service – Tokunbo Abiru

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Kunle Adelabu The Senatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the forthcoming Lagos East bye-election, Mr Adetokunbo Mukhail Abiru, has stated that he focused on his career in the private sector because he always knew that he would return to public service.  Abiru, the banker turned politician, stated this while recalling his sojourn in the banking sector in the last 32 years where he rose from the lower cadre to the peak and also made mark for himself as an astute professional and seasoned administrator. The Ikorodu –…

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Govt Will Start Construction Of LASPOTECH Hostels This Year – Acting Rector

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Kunle Adelabu There is every possibility that the process of making the Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu main campus, a residential institution will commence this year after 42 years of its establishment. The acting Rector of the institution, Mr Olumide Olushola Metilelu, gave the assurance at the weekend in his address at the Stakeholders’ meeting on the presentation of the Ikorodu Sub – Region Master Plan, held at the 500 – Seater auditorium, LASPOTECH, Ikorodu main campus, on Friday, September 11, 2020.  Mr Metilelu stated that the state government is working…

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