Neoteny7:


You're probably the son of a lecturer to be so wildly rude and defensive.

Those people are a cancer to the society. What have they done to justify their salaries? Churning out half baked people such as your humble self only harms the society.

They should not be paid for doing no work.

It’s good to know you are half baked as it takes one to know one.
Now, get the fukk outta here.

tellsblinks:


If it's on these bases that you determine the conditions for orientation. Then you need help!! And you need it very fast!! Before you destroy Nigeria the more!

Nobody is above orientation! Nobody!!!!

Judolisco:
ASUU has asked NITDA some questions why NITDA never reply something score 87% Hw d thing take fail?

goldennugget:
It is sad that ASUU is holding our future leaders hostage. In as much as I sympathize with their struggle, I believe reaching an amicable compromise is the way forward.

RodeDindu:


What do you make out of NNPC staff who have been declaring negative profit figures for over 3 years in the midst of moribund refineries, yet they are recieving Fat salaries, wardrobe allowances, etc.

Yet people fighting the just cause for students and sanity of the educational sector is crucified on the altar of class war.

Truly, we don't know what we want in this country. We keep moving in circles

Judolisco:
baba which kind machine bdat even for physics a machine cannot be 100% efficient

Enskynelson:

I appreciate your response but if you read my comment well, the bolded would not be mentioned. I have stated clearly that the government is not keeping to terms of employment (the agitation for improved working condition aside). Allowances are being owed commulatively for more than 5years. Another is the Minimum Wage Allowances. These are terms of employment that the government is not keeping.

Miracle2022:
Good. these ASSU are not considerate.
There has never been a year without ASSU going for strike. Last year this government release more than 70billion naira to Assu, what did they do with it?

Connected1:

The government is corrupt, we all know that.

We all wanted a change, we all felt Buhari would handle security and Osinbajo the economy.

Now take a look, the NMA suffered something similar and the government sacked some of them, the worse is the Nigerian Army, There's so much corruption in there, but does that mean the soldiers would all go home because there are betrayals and setups in the Military, lol you know now, Wahala go dae, Everybody go fund their square root because there would be no one to protect you, but these soldiers remain and do their jobs because of Patriotism which Teachers lack.

If you understand the importance of security/education/medical services in a society you would see that these lecturers are doing the country no good by going on strikes.

I am not in support of the government but I think they should be fair in their dealings, they are just being selfish.

Connected1:

The government is corrupt, we all know that.

We all wanted a change, we all felt Buhari would handle security and Osinbajo the economy.

Now take a look, the NMA suffered something similar and the government sacked some of them, the worse is the Nigerian Army, There's so much corruption in there, but does that mean the soldiers would all go home because there are betrayals and setups in the Military, lol you know now, Wahala go dae, Everybody go fund their square root because there would be no one to protect you, but these soldiers remain and do their jobs because of Patriotism which Teachers lack.

If you understand the importance of security/education/medical services in a society you would see that these lecturers are doing the country no good by going on strikes.

I am not in support of the government but I think they should be fair in their dealings, they are just being selfish.

Ofolete:
I thank God for this strike. I thought that I have a job but now I have engaged myself in a private business that fetches me daily income more that what I receive as a university worker. And I want this strike to continue till 3-5 years. Even if it is called off, I don't think that I will be dedicated like before again. The work is a banza work with APC. Useless and senseless fools are in power indeed.

ppogba:


70 billion to how many people? For how much owed?

Is it not shameful that a prof. at the peak of his career is earning less than 500k in a country where a senator earns N38m a month?

Is it not shameful that the University system in Nigeria can no longer attract lecturers even from Togo and Benin?

Is it not shameful that the ruling class in Nigeria are sleeping well when the University system is almost shut down? Of course, that can only be Nigeria.

Please get your facts right and show empathy in this imbroglio.

Enskynelson:

You are 100 per cent wrong. I work in a Federal University but no lecturer sell handout or textbook or anything with such related names to students. Your generalisation shows how myopic you are. If u want to know more, send me a DM and I will explain 100 per cent.

Enskynelson:

You don't want to be confronted with the truth? Ask around, not all Federal Universities sell handouts/textbooks. Don't make that statement next time if u really want to say the truth. Our students are currently writing their exams as we speak. We are not on strike as well. Don't be shocked. Yes, it's a Federal University in Nigeria.

Next time u want to analyse issues, your use of language is important. Even the school u are, some lecturers many not sell handouts, some may not sell textbooks, some may not award grades without justification but u chose to speak as if everything is the same. Is it all students that pay lecturers to pass? Are all students in your school cultists?

Why can't we fight for those that are doing the right thing? Why can't those demanding for their rights justly be given attention? Why?


Government keep promising without fulfilling the agreements. We are not even talking about UTAS and others. What about agreements of the past? Have they honoured them?

erubati:

U guys are not the only fvcking organization bodies in Nigeria.
Neither are u guys the only education body in Nigeria.
How dare u guys only compare urself with the senators.
If all organisations are looking at the senators wages,do u think everyone won't be in strike now

Miracle2022:
Good. these ASSU are not considerate.
There has never been a year without ASSU going for strike. Last year this government release more than 70billion naira to Assu, what did they do with it?

tellsblinks:


UTAS was declared unreliable by NITDA
I dont see any reason why ASUU refuse to comply with IPPS if not to keep earning multiple salaries from different school.

Lecturers and professors too are scams!!! Selling handouts, giving scores by amount of cash, purposefully failing students because of disrespect.

Well I hope You know that the so called IPPS wasn’t ever subjected to same security check by NITDA. Ngige confirmed that himself. So why so much scrutiny on UTAS?

ASUU needs a reorientation






If it's on these bases that you determine the conditions for orientation. Then you need help!! And you need it very fast!! Before you destroy Nigeria the more!

Nobody is above orientation! Nobody!!!!

victooman:
Although buhari is one clueless leader and incompetent,,but one thing l like about this man is the alpha traits in him, a no nonsense man,,ASUU own is too much ,,so they even collect salaries for staying at home 5- 8 months every year,why wont they always want strike? please this decision must stand ,let them stay at home for 6 months without salaries and let see if strike is the only way to solve issues,, and please nobody should talk about any students future ,, is not as if they finish there is any job waiting for them,so why are they in a hurry to graduate? it is during this striking period self that l was able to learn the way of hustling in the street that is paying me now after graduation,,let them learn a business skill,is an advantage to them.

ppogba:


Let the wages of the senators be in tandem with the economic realities of the nation and people will make less reference to them. Is a Nigerian senator being the highest paid in the world in the country regarded as the poverty capital of the world not disheartening?

Funding the university sector is part of their demand but govt apologists are not making reference to that.

Ebenezer4141:


So 70billion is now enough to redefine the educational system in Nigeria.
Interesting.

erubati:

U guys sell handouts.its nonsensical to start proving what is evident to the eyes

Paulheyman:
If ASUU perish we all perish. I think most of the people in this forum assume a lot.

1) During the last ASUU strike in EBSU, the cause of the strike being that the state government reduced the salaries of lecturers by 20% followed by notional promotion (promotion without pay increase). It followed that the same government that complains that there's no money went ahead to reduce student school fees followed by reduction in monthly subvention to EBSU; the consequences of this is that the university became bankrupt. Then, after the first year of the reduction in school fees, there was a subsequent increase in fees by the same government to 30% against the previous 10% reduction. Recently the same state government that subdued ASUU and NASU built a world class university using TETFUND meant for EBSU development. In this their university you pay nearly a million naira to study industrial chemistry. The big question remains can any of us here afford "king David umahi university of medical sciences" the big answer is no; not you and certainly not your children. The university wasn't built for the poor and middle income earners in Nigeria. In fact children of lecturers can't even afford the institution

As I write this, EBSU which was formally the pride of state university in Nigeria is now a shadow of its past glory (politics have destroyed the school). We drove pass the institution on 26-4-2022, the students are protesting that not a single lecture has been taught and yet the university wants them to write exams. The lecturers have only been paid once this year since there are paid using the students school fees (the school fees isn't enough to pay staff salaries), some are not even motivated to teach at all.

2) During the tenure of Gov Elechi of Ebonyi state, the government merged/sold the state owned university teaching hospital with/to FETHA/Federal government, reason being that the state is too poor to have a state university teaching hospital so FETHA absorbed most of their staff but the consequences is staring its indigenes to the face now, just imagine a state without a teaching hospital. That means Ebonyi state government have not and will never employ medical and health workers. The state will be losing their health professionals to other states. FETHA staffs are over burdened while the indigenes can't get enough medical and health services. The big question remains how many of us can afford king David umahi university teaching hospital in Ebonyi state. You already know the answer.

The key function of government is to make life easy and affordable to it's citizens but here in Nigeria we support government blindly; to us politics over everything. Same people who benefit from ASUU, NMA, JOHESU etc misery come online to castigate them.

I don't pray that ASUU should give up but the day they do; we all should be rest assured that education will never be affordable again. Non of us can afford a private university. Government subsidizes health care and education. Imagine how expensive private hospitals are then try to picture how exorbitant private universities is then you can appreciate this battle of purpose.

The reason behind proliferation of private universities is to weaken government universities and if it's achieved then we all should prepare to 1) Lose accreditation because most PhDs will go for job openings at private universities 2) pay more fees and semester dues 3) have uneducated population 4) most of the awarded degrees in public universities will be rejected abroad due to lack of accreditation 5) Brain drain etc.

If I give testimonies of other universities in Nigeria I have had interaction with you'll be perplexed.

Note: Most private universities pay higher salaries than government owned universities. So, it's happening already.

My point: Mixing politics with Education is totally wrong

Disclaimer: This article was not meant to cajole or discredit the government but to bring into light the consequences of ASUU strike