{"id":175492,"date":"2025-08-21T23:32:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T22:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/niger-assembly-raises-retirement-age-to-70-for-academics"},"modified":"2025-08-22T00:40:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T23:40:05","slug":"niger-assembly-raises-retirement-age-to-70-for-academics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-assembly-raises-retirement-age-to-70-for-academics","title":{"rendered":"Niger Assembly raises retirement age to 70 for academics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Members of the Niger State House of Assembly have passed a bill extending the retirement age of academic staff in state-owned institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Under the new bill, the retirement age for general academic staff has been increased from 65 to 70 years, while professorial cadre staff will now retire at 75 years instead of 70.<\/p>\n<p>The bill was adopted following the presentation of a report by the chairman of the Standing Committee on Education, Hon. Mohammed Sani Idris, representing Tafa constituency.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the move aligns with national standards, retains experienced academic staff, and improves education quality.<\/p>\n<p>The House also resolved to summon the commissioner and permanent secretary of the Ministry of Works to explain their failure to implement earlier directives on road safety measures.<\/p>\n<p>This follows the presentation of a report by the chairman of the House Standing Committee on Works and Infrastructure, Hon. Abubakar Suleiman Gomna, representing Bosso constituency.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmaker maintained that the move underscores the House\u2019s commitment to citizen safety and infrastructure improvement.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Members of the Niger State House of Assembly have passed a bill extending the retirement age of academic staff in state-owned institutions. Under the new bill, the retirement age for general academic staff has been increased from 65 to 70 years, while professorial cadre staff will now retire at 75 years instead [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":175491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[974,254],"class_list":["post-175492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-niger-assembly","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Niger Assembly raises retirement age to 70 for academics - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Members of the Niger State House of Assembly have passed a bill extending the retirement age of academic staff in state- ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-assembly-raises-retirement-age-to-70-for-academics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Niger Assembly raises retirement age to 70 for academics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Members of the Niger State House of Assembly have passed a bill extending the retirement age of academic staff in state- ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-assembly-raises-retirement-age-to-70-for-academics\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-08-21T22:32:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-21T23:40:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755807160.584018.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"801\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-assembly-raises-retirement-age-to-70-for-academics#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-assembly-raises-retirement-age-to-70-for-academics\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Niger Assembly raises retirement age to 70 for academics\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-21T22:32:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-21T23:40:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-assembly-raises-retirement-age-to-70-for-academics\"},\"wordCount\":184,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-assembly-raises-retirement-age-to-70-for-academics#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755807160.584018.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Niger Assembly\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-assembly-raises-retirement-age-to-70-for-academics#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-assembly-raises-retirement-age-to-70-for-academics\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-assembly-raises-retirement-age-to-70-for-academics\",\"name\":\"Niger Assembly raises retirement age to 70 for academics - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-assembly-raises-retirement-age-to-70-for-academics#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-assembly-raises-retirement-age-to-70-for-academics#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755807160.584018.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-21T22:32:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-21T23:40:05+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Members of the Niger State House of Assembly have passed a bill extending the retirement age of academic staff in state- ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-assembly-raises-retirement-age-to-70-for-academics#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-assembly-raises-retirement-age-to-70-for-academics\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-assembly-raises-retirement-age-to-70-for-academics#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755807160.584018.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755807160.584018.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":801,\"caption\":\"Niger Assembly raises retirement age to 70 for academics\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-assembly-raises-retirement-age-to-70-for-academics#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Niger Assembly raises retirement age to 70 for academics\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Niger Assembly raises retirement age to 70 for academics - Nigeria","description":"Members of the Niger State House of Assembly have passed a bill extending the retirement age of academic staff in state- ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-assembly-raises-retirement-age-to-70-for-academics","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Niger Assembly raises retirement age to 70 for academics","og_description":"Members of the Niger State House of Assembly have passed a bill extending the retirement age of academic staff in state- ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-assembly-raises-retirement-age-to-70-for-academics","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2025-08-21T22:32:51+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-08-21T23:40:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":801,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755807160.584018.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-assembly-raises-retirement-age-to-70-for-academics#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-assembly-raises-retirement-age-to-70-for-academics"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Niger Assembly raises retirement age to 70 for academics","datePublished":"2025-08-21T22:32:51+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-21T23:40:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-assembly-raises-retirement-age-to-70-for-academics"},"wordCount":184,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-assembly-raises-retirement-age-to-70-for-academics#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755807160.584018.jpg","keywords":["Niger Assembly","Nigeria"],"articleSection":["all news","Policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-assembly-raises-retirement-age-to-70-for-academics#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-assembly-raises-retirement-age-to-70-for-academics","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-assembly-raises-retirement-age-to-70-for-academics","name":"Niger Assembly raises retirement age to 70 for academics - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-assembly-raises-retirement-age-to-70-for-academics#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-assembly-raises-retirement-age-to-70-for-academics#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755807160.584018.jpg","datePublished":"2025-08-21T22:32:51+00:00","dateModified":"2025-08-21T23:40:05+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Members of the Niger State House of Assembly have passed a bill extending the retirement age of academic staff in state- ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-assembly-raises-retirement-age-to-70-for-academics#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-assembly-raises-retirement-age-to-70-for-academics"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-assembly-raises-retirement-age-to-70-for-academics#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755807160.584018.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/08\/sm_1755807160.584018.jpg","width":1200,"height":801,"caption":"Niger Assembly raises retirement age to 70 for academics"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/niger-assembly-raises-retirement-age-to-70-for-academics#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Niger Assembly raises retirement age to 70 for academics"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}