Argungu replaces Arase at Police Service Commission, Sheidu becomes ES for Police Trust Fund - ITREALMS

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The Nigerian President, Senator Bola Tinubu, has approved the appointment of retired Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police, Hashimu Argungu, as the new Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), reports ITREALMS.

With this appointment, the former Inspector General of Police, Dr. Solomon Arase, ceases forthwith.

Suspension of PTAD boss, Mayshak, confirmed by Adeosun

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The indefinite suspension of the pioneer Executive Secretary and Director General of the Pension Transitional Arrangement Directorate (PTAD), Mrs. Nellie Mayshak and three other senior staff of the directorate, has been confirmed by the Federal Ministry of Finance, reports ITRealms.

Confirming this in a press statement made available to ITRealms, the Special Assistant (SA) on Media to the Honourable Minister of Finance, Mr. Festus Akanbi, said that Mayshak was placed on suspension by the Honourable Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun and a director from the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation has since been appointed as acting Executive Secretary and Director General.

ITRealms also said that the suspension, which is a normal civil service procedure is to pave way for an unimpeded investigation into the activities of the directorate under the watch of Mrs Mayshak.

While the Ministry assures pensioners that the suspension will not affect pension payment and services, it promises to make public, the findings of the investigative panel on the issues leading to the suspension.

ITRealms recalls that PTAD was established in August 2013 under the Pension Reform Act of 2004 to oversee the management of pensions under the defined benefit scheme for pensioners not transiting to the defined contributory scheme.

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NUC boss explains foreign university screening committee

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The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Prof. Julius Okojie has explained why the Federal Government inaugurated a screening committee on foreign degrees obtained by Nigerian students, reports ITRealms.

According to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Prof. Okojie said this has become necessary because some Nigerian students who attended universities in Ukraine, for instance, pass through the United Kingdom (UK) thus graduating with a second class degree, while even in some countries you can buy a certificate at the airports.

Speaking in Abuja after presentation of licenses to two new private universities last Thursday noted that the committee which comprised officials of NUC and the Federal Ministry of Education is changed with screening of foreign certificates.

ITRealms gathered that the universities awarded provisional licensees include Edwin Clark University, Kaigbodo, Delta State, and Hezekiah University, Umudi, Imo State.

He pointed out that when these students come for the mandatory National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) programme, “they are referred to the Ministry of Education to look at the quality of their certificates.”

The ministry, he said, recently decided to set up a joint committee of NUC and the Federal Ministry of Education to look at the quality of those certificates.

“In Ukraine, where we have many of our students for instance, it is not that all the universities are bad; some are really good but it depends on which one. Some of our students who attended universities in Ukraine pass through the UK and get a second degree; in some countries, you can buy a certificate in the airport,” Okojie said.

NUC boss insisted that mere knowledge that a foreign university was approved was not enough as the programme pursued by a student might not be approved.

He expressed dissatisfaction over the quality of universities Nigerian students attend in the West African sub-region, especially in Ghana among others.
 

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