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Source: Nigerian Tribune Nov. 11, 2010)

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Written by Sam Nwaoko, Awka
Thursday, November 11, 2010

The Anambra State government has decided to jack up the fees payable by students of the state-owned Anambra State University (ANSU) by 300 per cent as part of measures to meet the demands of striking lecturers of the institution.

The state Commissioner for Budget and Economic Planning, Professor Chinyere Okunna, gave this indication on Wednesday while speaking with newsmen at a stakeholders’ meeting on 2011 participatory budget forum and … Continue reading →

 Source:  Vanguard Online Edition, Nov. 12, 2010 

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ONITSHA-The Commissioner for Information in Anambra State, Chief Maja Umeh, yesterday gave a marching order to striking Association of Senior Staff Union of Universties, ASUU, in the state to go back to the class room, following increment of the lecturers’ salaries by Governor Peter Obi.

Addressing reporters in his office, Umeh explained that the salaries of the lecturers were increased from N235,000 to N400,000 as recommended by Anambra State University Governing Council against the N500, … Continue reading →

 Source:  Nigerian Punch (on the web)  Nov. 11, 2010

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Sunday Aborisade,  Akure.

No fewer than 120 farmers in Ondo State have benefitted from a training programme funded with a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, in collaboration with the Natural Resource Institute in the United Kingdom.

Under the programme, known as the Cassava Adding Value For Africa, the beneficiaries are expected to train other farmers on the latest techniques and methods that could be employed to process cassava.

They were trained by … Continue reading →