RE: ASUU Strike - FG And NANS Beg ASUU

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As we are aware, the nationwide strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) entered day three today, bringing all academic activities on university campuses to a halt. ASUU embarked on what it called 'an indefinite, total and comprehensive strike' on Monday following the refusal of the Federal Government (FG) to implement the Agreement they had in 2009 even after its two-week warning-strike in September. Now, the Federal Government is pleading with the lecturers to resume dialogue with it and at the same time, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has stepped in between ASUU and the Federal Government. NANS is appealing to both parties to return to the negotiation table in order to find an amicable solution to the industrial dispute, which has kept them off classes.The Education Minister, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa'i, is pleading with ASUU 'to understand the situation.' Her words: 'I have pleaded and I am pleading with my brothers and sisters in ASUU, as colleagues, to understand the situation in the interest of all and youths in particular.'

Minister of Education: Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa'i

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13 Year Old HIV Positive Boy Denied Admission Into American School

Happy new month Strategic Peeps! Let me first apologize for going AWOL. I've been caught up in so many things and I just need God's direction on the next step. Its official people! I am through with my post-graduate studies and I graduated in flying rainbow colors!!!! However, life is a journey....so there is no arrival....keep moving.

World AIDS day was celebrated a couple of days ago and more awareness was created about this deadly disease as well as urging people to know their HIV status whilst ensuring prevention. A 13-year-old Delaware County boy in the U.S who is HIV positive has reportedly been denied admission to the famous Milton Hershey School in Pennsylvania, specifically because of his HIV status. The Milton Hershey School is a private, co-ed boarding school that provides a free education to disadvantaged children who have only one or no parents. It has been in operation for more than 100 years and there are few institutions in America like it. According to ONTD live, a statement from Connie McNamara, the school's Vice President of Communications, reads, "We cannot accommodate the needs of students with chronic communicable diseases that pose a direct threat to the health and safety of others. "The reason is simple. We are serving children, and no child can be assumed to always make responsible decisions that protect the well being of others. That is why, after careful review and analysis, we determined we could not put our children at risk."