Is Jamb Form Out And How Much?

We’re all expecting the sale of JAMB UTME forms for the 2017/2018 to begin in a few days. This deduction is inevitable, since any further delay could cause a serious upset in the Academic Calendar for 2017. It should be noted that JAMB forms for previous years usually go on sale as from November. The delay in the Sale of 2017 JAMB Form is attributed to the change in JAMB leadership and determination by JAMB to limit middle men (cybercafes & business centres), and push down the cost of JAMB services, by introducing new payment methods.

According to earlier reports released by JAMB, the cost of the 2017 JAMB Registration Form are as follows;

1. JAMB Form – ₦5,000
2. CBT Centre Registration Fee – ₦700
3. JAMB Mandatory Textbook – ₦500 ( The Last Days at Forcados High School, A. H. Mohammed )

Total of ₦6,200 Only

Meanwhile, ensure you already know the Course you Intend to study, or register for, and the proper subject combinations to gain admission. You can use the Free Online JAMB brochure on this website.

NOTE: Don’t be misinformed by the false information circulating the internet by fraudsters that the sale of forms has begun, Once details of the 2017 JAMB forms are released, you can be rest assured that SCHOOLANS will provide you with proper guidelines for a successful registration.

AAU Ekpoma Final Year Verification Exercise Set – 2016/17

Ambrose Alli University, AAU Ekpoma final year verification exercise schedule and requirements for the 2016/2017 academic session.This is to inform Final year students of Ambrose Alli University that the final year verification exercise for 2016/2017 Academic session will commence Monday 20th March 2017.

Consequently, all Faculty officers Divisions/Units responsible for the insurance and signing of clearance should urgently commence the process. This is to enable the students concerned to appear before the verification unit as shown in the attached timetable

In Addition all affected Students are advised to make ready the follow documents

1) Evidence Of School fess from 100 level to final year 

2) Photocopies of claimed result(s)

3) Photocopies of Diploma NCE results for 200 level Direct Entry Candidates 

4) Eligibility of any other documents that can assist the team

VERIFICATION EXERCISE FOR FINAL YEAR STUDENTS TIMETABLE 

1) FACULTY OF ARTS
Monday, 20th March 2017
English
ISD 
Philosophy 

Tuesday, 21st March 2017
Religion Mgt Cultural Studies 
Theatre and Media Arts 
Modern Language 

3) FACULTY OF EDUCATION 
Wednesday, 22nd March 2017
Voc. and Tech. 
Curriculum and Instruction

Thursday, 23rd March 2017
Education Foundation Management
Physical and Health
Guidance And Counselling 

4) FACULTY OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 
Friday 24th, March 2017
Geography 
Architecture 
Building 
Fine and Applied Art 

5) MANAGEMENT SCIENCES 
Monday 27th March 2017
Accounting 
Business Administration

Tuesday 28 March 2017
Banking and Finance
Public Administration

Wednesday 29th March 2017
6) LIFE SCIENCES
Microbiology
Botany
Zoology
Biochemistry

7.PHYSICAL SCIENCES
Thursday, 30th March 2017
Chemistry
Physics
Computer science
Mathematics

FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
Monday 3rd, April 2017
Economics
Political Science

SERAP Gives Ultimatum For Whistle Blower Recall

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has sent an open letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, requesting him to use his “leadership position to ensure and facilitate the immediate and unconditional reinstatement of whistle-blower Ntia Thompson sacked through a post on the Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa’s notice Board for exposing an alleged $229,000 fraud in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs”. The organization urged Mr Onyeama to “act swiftly to comply with the whistle-blowing policy of the government of President Muhammadu Buhari, and international standards, which guarantee full protection and restitution for any whistle-blower against harassment, intimidation, victimisation or any form of retaliation”.




SERAP said this in a letter dated March 10, 2017 and signed by its Deputy Director, Timothy Adewale. It said: “By sacking Mr Thompson, your ministry would seem to shield information on the alleged fraud that the public has a right to know. Therefore, should you fail and/or neglect to act as requested within seven days after the receipt and/or publication of this letter, SERAP will be compelled to pursue appropriate legal action against your ministry to challenge the unfair treatment and victimisation of Mr Thompson.”


The letter, copied to Akinwumi Adesina, the President of the African Development Bank, reads in part: “We also urge you to act swiftly to identify those involved in the alleged fraud and hand them over to appropriate anti-corruption agencies for further investigation and prosecution, as well as recover any stolen public funds. Impunity for reprisals against Mr Thompson would send a message to all potential whistle-blowers that your ministry lacks the commitment to their protection.



“SERAP is seriously concerned that Mr Thompson’s unfair treatment by the leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs simply for disclosing alleged fraud in the ministry is a fundamental violation of his right to freedom of expression, and breach of President Buhari’s whistle-blowing policy, which seeks to protect individuals who make access to such allegations possible. “SERAP also believes that the allegations of fraud disclosed by Mr Thompson should never be supressed or withheld as a matter of public interest, transparency and respect for the rule of law.


Harassing, intimidating and punishing whistle-blowers creates disincentives for public disclosure of allegations of fraud and corruption and damages an important tool of transparency and accountability. “SERAP believes that protecting whistle-blowers encourages accountability, increases the costs for those who might engage in fraud and corruption, and advances the public’s right to know.


The alleged fraud involving officials of the DTCA should not be kept hidden from public view, especially given the government’s whistle-blowing policy and the fact that Nigerians are entitled to a right to information of all kinds. “Mr Thompson’s public interest and whistle-blowing activity has made him vulnerable to attack, hostility, punishment, and other forms of retaliation. SERAP argues that Mr Thompson, like any other whistle-blowers, is entitled to the right to impart information, and ought to be offered adequate legal protection because Nigerians have the right to receive information such as on the allegations of fraud involving senior officials of your ministry.


“The right to receive information advances several principles that underlie human rights, encourage participation in public affairs, and advance the ability of individuals such as Mr Thompson to seek out information of all kinds. Nigerians should enjoy access not only to information about the policies and practices of the government, but also to information about whistle-blowing.



“SERAP therefore urges you to use your leadership position to promote and ensure within your ministry a culture that values transparency, accountability, and public participation and protection of whistle-blowers by facilitating the immediate and unconditional reinstatement of Mr Thompson back to his position as assistant director with the DTCA.



“SERAP urges you to encourage rather punish the practice of whistle-blowing by establishing within your ministry effective and protective channels for whistle-blowers to motivate remedial action, and effective redress and protection against retaliation. Without protection against retaliation and the possibility of redress, few would disclose allegations of fraud and corruption.


“SERAP notes that article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights guarantees the right to seek, receive and impart information and ideas regardless of frontiers. The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights enshrines the same right in its article 9, which emphasizes that the freedom applies to information and ideas of all kinds. Similarly, the United Nations Convention against Corruption which Nigeria has ratified protects persons who report corruption offences.


“SERAP has been fully briefed by Ntia Thompson and we are in possession of documents including Mr Thompson’s petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on allegations of fraud and corruption involving some top officials of the Directorate of Technical Cooperation in Africa, DTCA. “Mr. Ntia, an assistant director with the DTCA in charge of the SERVICOM Unit, was sacked on 7 February 2017 following his petition to the EFCC that $229,000 and N800, 000 were allegedly diverted by top officials of the DTCA. Although the money was withdrawn from the Nigerian Technical Cooperation Fund, NTCF, there was no evidence it was used for the purpose it was meant.



“The NTCF is a trust fund domiciled with the African Development Bank, AfDB, but jointly managed by the bank and the agency on behalf of the Federal Government. According to our information, officials of the DTCA withdrew the money for the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the NTCF, for which $36,852.00 was allocated. The amount was also meant for the monitoring of various projects executed from the Trust Fund across Africa. N800, 000.00 was allegedly spent for SERVICOM ‘sensitization seminar’ in the Directorate, which the EFCC has asked the officials involved to return.”

68,259 In Nigerian Prisons – CG …46,351 Awaiting Trial, 21,903 Convicts

The Nigerian Prison Service has disclosed that over 68,000 inmates are accommodated in the prison facilities throughout the country as at March 2017.
The Controller General of Nigerian Prison Service, Jaafaru Ahmed,who made this known in an interview with newsmen said the agency has reopened prison farm centres towards self-sufficiency in food production.

Speaking on the current figure of the inmates, Ahmed said: “As at March 6, 2017, total inmates population stands at 68,259. “Out of this number, 46,351 are awaiting trial persons, and the remaining 21,903 are convicted.
“In terms of percentage, the convicted is 32 per cent, while awaiting trial persons is 68 per cent. “Though the figures are not static as they go up and down.”
Ahmed also disclosed that the Prison Service had commenced the rehabilitation of its various farming centers with the purchase of 22 tractors that would lead the Service to specialize in food productions enough to feed the inmates and for sale to the general public.

The prison boss said: “In the 2016 budget, we purchased so many farm machineries like tractors and other kinds of implements. “We have also dug so many boreholes, fish farming and the rest of them. “These would be used to reposition our farm centers. “What we intend to do when the budget for 2017 is passed is that we have picked three out of 14 farm centres.



“The idea is to make sure that we specialize in different farming processes.
“Like Kujama, we intend to set it up strictly for the production of maize.
“We want to see the production of maize all year round, not only during the raining season, but also during the dry season. “We have budgeted some amount of money to sink boreholes for irrigation purposes to ensure the success of these programmes.



“We have picked Lampushi farm center strictly for rice production and the possibility of producing rice during both raining season and dry season. “We have also taken Ozalla for the production of palm oil. “These are three pilot projects we intend to do this year to see the possibility of whether the prison can actually feed itself.” Ahmed further said the Service is looking at mechanization.
He said: “We are looking at mechanization where the crops to be produced would be in large quantity both for self and sale outside.
“The process would reduce the manual labour and subsequently enhance production.

“The development will no doubt bring on board storage facilities when fully integrated so that all the areas will have comparative advantage.”
Speaking on the synergy existing among the three arms of the criminal justice system, Ahmed said the Prison is the last bus stop and only a custodian of all the parties, namely the judiciary cum the prosecution authority, which is the Ministry of Justice, the police and the prisons.

Ahmed noted that so long as anybody knocks on the door with valid warrant and appropriate papers, “we have no option but to receive such persons”.
He canvassed for a genuine collaboration among the three arms of the criminal justice system to enhance synergy so that the case of anybody brought to prison as awaiting trial will be determined as quickly as possible, stressing that other arms have to do their part so that there would be quick dispensation of justice.

Banigo Decries ‘Doctors’ Loss Of Compassion

Rivers State Deputy Governor, Dr Ipalibo Harry Banigo has decried the loss of the virtue of compassion among some medical practitioners in the country while carrying out their duties. Banigo made the remark while speaking as a Medical Elder at the 39th induction ceremony of newly qualified Medical Doctors and Dental Surgeons of the College of Health Sciences, University of Port Harcourt.
The Deputy Governor said the attitude of some medical practitioners has tended to turn public confidence against them regretting that the development has contributed immensely to the fallen standard of health care delivery services in Nigeria.

”As a qualified Medical Doctor of 41 years standing, I observed an important missing link in the practice of medicine in Nigeria. Events in recent past, have shown that our conduct as Doctors has tended to turn public confidence against us” and stressed the need for medical practitioners to turn a new leaf. Dr. Banigo called on the newly qualified Medical Doctors and Dental Surgeons to always invoke the virtue of compassion in their practice of medicine and pursue excellence and integrity at all times.

According to the Deputy Governor, “I will like to see you in our medical facilities practicing medicine and attending to patients and not issuing cards to heads of medical facilities, as I am made to believe. This is an aberration that should not be encouraged among doctors,” she stated. She disclosed that the State Government would soon take statistics of doctors in the Ministry of Health and Boards to ensure their equitable distribution to all the Health facilities in the State and commended the authorities of the University of Port Harcourt for turning out this number of Medical Doctors and Dental Surgeons despite the challenges facing the institution.


In his address, the Vice Chancellor of University of Port Harcourt who was represented by Deputy Vice Chancellor Administration, Prof. Anthony Ibe, commended the graduands for their commitment and dedication to their studies while in the University, noting that their outstanding performance would continue to stand them out in the society. He charged the 52 medical doctors and 14 dental surgeons that were inducted into the medical profession to improve on the standard already attained and remain worthy ambassadors of the College of Health Sciences of the University.

In her speech, the Provost, College of Health Sciences, Prof. Christie N. Mato who commended the Vice Chancellor for completing the College’s building expressed the hope that it will be commissioned within the tenure of his administration and appealed to government agencies, corporate bodies and privileged individuals to support the College and the University to build a stronger institution that will stand the test of time.

Also speaking, the Chief Medical Director, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, Prof. Aaron Ojule said there is the urgent need for public spirited individuals to support government in the funding of public health facilities and also urged the new doctors and Surgeons to be committed to the service of humanity.
Speaking while inducting the new doctors and surgeons, the Acting Registrar of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria, Dr. Tajudeen Sanusi charged them to value life, live above board and adhere strictly to their oath of Allegiance in order not to constitute public nuisance.

In her valedictory speech, the overall best graduating student, Dr. Nkiruka Vivian Ogwuegbu said the induction ceremony marked the beginning of another chapter in their lives and urged her colleagues to be courageous for the tasks ahead, promising that they would remain good ambassadors of the university.

Highlights of the induction ceremony were presentation of best graduating students in various subjects, presentation of integrity prize and Rivers State Deputy Governor’s prize for the best graduating female student which also went to Dr. Nkiruka Vivian Ogwuegbu.