Babatunji Wusu –
Male employees at the University of Ilorin in Kwara State are eligible for paternity leave.
On Monday, November 27, 2023, Mansur Alfanla, the university’s registrar, acknowledged this in a brief statement.
Speaking briefly to reporters on school property, Alfanla stated that the university has just revised its Conditions of Service to include paternity leave for male employees.
As per the Registrar, the incorporation of paternity leave is an essential enhancement to the working conditions of the institution, conforming to a modern work environment that places emphasis on the maintenance of a sound work-life equilibrium.
“Serving male officers whose spouse gives birth to a child are eligible for paternity leave. The leave will last for 14 working days.
“Where the family of a male officer adopts a child under four months old, the officer will similarly enjoy paternity leave for a period of 14 working days,” the officer stated.
Alfanla emphasized the need of familiarizing oneself with and strictly following to the university’s revised terms and conditions.
“My Government Will Modify The Story” – Tinubu Assures Complete University Self-Government
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has stated that his administration is committed to putting into effect a strategy that will grant Nigerian institutions total autonomy.
Engineer Abubakar Momoh, the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, made the President’s speech last weekend at the 48th University of Benin commencement in Benin City, according to Naija News.
The Nigerian president was of the opinion that giving colleges more autonomy would greatly raise the standard of higher learning.
Although Tinubu acknowledged that university autonomy places direct accountability for performance on each individual institution, he expressed his administration’s optimism that the institution had made the right move.
The President reaffirmed his commitment to modernizing tertiary institutions and the education sector in order to ensure high-quality service delivery.
“Our administration is poised to change the narrative of higher education for the better and to place the institution of higher learning on a pedestal that would enable them to compete with their counterparts across the world,” stated President Barack Obama.
Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki, for his part, assured that first-class graduates from Edo will be automatically employed in the state’s civil and public sector.
Prof. James Ortese Iorzua Ayatse, Tor Tiv V, the institution’s chancellor, had previously cited various issues facing the institution, including insufficient finance, limited research possibilities, insufficient academic personnel, bad facilities, and corruption.
