firearcher:
In this age and time? These intelligent academics can't still figure out a way to resolve disputes amicably?

Mckraz01:


All for their own personal interest.
Can they beat their chest and say we're going on strike because they need more universities so that students can learn?

Why am I smelling bullsh*t

Paraman:
ASUU should be scrap if they go on strike

NaijaCowFarm:


Did you say this under Jonathan? Please, honour your agreements!!!

Judolisco:
Make una allow me finish my msc na.... Since 2021....I promise nothing go carry me come Federal sch again

rezy15:

Define amicably. Doesn't it boggle the mind that we are still talking about negotiating a 2009 agreement that govt keeps running away from? Multiple attempts by ASUU to get federal government to make good on signed agreements and they are still called names. If government is sincere these demands by ASUU will be met by sundown. I doubt earned allowance owed is even up to half of 90bn but they rather spend on Hajj with zero returns on investment

PJ123:



Forget all that, Nigeria is a sick nation, and University is just one out of many parts of the sick nation. University workers still earn better salaries than many government workers except politicians. ASUU should fight for Nigeria and not the one part, the current arrangement in the country cannot foster meaningful development. If they increase your salary and you get new cars or build new house, you're not safe because the whole country is sick. They should dismantle this unholy union called Nigeria and every region should go her separate ways or better still they should thoroughly restructure the country. This I believe what ASUU as intellectual body who knows better should be fighting for and not window dressing approach. If ASUU president becomes the President of Nigeria today, he cannot sign that yeye agreement you're talking about because the problems at the center are too much and with several conflicting interests and corruption everywhere including the so called university.

Nahunger:
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NaijaCowFarm:


Did you say this under Jonathan? Please, honour your agreements!!!

rezy15:

Define amicably. Doesn't it boggle the mind that we are still talking about negotiating a 2009 agreement that govt keeps running away from? Multiple attempts by ASUU to get federal government to make good on signed agreements and they are still called names. If government is sincere these demands by ASUU will be met by sundown. I doubt earned allowance owed is even up to half of 90bn but they rather spend on Hajj with zero returns on investment

firearcher:


Amicably means without striking. If strikes didn't work over these many years, I wonder if it will ever work. Strikes probably had more bite many years back when we had only public universities. But now?

rezy15:

While I share in your frustration about the state of the nation let's get one thing straight. It's not just about salaries o. How are you expected to do your job with zero support as regards labs, office space, lecture rooms? For your info we use waste paper to send memos and result vetting for senate for goodness sake! We practically use our own money to print official documents. You say they earn more than civil servants. How much is a professors salary? This is after sinking millions over 20 years on average getting this knowledge with little or no sponsorship o. Practically all the buildings are TETFUND sponsored. That's thanks to ASUU. They have raised school fees, my final year students can't even perform in a lab cos no reagents or test tubes. The problems are endless, the system is dying and the quality of graduates is worsening. I can guarantee you the turnover rate of qualified lecturers and researchers in universities is growing. We lost a lot of colleagues to brain drain last year and it's poised to get worse. FG doesn't consider education a priority like pilgrimage and the lecturers are losing their passion.
You say ASUU should fight? The same students we fight for for better service delivery will call all lecturers pedophiles, rapists and handout salesmen. Na the same students you say mk we bleed for? The last 8 months strike, dem pay complete?