Richiez: Did any law applicant get this text from the school?
"Congratulations! with JAMB's instruction, you have been offered admission into our institute in Abuja for paralegal studies"

[quote author=Richiez]Did any law applicant get this text from the school
was it sent 2 ur fone or u checked ur admission status

"WHAT WILL I REMEMBER?" What will I remember?
What will I forget?
When this life is ending,
&gone
What will I regret?
If tomorrow I don't wake up, what happens?
My sunrise, or sunset? If I never were born..
If I never died...
Would it even matter at all?
What should I decide?
I always imagined
I'd mean something to someone If I won't, 'least I
tried When my body suffers..
When to breathe is pain
Is it really madness to
think... Think of breaking
this chain?
Is the future mine? God knows I have a past
Where's my second
chapter?
Or will the first also be my
last? Is my story over If I fall
asleep? Would anybody
find me?
And would anybody weep?
I can't even pretend I care
But songs I'll never sing... Well that means
something...
Yes, that means
something...... LOLzzzzz.... Happy New
Month...my dearest
friendssssss! *shallom*
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I just cant wait 4dis strike 2b ova wit..imagine we'v wasted a whole semester on dis. Dis is nt helpin me at all

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Ochhie:

Pls guys, reply to this. Thanks

when u get d form frm jamb, U go to cafe and register, then print out 2 copies, summit one at jamb office and d other 1 ‎​ wil b submit wen u get d admission. I dnt knw if u hv attended d sch post jamb, because u ar expected to do so. Though dat won't affect ur admss sha, So u dnt hv to write any exam ok.

ASUU strike: Lecturers list
their expectations ahead
of Monday’s meeting with
Jonathan
The Academic Staff Union of Universities
(ASUU), are hopeful ahead of their meeting
with President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday
and expressed optimism that the four-month
old strike, will be called off soon.
The union say they expect the meeting to be
mutually beneficial, as they seek to find a
lasting solution to the context of the
implementation of the 2009 agreement, the
2012 MOU and the recommendations of the
Needs Assessment Report. However, ASUU
warned that any proposal by the federal
government, would be based on a clear
acceptance of a framework for the
implementation of the 2009 agreement and
added that any attempt to impose decisions
will not work.
In a statement by its
Chairperson from Michael
Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike,
Abia state , Dr. Uzochukwu Onyebinama,
ASUU asked President Jonathan “to be guided
by the principle of honouring agreements in
the interest of justice and industrial harmony
in the country.
“As the National leadership of our union, the
Academic Staff Union of Universities meet
with his Excellency, President Goodluck
Jonathan, tomorrow 4th November 2013
[tomorrow], we hope that the meeting will be
a dialogue that will lead to a mutually
acceptable fair and far reaching solution
within the context of the implementation of
the 2009 agreement, the 2012 MOU and the
recommendations of the Needs Assessment
Report.
“Any proposal by government should be
based on a clear acceptance of a framework
for the implementation of the 2009
agreement. Any imposition will not present a
solution to the current crisis.
“We therefore call on the President and
Commander- in- chief of the armed forces of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck
Jonathan to be guided by the principle of
honouring agreements in the interest of
justice and industrial harmony in the
country”.

BREAKING: ASUU Strike “Will End Today” –
Jonathan (UPDATED)
There have been indications that after
Monday’s meeting between President
Goodluck Jonathan and the Academic Staff
Union of Universities (ASUU), the four
month strike of the lecturers may finally
end. As of 12.30 am (Tuesday), the
meeting was still ongoing. The FG is
reported to be desperate to work out an
agreement with ASUU.
A closed-door meeting has started on Monday at
2:40 pm inside the First Lady Conference Room,
Presidential Villa, Abuja. The parties are still
negotiating, as of 12:30 am (Tuesday).
Indications that the strike which is now into its
5th month may be resolved have emerged when
the President stated, while shaking hands with
ASUU Chairman Dr. Nasir Isa Fagge:
“My president, I hope it will end today. Our
children have suffered enough. We must find a
solution.”
All those in attendance responded with a loud
“amen.”
When greeting the NLC President, Abdulwahab
Omar, Jonathan said:
“My president with you around today, there
will be no problem, our agreement is signed,
sealed and delivered.”
This is the first meeting between the lecturers
and Jonathan since the beginning of the
strike. The Presidency took over negotiations
with the striking lecturers September 19, with
the Vice-President Namadi Sambo spearheading
the FG side.
The lecturers were seen meeting among
themselves in their bus during the break that
has started at 6.30 pm. When State House
correspondents tried to talk to the lecturers,
some of them replied that they would return to
continue their discussions with the President. No
details of there discussion have been yet made
known.
Apart from Fagge and Jonathan, the meeting has
in attendance the President, Vice President,
Namadi Sambo; Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala; Secretary to the Government of
the Federation, Pius Anyim; Supervising Minister
of Education, Nyesom Wike; and Minister of
Labour, Emeka Wogu among others.
The ASUU is presented by Prof. Abdulahi Sule-
Kano, Prof. Dipo Fashina and Prof. Festus
Iyayi, Prof. Suleiman Abdul, and Prof. Abdullahi
Sule-Kano. President of the Nigeria Labour
Congress, Abdulawahid Omar and that of the
Trade Union Congress, Bobboi Kaigama, are also
there.
Preparatory to the meeting, Senate President,
David Mark met with the leadership of ASUU at
the National Assembly. He regretted that the
strike had lingered for the past five months, and
called for a win-win resolution to the industrial
action. He then led the Union’s representatives
to the Presidential Villa after the meeting.
The 2009 agreement
ASUU has embarked upon an indefinite strike
July 1, 2013. The lecturers protest against an
alleged FG’s failure to honor an agreement
signed between the FG and ASUU in 2009.
Part of the agreement dwelt on funding of
universities where both parties agreed that each
federal university should get at least N1.5
trillion between 2009 and 2011 while state
universities, within the same period, should
receive N3.6 million per student.
The agreement was signed by Bolanle
Babalakin, the then chairman of Committee of
Pro-Chancellors of Federal Universities;
Gamaliel Onosode, chairman of the re-
negotiation committee; and Ukachukwu Awuzei,
the then president of ASUU.
It is still unclear, however, how much of the
agreement have been met by the FG. The
secretary to the federation, Pius Anyim, has
recently stated that most of the issues
contained in the 2009 document had been fully
met except for the earned allowances estimated
at N92 billion. i will keep you updated…

BREAKING: ASUU Strike “Will End Today” –
Jonathan (UPDATED)
There have been indications that after
Monday’s meeting between President
Goodluck Jonathan and the Academic Staff
Union of Universities (ASUU), the four
month strike of the lecturers may finally
end. As of 12.30 am (Tuesday), the
meeting was still ongoing. The FG is
reported to be desperate to work out an
agreement with ASUU.
A closed-door meeting has started on Monday at
2:40 pm inside the First Lady Conference Room,
Presidential Villa, Abuja. The parties are still
negotiating, as of 12:30 am (Tuesday).
Indications that the strike which is now into its
5th month may be resolved have emerged when
the President stated, while shaking hands with
ASUU Chairman Dr. Nasir Isa Fagge:
“My president, I hope it will end today. Our
children have suffered enough. We must find a
solution.”
All those in attendance responded with a loud
“amen.”
When greeting the NLC President, Abdulwahab
Omar, Jonathan said:
“My president with you around today, there
will be no problem, our agreement is signed,
sealed and delivered.”
This is the first meeting between the lecturers
and Jonathan since the beginning of the
strike. The Presidency took over negotiations
with the striking lecturers September 19, with
the Vice-President Namadi Sambo spearheading
the FG side.
The lecturers were seen meeting among
themselves in their bus during the break that
has started at 6.30 pm. When State House
correspondents tried to talk to the lecturers,
some of them replied that they would return to
continue their discussions with the President. No
details of there discussion have been yet made
known.
Apart from Fagge and Jonathan, the meeting has
in attendance the President, Vice President,
Namadi Sambo; Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala; Secretary to the Government of
the Federation, Pius Anyim; Supervising Minister
of Education, Nyesom Wike; and Minister of
Labour, Emeka Wogu among others.
The ASUU is presented by Prof. Abdulahi Sule-
Kano, Prof. Dipo Fashina and Prof. Festus
Iyayi, Prof. Suleiman Abdul, and Prof. Abdullahi
Sule-Kano. President of the Nigeria Labour
Congress, Abdulawahid Omar and that of the
Trade Union Congress, Bobboi Kaigama, are also
there.
Preparatory to the meeting, Senate President,
David Mark met with the leadership of ASUU at
the National Assembly. He regretted that the
strike had lingered for the past five months, and
called for a win-win resolution to the industrial
action. He then led the Union’s representatives
to the Presidential Villa after the meeting.
The 2009 agreement
ASUU has embarked upon an indefinite strike
July 1, 2013. The lecturers protest against an
alleged FG’s failure to honor an agreement
signed between the FG and ASUU in 2009.
Part of the agreement dwelt on funding of
universities where both parties agreed that each
federal university should get at least N1.5
trillion between 2009 and 2011 while state
universities, within the same period, should
receive N3.6 million per student.
The agreement was signed by Bolanle
Babalakin, the then chairman of Committee of
Pro-Chancellors of Federal Universities;
Gamaliel Onosode, chairman of the re-
negotiation committee; and Ukachukwu Awuzei,
the then president of ASUU.
It is still unclear, however, how much of the
agreement have been met by the FG. The
secretary to the federation, Pius Anyim, has
recently stated that most of the issues
contained in the 2009 document had been fully
met except for the earned allowances estimated
at N92 billion. i will keep you updated…

ASUU will call off its
strike soon – Senate
President
Senate President David Mark
yesterday met with officials
of the striking Academic Staff
Union of Universities (ASUU),
with the hope of prevailing on them to
return to the classroom.
In a statement yesterday in Abuja by his
Chief Press Secretary, Paul Mumeh, the
Senate President said there were
indications that the four-month-old
industrial dispute would soon be resolved.
Mark said ASUU officials decried the
lingering crisis, which has taken its toll on
the nation.
Mark spoke in Abuja during a meeting with
ASUU leaders, led by the union’s
President, Dr Nasir Fagge.
Those at the meeting included Prof Festus
Iyayi, Dr. Dipo Fashina, Prof Abdullahi
Sule-Kano, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, Prof
Victor Osodeke, Dr. A. B. Baffa, Prof
Suleiman Abdul, Dr. Victor Igbum and Mr.
Michael Odunmorayo.
The Senate President noted that the strike
had brought hardship to students, parents
and the lecturers.
He said: “It is time we resolve this matter
in the interest of the nation.
“This is not a case of winners or losers. It
is not a matter of ego. National interest is
at stake. We must do all that is necessary
to resolve this matter so that students and
teachers can return to classrooms.
“Nobody is happy about the strike, which
is in its fourth month. Nobody is happy
that our education system is threatened
by this ugly development. Let us end this
strike for good.”
Dr Fagge said the struggle was
necessitated by the need to improve the
infrastructure and learning environment in
universities.
He said the striking lecturers wished to
produce graduates who could be as good
as their counterparts in other parts of the
world.
The union leader stressed that the strike
did not profit the lecturers but was a
needed sacrifice for the government to do
the right thing in the Education sector.
He said: “We are not just lecturers; we are
also parents and students. So, the strike is
also affecting us negatively.”
The meeting later went into a closed-door
session for about two-and-a-half hours.
The University of Jos (UNIJOS) chapter of
the ASUU has said it is not against a
dialogue with the Federal Government.
But it said the strike lingered for over four
months because of the government’s high-
handedness.
The union stressed that its dialogue with
the government would have been fruitful,
if the government had respected the
agreement it signed with the union in 2009
as well as acted on the NEEDS
Assessment Report.
A joint statement by the UNIJOS Chairman
of the union, Dr. David Jangkam, and the
Secretary, Dr. Wamnang, said: “Anything
contrary or not based on a clear
acceptance of the framework for
implementing the 2009 agreement and
NEEDS Assessment Report will be an
imposition which will not be the solution
to the present crisis.”
The statement added that the agreements
were well documented and could not be
jettisoned under any guise.
The UNJOS-ASUU urged President
Goodluck Jonathan to follow the principles
of the agreement to resolve the face-off,
instead of applying high-handed tactics.
It hailed ASUU’s national leadership for
sticking to its guns on the strike.

ASUU Strike: Lecturers consider calling off
strike after marathon meeting with Jonathan
Premium Times - 8 hours ago
NATIONAL, NEWS
ASUU President says progress was made at the
meeting and that his team would take the
President’s message to members
After a marathon 13-hour meeting between
President Goodluck Jonathan and the Academic
Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the union’s
leader said there was a message from the President
which would be presented to their members for
consideration.
There are however indications that the meeting,
which started at about 2:40 p.m Monday afternoon
and went on till aout 3:30 a.m Tuesday morning,
may have yielded positive results.
Monday’s meeting is the first time the president
would lead government’s delegation team for
negotiation with ASUU since the commencement of
the strike four months ago.
The presidency had taken over the negotiation with
the striking union on September 20, with Vice
President Namadi Sambo heading the government
team. He however was unable to make any
headway in the talks with the university teachers.
Emerging from the meeting at the First Lady’s
conference room at the presidential villa, ASUU
President, Nasir Faggae said, “We have had lengthy
meeting with Mr. President, rubbing minds on how
best to address the problem of university education
in this country.”
“We now have a message from Mr. President that
we are going to take to our members and we are
expecting that our members will respond
appropriately to the message of Mr. President.”
On whether the lecturers are now going back to the
classroom, the ASUU President said, “that is up to
our members.”
When asked to disclose the the President ‘s
message that would be delivered to the members of
the union, Mr. Faggae said, “I cannot tell you, it’s
not for you, it is for our members.”
On whether he was impressed with the President’s
message, Mr. Faggae said, “Don’t put words into my
mouth, our members will determine that”
However, Labour Minister, Emeka Wogu told State
House Correspondents that meaningful progress
was made in the negotiations with ASUU,
expressing hope that the striking lecturers would
call off the strike.
Mr. Wogu said, “We made progress, the President of
ASUU told you that they are going back with a
message from the Federal Government back to their
members and the message is full of high
expectations and hope.”
On whether the strike would be called off, he said:
“That is why the message is full of high
expectations and hope. So our prayers is that they
come back with positive outcome. They might not
even come back to meet us, they might take
decisions there that will meet your expectations.”
“Nigerians should be patient for ASUU to finish their
meetings and come out with a message to
Nigerians.”
Responding to whether the Federal Government
made a fresh offer to the striking lecturers, the
Minister said, “the offer we made are the offer they
are taking in line with the 2009 agreement. The
issues that led to the strike are issues contained in
the 2009 agreement and we did not go beyond the
agreement.”
About four hours into the meeting (6:30p.m.
Monday) the meeting broke for a 15-minute break.
The ASUU President led his team to their bus, a
white Toyota Bus with Lagos registration number,
BU 190 EPE, to confer amongst themselves. While
making the consultation, the ASUU leaders left the
leadership of the NLC, the TUC and government
representatives back at the hall.
The meeting resumed at about 6:50 p.m.
The ASUU President led members of the national
leadership of the academic union, including his
deputy, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, three past
presidents of ASUU, Professor Festus Iyayi,
Professor Dipo Fashina and Professor Abdullahi
Sule-Kano.
Other members of ASUU delegation include
Professor Suleiman Abdul, Professor Victor Osodeke
and Dr. Victor Igbum.
The President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC),
Bobboi Kaigama as well as staff and other members
of the congress were also at the meeting.
On the side of government were Vice President
Sambo; Secretary to the Government of the
Federation (SGF), Anyim Pius Anyim; Chief of Staff
to the President, Mike Oghiadhomhe; Minister of
Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; her counterpart in
the Labour and Productivity Ministry, Emeka Wogu
and the Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom
Wike.
Also at the meeting were the Permanent Secretary
of the Federal Ministry of Education, Dr. Mac John
Nwaobiala; Executive Secretary, National
Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Julius
Okojie and Director, Tertiary Education in the
Ministry of Education, Dr. Hindatu Abdullahi.
Synopsis of the contentious 2009 agreement
The agreement included details such as the
breakdown of lecturers’ salary structure, staff loans,
pension, overtime, and moderation of
examinations.
Part of the agreement dwelt on funding of
universities where both parties agreed that each
federal university should get at least N1.5 trillion
between 2009 and 2011 while state universities,
within the same period, should receive N3.6 million
per student.
The agreement also had parts that asked the re-
negotiation committee to ensure that at least 26
percent of Nigeria’s annual budget was allocated to
education, and half of that allocation to universities.
The agreement also asked that the 2004 Joint
Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Act, and
the National University Commission Act 2004, be
amended.
Text of the suggested amendment bills – including
suggestion for amendment of the Education
(National Minimum Standards and Establishment of
Institutions) Act 2004 – were provided in the
agreements.
The agreement was signed by Bolanle Babalakin,
the then chairman of Committee of Pro-Chancellors
of Federal Universities; Gamaliel Onosode,
chairman of the re-negotiation committee; and
Ukachukwu Awuzei, the then president of ASUU.
The agreement demanded a heavy financial
commitment from the government and was an
adaptation of an earlier agreement reached in 2001.
It is unclear how much of the agreement have been
implemented by the government.
However, the secretary to the federation, Pius
Anyim, after one of the recent failed negotiations,
said that most of the issues contained in the 2009
agreement, had been fully met except for the
earned allowances estimated at N92 billion.
“Some of the issues which bothered on amendment
of pensionable retirement age of academics in the
professorial cadre, consolidated peculiar allowances
(CONPUAA)- exclusively for university teaching
staff, National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS),
setting up of budget monitoring committee in all
public universities have been fully implemented,”
he disclosed.

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ASUU STRIKE: Why ASUU refused to call
off after meeting with Jonathan
REPORT ACCORDING TO OLUFAMOUS
The major reason why ASUU has refused to call off
its prolonged strike is the mind-boggling salaries
and the unending allowances of political office
holders in Nigeria, especially the Executive and
Legislature.
OluFamous.Com gathered that it is with this
‘trouble’ that ASUU leaders entered into a closed
door meeting in Aso Rock with President Goodluck
Jonathan on Monday. Sensing that the lecturers
were ready to speak their minds without fear, the
meeting was shifted to the First Lady Conference
Room.
Indication that the strike may be called off emerged
when Jonathan said, while shaking hands with
members of the delegation, that: “The matter must
be resolved here today. Our children must go back
to school.”
The meeting went into the early hours of Tuesday,
all in a bid to find a final resolution to the strike that
started on July 1, 2013. ASUU had the support of
NLC President, Abdulawahid Omar, in the meeting.
On his part, Jonathan was joined by VP Sambo; Dr.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; Anyim Pius Anyim; Nyesom
Wike and Minister of Labour, Emeka Wogu.
OluFamous.Com gathered that if ASUU should have
its way, the strike will end soon but their would be
some general reduction in the salary of political
office holders across board by 2014.
The President of ASUU is expected to meet his
members on Tuesday to take a final decision on the
strike.

Strike: FG, ASUU shift grounds
on november 06, 2013 at 2:00 am in news
By VICTOR AHIUMA-YOUNG & BEN AGANDE
THERE are strong indications that the protracted
strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities,
ASUU, that has crippled academic activities for over
four months may end in the next one week,
Vanguard has gathered.
Vanguard sources at the Monday night meeting
between the Federal Government led by President
Goodluck Jonathan, the leadership of ASUU, Nigeria
Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress of
Nigeria, TUC, said both the Federal Government and
leaders of ASUU had shifted grounds and leaders of
ASUU would meet with its organ (National
Executive Council) to brief members of the outcome
and then take necessary action.
One of the sources told Vanguard: “Both the Federal
Government and the leadership of ASUU are now on
the same page. Both parties have shifted grounds.
The leadership of ASUU will now meet with its
appropriate organ to brief its members and take the
necessary action.
President Goodluck Jonathan (left); ASUU Vice
President, Mr. Biodun Ogunyemi Onabanjo (2nd
right); Vice President Namadi Sambo (2nd left) and
ASUU President, Nasir Faggae (right) during the
meeting.
“ASUU is in the right position to inform the public
after meeting with its organ. However, I can tell you
that all things being equal, the strike should be over
in the next one week.”
The meeting between the government and the
labour leaders started at about 2:30pm on Monday
and ended at about 3:30am on Tuesday with a 15
minutes break.
Fagge, Wogu speak
National President of ASUU, Dr. Nasir Isa Fagge,
emerged from the meeting and curtly told newsmen
that his delegation was taking back a message from
President Jonathan to their members.
He declined to disclose what the message was and
when asked whether he was satisfied with the
outcome of the meeting, the ASUU leader told
journalists not to put words in his mouth.
He said: “We have had a lengthy meeting with Mr.
President, rubbing minds on how best to address the
problem of university education in this country.
“We now have a message from Mr. President that
we are going to take to our members and we are
expecting that our members will respond
appropriately to his message.”
The Minister of Labour, Chief Emeka Wogu, who
also attended the meeting, told journalists after the
meeting that certain mileage had been attained and
expressed the hope that the university lecturers
would call off the strike soon.
He said: “The President of ASUU told you that they
are going back with a message from the Federal
Government to their members and the message is
full of high expectation and hope.
“Our prayer is that they will come back with a
positive outcome. They might even not come back
to meet us. They might take decisions that will
meet your expectations.”
According to the Minister, what government brought
to the negotiation table were offers that were in
tandem with the 2009 agreements between it and
ASUU, pointing out that since the strike was based
on the 2009 agreement, the government did not go
beyond that agreement.
Roll call
President Jonathan, who led the Federal
Government’s delegation, was joined by Vice
President Namadi Sambo; Minister of Finance, Dr.
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; Secretary to the Government
of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim; Supervising
Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike; and minister
of Labour, Emeka Wogu.
The ASUU delegation was led by its President, Dr.
Nasiru Fagge; past presidents such as Professor
Abdulahi Sule-Kano, Dr. Dipo Fashina and Professor
Festus Iyayi.
Other members of the delegation were Prof. Biodun
Ogunyemi, Prof. Victor Osodeke, Prof. Suleiman
Abdul, Dr. Victor Igbum and Mr. Michael
Odunmoraye.
President NLC, Abdulawahid Omar and TUC, Bobboi
Kaigama, also attended the meeting.
While exchanging pleasantries with the ASUU
delegation, President Jonathan had told them “I
hope this strike will end today. Our children have
suffered enough. We must find a solution.”

ASUU strike: Any light at the end
of the tunnel?
on november 07, 2013 at 1:30 am in education
By DAYO ADESULU, AMAKA ABAYOMI, LAJU
ARENYEKA & IKENNA ASOMBA
Two days after a marathon 13-hour closed door
meeting between President Goodluck Jonathan and
the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU),
Vanguard Learning has gathered that there are
hopes of optimism for students to return to schools
soonest, as the union and FG seem to be on the
same page.
As there are indications that the meeting, which
started at about 2:40 p.m Monday afternoon and
went on till about 3:30 a.m Tuesday morning may
yield positive results, all things being equal,
concerted efforts made to speak with ASUU leaders
to make public their position has proved abortive,
as those contacted have kept mum.
They only obliged to make known their position
after a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting
scheduled for this week.
Though ASUU officials refused to disclose details of
the meeting, but according to close sources at the
meeting, one major agreement reached was that
Federal Government would inject N1.1 trillion into
public varsities in the next five years, which would
be released on a yearly basis at N220bn per annum
starting from 2014.
“For the outgoing year, government will only
release N100bn which has been processed. To
further show its commitment to the agreement,
government accepted that the N1.1trn be domiciled
at the Central Bank of Nigeria to be released on a
quarterly basis to the varsities,” the sources said.
Meanwhile, before now, there have been
contentious insinuations from the Federal
Government and the Senate that ASUU took
advantage of the ignorance of those delegated by
government to negotiate on its behalf with the
union in the October 2009 agreement.
University of Benin gate
Against this backdrop, one of the signatories of
government, Dr. Bolanle Olawale Babalakin (SAN),
has broken silence.
Speaking through his Special Assistant, Mr. Olawale
Ganiyu, Babalakin has clarified that there was no
point taken towards signing the agreement that was
not clear to the government.
According Babalakin, impressions that somebody
from nowhere negotiated the agreement was far
from the truth, as he argued that the calibre of
people whom the Federal Government consulted to
negotiate on their behalf were not mediocres whom
ASUU would outwit to sign the document.
Speaking to Vanguard Learning, he said among
other respected individuals, government re-
negotiation team included the likes of Deacon
Gamaliel Onosode, Chairman of the Committee,
who was at that time, the Pro-chancellor, University
of Ibadan and Chairman, Committee of Pro-
Chancellors.
Other members who signed on behalf of
government were Late Professor Musa Abdullahi,
Secretary General Committee of Vice-Chancellors
and immediate past Pro-Chancellor, University of
Jos; Professor Greg Iwu, immediate past Pro-
Chancellor, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka; Rev.
Father T.E. Uwaifo, immediate past Pro-Chancellor,
Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma; and Barrister
Emeka Nwankpa, former Pro-Chancellor, Abia State
University, Uturu.
Others were Amb. Muhammed Jumba, immediate
past Pro-Chancellor, Bayero University, Kano;
Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Executive Secretary,
Education Trust Fund (ETF), Abuja and Senator
Abdalla Wali, former Pro-Chancellor, University of
Technology, Yola, who was a member of the
committee until February 23, 2008.
Besides the Federal Government renegotiation
committee members, Babalakin also revealed that
there were 11 advisers of FG, comprising of
Professor Julius Okojie, Executive Secretary,
National Universities Commission, (NUC), Abuja;
Professor Oye Ibidapo-Obe, former Chairman,
Committee of Vice-Chancellors; Professor J.D. Amin,
immediate past Chairman, Committee of Vice-
Chancellors; Professor E.A.C. Nwanze, Chairman
Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Vice-Chancellor,
University of Benin among others.
He said to ensure that no stone was left unturned,
the Federal Government chose 12 dignitaries who
served as observers of the renegotiation and
agreement with ASUU. The observers were Mrs. V.A.
Eghobamien, representative of Federal Ministry of
Labour; Mr. S.A. Ajibola, representative of Federal
Ministry of Labour; Professor Ignatus Uvah, Deputy
Executive Secretary (University Education), NUC
and Mr P.I. Ekun, representative of Special Services
Office of the Presidency, Abuja.
Others were Mrs. Ori Okojokwu, representative of
Federal Ministry of Education; Mr. Chike Ogbechie,
National Salaries, Income and Wages Commission;
Mr. P.E. Oyong, Federal Ministry of Justice; Mrs.
Cynthia Okigbo, Budget Office of the Federation,
Federal Ministry of Finance, Abuja and Mr. I.O.
Malaolu, Office of the Secretary to the Government
of the Federation, Abuja.
On ASUU’s part, they were represented during the
signing of the agreement by Dr. Abdullahi Sule-
Kano, a former President and Professor Ukachukwu
Awuzie, the then President, alongside 26 other
members.
Meanwhile, Monday’s meeting is the first time the
President would lead government’s delegation team
for negotiation with ASUU since the commencement
of the strike four months ago.
Emerging from the meeting at the First Lady’s
conference room at the presidential villa, ASUU
President, Nasir Faggae said, “We have had lengthy
meeting with Mr. President, rubbing minds on how
best to address the problem of university education
in this country.”
“We now have a message from Mr. President that
we are going to take to our members and we are
expecting that our members will respond
appropriately to the message of Mr. President.”
On whether the lecturers are now going back to the
classroom, the ASUU President said, “that is up to
our members.”
When asked to disclose the the President ‘s
message that would be delivered to the members of
the union, Mr. Faggae said, “I cannot tell you, it’s
not for you, it is for our members.”
On whether he was impressed with the President’s
message, Mr. Faggae said, “Don’t put words into my
mouth, our members will determine that”
However, Labour Minister, Emeka Wogu told State
House Correspondents that meaningful progress
was made in the negotiations with ASUU,
expressing hope that the striking lecturers would
call off the strike.
Mr. Wogu said, “We made progress, the President of
ASUU told you that they are going back with a
message from the Federal Government back to their
members and the message is full of high
expectations and hope.”
On whether the strike would be called off, he said:
“That is why the message is full of high
expectations and hope. So our prayers is that they
come back with positive outcome. They might not
even come back to meet us, they might take
decisions there that will meet your expectations.”
“Nigerians should be patient for ASUU to finish their
meetings and come out with a message to
Nigerians.”
Responding to whether the Federal Government
made a fresh offer to the striking lecturers, the
Minister said, “the offer we made are the offer they
are taking in line with the 2009 agreement. The
issues that led to the strike are issues contained in
the 2009 agreement and we did not go beyond the
agreement.”

ASUU may call off strike
next week •Demands
slash of lawmakers’
salaries by 2014
THE about five-month-old strike embarked upon
by members of Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU) may be called off next week.
It was gathered that the union would conclude
consultations with its members and may resume
class soon.
The union, it was also gathered, had asked the
Federal Government to slash across board,
salaries of National Assembly members, ministers
and other political office holders by 2014.
The demand was placed on the Federal
Government at a marathon meeting leadership of
the union held with President Goodluck Jonathan
and other key government officials at the
Presidential Villa, on Monday.
ASUU president, Dr Nasir Isa Fagge, could not
confirm this, as calls put to him on his mobile line
were unsuccessful, but ASUU source told the
Nigerian Tribune in Abuja that the demand formed
part of their deliberations on Monday to early
hours of Tuesday.
The source said ASUU had suggested this based
on the complaint by the Federal Government that
it had no money to implement all aspects of the
2009 agreement as demanded.
Nigerian Tribune, however, gathered that branch
chairmen of the ASUU had been directed to brief
their members on the offer by President Jonathan,
which is largely an addition of N20 billion to the
N200 billion already agreed upon with Vice
President Namadi Sambo to be released to
universities annually.
According to the fresh pact, the Federal
Government had agreed to release N220 billion
yearly to the public universities, beginning from
2014 till the next five years.
It was also gathered that the meeting adopted the
accord struck by the vice president with the union,
on the need to increase the N30 billion already
released for the payment of academic earned
allowance to N40 billion.
According to sources, government also agreed
that the N40 billion should be regarded only as
first instalment, and not a once-and-for-all
payment.
At the meeting, the government assured that it
would, among other things, revamp the public
universities by ensuring that all those issues that
always led to strike were dealt with once and for
all.
ASUU president had, after the meeting, told
reporters that his team would take back the
message of President Jonathan to varsity
teachers before a decision would be taken on the
next line of action.

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Strike: FG, ASUU meets again next week
Academic Staff Union of Universities met across
the country on Thursday to consider the offer by the
Federal Government.
The ASUU President, Dr. Nasir Faggae after a
meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan which
ended in the early hours of Tuesday had told
reporters that the union would take back an
undisclosed message to their members.
The PUNCH gathered that the striking public
universities lecturers met in the nine zones of ASUU
with branch chairmen to discuss the outcome of the
meeting with the President.
The meetings presided over by zonal coordinators
afforded them (zonal coordinators) the opportunity
to brief the branch chairmen about the offer made
by the Federal Government to revamp the public
universities across the country.
The Federal Government had at the last Tuesday
marathon meeting agreed to inject N1.1tn into the
universities over the next five years. The money,
the Federal Government promised, would be
released at the rate of N220bn annually starting
from 2014.
The Ibadan zone of ASUU held its meeting at the
Federal University Abeokuta on Thursday while that
of the North Central Zone took place at the Federal
University, Lokoja, Kogi State.
Sources at both meetings said that though the
union officials were not happy that the N400bn per
year they asked for was not granted, they were
however happy at the sincerity of purpose
displayed by President Jonathan.
Though they expressed varied opinion about the
offer, they were unanimous in commending
Jonathan for being the first Nigerian leader to meet
with the union.
When contacted, the Coordinator of the North
Central Zone, Dr. Suleiman Mohammad declined
comments on the meeting.
Mohammed, who said he was attending to some
pressing issues, said only the ASUU President could
speak on the issue.
But feelers across the zones, however, suggested
that the lecturers might have accepted the offer of
the government.
Although branch chairmen still have to call
congresses, it was gathered that the union may
have made up its mind to call off the strike after
meeting with the Federal Government again next
week.
A top official of the union said “We are happy with
the humility shown by Jonathan to personally meet
with us. This is the first time a sitting President will
meet with the union to thrash out issues. Members
were impressed with him and the strong
commitment that he displayed. But some
expressed fear that the new deal could go the way
of past agreements that were not honoured.

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ASUU Strike To Be Called Off
Next Week – SUG President Urged Lecturers
To Suspend Strike
There are strong indications that the over 4 months
old strike of the Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU) may be called off next week.
That ordinarily should be an all round good news but
it’s good news with so many bad and worrisome
contents in it. What informed this conclusion? While
I agree that the strike has dragged on for too long, it
is important to also note that until recently when
the president of the country personally engaged the
union in talks, talks between the Federal
Government and the Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU) had broken and of course talks
broke down over the non-implementation of an
agreement its willingly entered into with ASUU in
2009, after 3 years of negotiations.
However, the Nigerian government failed to
implement the agreement, instead of doing the
needful, top government officials employed threats,
blackmail and street-gutter propaganda. Perhaps
nothing better demonstrates the contempt that
government has for public education than the way it
has handled this particular strike, the time it took
the president to personally meet with the striking
union, the meeting amounts to dousing a roaring
fire with spittle.
Recently, Minister of information, Mr. Labaran Maku,
in an attempt to give the false impression that the
2009 ASUU/FGN agreement is not implementable
declared that government activities could shut
down if all demands of the Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU) were to be met, how come the
same government that spends over N3 trillion
between 2009 and now to bail out failed banks did
not shut down? If the same government could spend
over $1billion to buy over warlords and militants
from Niger Delta under a fraudulent amnesty
program and yet did not go bankrupt why would
funding universities shut it down? If this
government could spend sum of N1.3 trillion
annually on members of the National Assembly and
the economy is not leaking why would ASUU
demands for quality education bankrupt Nigeria? If
the unconstitutional office of the “First Lady” could
draw funds from public purse to finance profligacies
and yet government has not shutdown, why will a
simple agreement shut Nigeria down? and also if a
small clique of politicians and oil marketers could
steal over $7billion from the oil subsidy funds and
the economy is still intact, how is N500 billion spent
on the future of young Nigerians shut us down? If a
minister could buy two armored vehicle for herself
at N255 million and the economy did not collapse,
then where is the wisdom in Mr. Labaran Maku and
federal governments claim that spending just N500
billion annually on University education is what
would sink the ship of the Nigerian government?
After 13 hours meeting with the president however,
there is a fresh offer and a fresh agreement, if
media reports are correct, the federal government is
prepared to spend N220 billion on the universities
each year for the next 5 years. Shortly after the
meeting, ASUU president was not definite on
whether the 2009 agreement has actually been met
or not, he simply told newsmen that the union will
consult with members on the new message from
the president and come up with a position. With that
statement it is right to conclude that government
has made a new offer entirely different from the
provisions of the 2009 agreement.
Already the federal government did not go into that
meeting with ASUU with the mind of sincerely
resolving the conflicts or implementing the 2009
agreement because prior to that meeting there have
been widespread reports in the media that
government had a plan B which is to forcefully
reopen the universities with or without ASUU, from
this it is clear that government is intimidating and
pressurizing ASUU to accept whatever offer it puts
on the table.
Unfortunately the NLC has also been used as a
conduit to pressurize ASUU to call off the strike.
This however, is not surprising the NLC has a
reputation for betraying the masses of this country
one would not forget in a hurry the removal of
subsidy in 2012 and how the NLC handled it. In
January 2012 during the anti-fuel price struggle, the
government made similar accusations, propaganda
and blackmails, which led to the Nigeria Labour
Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC)
hastily calling off the general strike. Today,
Nigerians are the worst for it. While it will be a great
relieve to go back to school, it will also be
important to put into consideration those issues that
led to the over 4 months strike and the gains from it
because it is 4 months of an academic life that can
never be regained, to this end it will be ridiculous
and sad to go back to our universities and still meet
the dilapidated hostels, laboratories where stoves
are still been used as bunsen burners, over crowded
lecture rooms and all those infrastructural decay
ASUU talked about. Already there is a directive from
the President Jonathan that IGR should be increased
and this is already being carried out in some
universities particularly Federal University of
Agriculture (FUNAAB) and the University of Ibadan
(UI), already acceptance fees have been increased.
This is a direct effect of not implementing the 2009
agreement and not making the funds that will be
spent on the universities reflect in the annual
budget of the country.
It will be interesting to see what ASUU comes up
with after their NEC meeting but it must be stated
that if ASUU calls off this strike it won’t be because
the 2009 agreement has been met. It is obviously
because the union has been pressurized,
intimidated and harassed by the government and a
sentimental public. Whichever way it goes, the big
question is: there was an ASUU strike in 2009, 2011,
and now 2013 just like I said on Channelstv Sunrise
Daily show the other day, will there be another
strike in 2015?

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ASUU may end STRIKE on or before
Friday, 15th Nov.
FAYSALKO
The strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities
(ASUU) may end on or before 15th November,2013
if feelers from the union’s zonal congresses are
anything to go by.
Journalists gathered from reliable sources that the
national leadership had briefed the zonal chapters
of the union on the outcome of the recent meeting
with President Goodluck Jonathan.
A source close to the leadership told journalists in
Zaria yesterday that “The zonal congresses where
held on Wednesday 6th November, 2013. For
example, the Kano Zone meeting was held at the
Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria.
“At the end of the meeting the body language of
ASUU chairmen that make up the zone and
attended the meeting indicated that they may
accept the offer of the president, but you know this
depends on the outcome of the congresses of the
various universities that make up each zone.
“All the universities in Nigeria that are participating
in the strike will now hold their individual
congresses on Monday, 11th November,2013 to
brief their lecturers on what the president has
offered. If majority of the lecturers in every
university agree to accept the offer of the federal
government, it means that the national leadership
of ASUU will call off the strike on or before Friday,
15th November,2013 as all the results of the
congresses would have been collated latest by
Wednesday.
“We are optimistic but it depends on the decision
that individual lecturers would make,” the source
said.
Chairman of ASUU-ABU Zaria chapter, Dr.
Muhammad Kabir Aliyu, confirmed that ABU Zaria
would have its congress on Monday next week.

ASUU meets tomorrow;
may call off strike Wed/
Thurs in Kano
THE Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities
(ASUU) will tomorrow hold a referendum, where
the lecturers will discuss the outcome of this
week’s meeting with President Goodluck
Jonathan.
At tomorrow’s meeting, the varsity teachers are
expected to review the months long industrial
action and take a decision on whether or not to
end the four-month-old strike. Already, notices
were said to have been sent out by the local
chapters of ASUU to their members, calling on
them to attend, so they could be part of the
important meeting.
The NEC of the union will meet on Wednesday in
Kano to ratify the decision of the congresses after
which a decision to end or continue the strike will
be taken.
It will be the first time the lecturers will meet,
after the 13-hour long meeting they held with the
president and observers are optimistic that the
strike will be called off soon.

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ASUU Strike Updates: UNILAG, UI,
Others Voted In Congresses To Call Off
Strike
CAMPUSTIMES
Barring a last-minute change, the National
Executive Committee of ASUU will at its meeting on
Wednesday night suspend the lingering ASUU strike
to allow public university students to return to their
classes as reports from the various local congresses
of the union today has shown.
Campus Times gathered that at the University,
members of ASUU in the University who have been
front-liners in the industrial action today accepted
the new offer from the FG and voted that the strike
be suspend. Other Universities that have so far
voted for the suspension of the industrial action are
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Uthman Dan Fodio
University Sokoto, Federal University of Technology
MINNA, and the University of Lagos. Others are, the
University of Calabar, Federal University of
Technology Akure, and Ekiti State University. As of
Press time, only the University of Benin has refused
to yield to the call that the 4-month old ASUU strike
be suspended.
It will be recall the the Academic Staff Union of
Nigeria Universities (ASUU) has on 1 July, 2013
embarked on an indefinite strike to put pressure on
the FG to implement the 2009 agreement it entered
into with the Union.

ASUU strike: Lecturers
want to continue
The Academic Staff Union of Universities’
attempt to call off its lingering strike still
remains contentious as lecturers of the
University of Jos have insisted that the
ongoing strike continues.
Chairman of the chapter, Dr. David Jankam
who made this known yesterday while
speaking with newsmen in the state said its
members have not see any substance in the
dialogue with the federal government to
warrant calling off the strike.
According to Jankam, “We have just rounded
off our meeting, and as a matter of fact, our
members voted overwhelmingly for the
continuation of the state strike.
“I can also confirm to you that five of the
eight universities that made up the Bauchi
Zone of ASUU have also voted for
continuation of the strike, and the general
saying is that the federal government has not
shown any commitment so far.
“We started the meeting
by briefing our members
on issues resolved with the federal
government in their last meeting with the
president of ASUU.
“But responding to the briefing, our members
observed that the main issues that led to the
strike were not discussed as part of the
meeting in Aso Rock.
“As such, my members said president
Jonathan is taking them for a ride by trying to
divert attention from the core subjects of the
strike”
According to Dr. Jankam, “I will now convey
the resolve of our branch to our national
president in our NEC meeting scheduled for
this week. If the majority of the chapter
voted for call off, it will be called off, but if
majority of the chapters voted for
continuation, so be it” said Dr. Jankam.

ASUU divided over move to call off
strike
The hope that the four month old strike by the
Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, may be
called off this week, following President Goodluck
Jonathan’s intervention last week, may be dashed
as the 61 chapters of the union are divided over the
move to call off the strike.
President Jonathan held a meeting with the
leadership of ASUU last week, where he made some
offers which ASUU was expected to take to their
members for deliberation with the hope that it will
pacify them into resuming academic activities this
week.
Congresses of the 61 chapters of the union were
therefore held, yesterday, while the National
Executive Council, NEC, meeting will hold tomorrow
in one of the northern universities.
The outcome of the union’s congresses indicated
that there was disagreement on the need to call off
the strike.
Vanguard gathered that while some ASUU chapters
were ready to suspend the strike in the light of the
President’s intervention, others insisted that they
will continue the strike due to what they described
as their distrust for the government.
It was learnt that while the University of Lagos,
UNILAG, resolved to suspend the strike, chapters
like the University of Ibadan, UI; University of
Benin, UNIBEN; University of Calabar, UNICAL;
University of Jos, UNIJOS and the Lagos State
University, LASU, said the strike must continue,
arguing that the Federal Government could not be
trusted to fulfil its promise of injecting over N1.1
trillion to universities in the next five years.
Voting at UNIJOS
Members UNIJOS chapter, yesterday, voted
overwhelmingly for the strike to continue.
After receiving briefings on what transpired at last
week’s meeting of the union’s representatives with
President Goodluck Jonathan and after going
through copies of the resolution of the meeting, 194
members voted for the strike to continue while 80
voted for a suspension.
Sources told Vanguard that after hours of debate by
those for and against the continuation of the strike,
it was obvious that majority felt that the meeting
with the president did not achieve much.
Those who spoke in favour of the strike to continue
wondered why the strike should be called off on the
basis of pleas and verbal promises by the president,
when the government is allegedly reputed for not to
honoring agreements.
They were said to have argued that the suffering by
students and members in the last four months
would be a waste if something concrete did not
come out of the strike to improve the situation in
universities.
It was further gathered that those for the
suspension of the strike spoke passionately on the
need to consider the impact of the strike on
students and the gesture from President Jonathan,
who met personally with ASUU leaders and pleaded
with them to suspend the strike.
A few of them were quoted as saying it was better
to suspend the strike and find other ways of
pursuing their demands so as not to lose the
support of the people.
It was learnt that the Branch ASUU Chairman, Dr.
David Jangkham, after announcing the result of the
voting, said it would be taken to the national body
which would collate the referendum on the issue
from various chapters to come up with a position on
whether the strike would be suspended or
sustained.
A member, who spoke on condition of anonymity,
expressed fears that the referenda in other
branches might follow the same trend “if the
briefing we got here is what they got.”
UNILAG
A source at University of Lagos, UNILAG, chapter,
told Vanguard that the debate at its congress was
on whether to end or suspend the strike.
He said: “We eventually moved to suspend the
strike and end it only when the President pumps in
the first N220 billion into the universities in January
2014.
“Although this is not totally in line with the 2009
agreement, we feel that we can suspend the strike
out of respect for the President. We just want to
give him the benefit of doubt, and hope that he
fulfills his promise.”
LASU
At Lagos State University, LASU, one of the
executive members of ASUU, who spoke to
Vanguard on condition of anonymity, affirmed that
though the chapter was not averse to the proposal
of President Jonathan, but the consensus at its
congress was that ASUU should not just be a
monitoring body when the fund is finally injected.
He said: “After our congress, which lasted several
hours, it was the resolve of our chapter that the
strike should not be called off, because we are
uncomfortable with the fact that the Federal
Government has said that ASUU will just be a
monitoring officer, while the Minister of Education
will be the implementation officer.
“We argued that we must be part and parcel of how
the funds are managed and what they have
earmarked for within the period of five years.
“How can we know if the Ministry of Education and
other authorities are prudently spending the funds
for the proposed projects if ASUU is not part of the
management committee? So, our position is that
the strike should not be called off.”
LASU’s internal issues
The source added that LASU chapter of ASUU may
embark on its local action, after the national strike
is suspended or called off if the university’s
Governing Council and the State Government fail to
adequately address some of its local issues, which
border on members’ welfare and a reduction in the
institution’s tuition fees.
He said: “It is our resolve at the congress that if the
state government and the university’s Governing
Council, which is meeting on Wednesday, fail to
address our local issues adequately, we shall
embark on local actions.
“The university management has wasted four
months without addressing our local issues, which
border on the casualisation of our academic staff,
the steep increment in tuition fees paid by students
and the non-implementation of the Universities
Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 2012, which allows
academic staff on professorial cadre to retire at 70
years against the former 65 years.”
At UI
At the University of Ibadan, Vanguard gathered that
members asked their leadership to commit the
President to signing the resolution of FG/ASUU
meeting held last week and include non-
victimisation clause.
The Chairman, ASUU, University of Ibadan, Dr.
Segun Ajiboye, said that the union had set up
project monitoring committee to ensure that funds
released by government was not misappropriated.
Ajiboye maintained that it was not how quick the
strike ends but how well it ends, adding that the
goal of the strike must be actualised.
According to him, it was regrettable that it took the
Federal Government four months to think education
was an important sector, adding that no country in
the world plays with education the way Nigerian
leaders do.
David-West
Also, former Minister of Petroleum, Professor Tam
David-West said, yesterday, that ASUU would
continue to go on strike as long as injustice
remained in the system.
He said this at the UI-ASUU congress, where he
vowed to always support all the struggles that
would lead to the rejuvenation of the education
sector.

NUC,VC's, Others Regret ASUU Strike
The 28th Conference of the Association of Vice
Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (AVCNU)
Tuesday opened in Akure, Ondo State capital with a
declaration by stakeholders that everybody is a
loser in the lingering dispute between the Academic
Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal
Government.
The conference hosted by the Federal University of
Technology, Akure (FUTA) drew participants from
the 129 public and private universities in Nigeria
and other stakeholders like the Institute of
Chattered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and the
National University Commission (NUC).
In his welcome address, the FUTA Vice Chancellor,
Prof. Adebiyi Daramola lamented that a total of four
months had been lost to the ASUU strike by all
public universities in the country and that it
was already having negative effects on the
universities. Details to follow

Former ASUU president, Festus
Iyayi dies in car crash
on november 12, 2013 at 5:39 pm in news
Former president of the Association of Senior Staff
of Universities, ASUU, Prof. Festus Iyayi is dead. He
died Tuesday morning in a car crash on his way to
Kano to participate in tomorrow’s National
Executive Council Meeting of the Academic Staff
Union of Universities (ASUU) expected to declare an
end to the over 4-month strike.
ASUU President Dr. Nasir Fagge confirmed his death
to our correspondent. He said the sad news was
broken to the union a few hours ago.
Prof. Fetus Iyayi
Prof. Iyayi was president of ASUU from 1986 to
1988.
He was born in 1947, in Ugbegun, Ishan, Edo State.
In 1968, he left the shores of Nigeria to pursue his
higher education, obtaining a M.Sc in Industrial
Economics from the Kiev Institute of Economics, in
the former U.S.S.R., and then his Ph.D from the
University of Bradford, England.
In 1980, he went back to Benin and became a
lecturer in the Department of Business
Administration at the University of Benin.
A well known author, with four books to his credit
(Violence, The Contract, Heroes, and Awaiting Court
Martial), Prof. Iyayi won the Commonwealth Prize
for Literature for his book Heroes in 1988.

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Unijos ASUU ready to end strike –
Chairman

Jos – The University of Jos chapter of the Academic
Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), who voted
against ending the four-months-old strike, says it
will resume classes if directed by the national body.
“Yes, the local ASUU chapter voted 159 to 88
against ending the strike at its congress on Monday,
but we shall abide by any decision taken by the
national body on Wednesday,’’ its Chairman, Dr.
David Jangdam, said in Jos on Tuesday.
ASUU’s central body is expected to meet in Kano on
Wednesday to take a final decision on whether or
not to end the strike after collating resolutions from
various local branches who considered the offer by
President Goodluck Jonathan during their
congresses on Monday.
Jonathan had made the offers toward ending the
strike during a meeting with the striking lecturers
who are seeking better funding for the universities
and improved welfare packages for the teaching
staff.
Jangdam said in Jos that the decision of the national
body was final and binding on all local chapters.
“Even the strike was not supported by all the
universities. Many local chapters of ASUU opposed
it, but majority wanted it and we embarked on it,’’
he said.
He explained that ASUU’s decisions were usually
from bottom-to-top with representatives at
meetings having to revert to the local branches
before any decision would be taken.
Jangdam, however, rejected suggestions that the
local branch’s position was influenced by the
internal disagreement with management over the
conduct of the post-UTME examinations during the
strike.
ASUU had condemned that action, and declared that
the examinations were “illegal, wasteful and of no
effect’’.
“At the congress meeting yesterday, we made it
clear that no local issue will be discussed.
“Our focus was solely on the issues related to the
national strike. Other local disagreements shall be
tackled locally and therefore had no effect on our
stance yesterday,’’ he said.
He said that the lecturers voted against ending the
strike because they did not trust the federal
government to fulfill its promises and therefore
wanted something concrete to be seen on ground
before resuming classes.
Jangdam also rejected suggestions that the
lecturers had not been fair to university education in
the country.
“I think the questions should be if the system is fair
to the educational sector; Nigerians should ask the
leaders why the educational sector is usually the
least in their priorities,’’ he said.
He said that it was wrong for Nigerians to blame the
lecturers for the bad situation in the universities,
saying that the search light should rather be on
those in authority that decided what should go to
the ivory towers at budget planning sessions.
“Sometimes, I find the situation a bit perplexing; I
wonder why should Nigerians complain about poor
quality of graduates and heap the blame on the
universities and the lecturers even when they know
that not much attention is paid to the educational
sector?,’’ he asked. (NAN)

ASUU strike: Everybody loses – VC, NUC
DAILY NEWWATCH
The Vice Chancellor of Federal University of
Technology, Akure (FUTA), Professor Adebiyi
Daramola, and the Secretary of the National
Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Julius
Okogie, have berated the ongoing crisis between
the Federal Government and the Academic Staff
Union of Universities (ASUU), saying “everybody is
a loser in the strike.”
This came as a former national chairman of ASUU,
Professor Festus Iyayi was killed yesterday in an
auto crash on the busy Lokoja-Abuja Express Road.
Professors Daramola and Okogie spoke yesterday
at the opening ceremony of the 28th Annual
Conference of the Association of Vice-Chancellors of
the Nigerian Universities (AVCNU), held at FUTA,
Akure, the Ondo State capital.
Daramola, in his welcome address, stressed the
need for the two ‘warring’ parties to end the rift for
the sake of the progress of the education sector in
the country, noting that the development was
already having negative impact on all the
stakeholders.
He said: “ It is sad to note that a total of four
months have been lost to this ASUU strike by all
public universities in the country. This is already
having a negative toll on the universities.
“No meaningful progress can ever be achieved if we
keep closing academic business for a long time on
our campuses.
“The situation is regrettable and unfortunate and
will no doubt reflect on the image of the university
system in Nigeria and the quality of our outputs. As
a matter of fact, in the ASUU strike, we are all
losers: ASUU, Federal Government, students,
parents and other stakeholders.”
The FUTA VC, however, commended the Federal
Government for releasing a N100 billion
intervention fund for the revamp of the university
system.
Similarly, Prof. Okogie, who was represented at the
ceremony, by the Visiting Professor of NUC,
expressed displeasure over the crisis facing the
education sector, saying there was a need for all
stakeholders to find lasting solution to the crisis.
While commending the VCs in the country on the
various roles they have played in ending the crisis,
Okogie said, “We must begin to look beyond the
end of the current crisis to developing a new
approach to resolving issues that dog relations in
our university system.”
According to him, “I like to use this forum to appeal
to vice chancellors to work towards ensuring that
disagreements are nipped in the bud and, as much
as possible, are resolved at university level in order
to avoid any further total breakdown in the public
university system.
“The impacts of the strike are significant and they
affect not only students who are our primary
products, but staff as well. By working together, we
will be able to make progress in moving the
Nigerian university system forward.”
Declaring the conference open, Governor Olusegun
Mimiko of Ondo State, expressed regrets at the
four-month old strike, lamenting that it has
worsened the university education in the country.
Mimiko called on the university lecturers to end the
strike in the interest of the whole country, lauding
the Federal Government’s moves to resolve the
crisis.
However, Iyayi was killed when the vehicle
conveying members of the University of Benin
(UNIBEN) chapter of ASUU to Kano for a meeting
with the Federal Government was rammed into by a
police escort vehicle attached to the Kogi State
governor.
The versatile writer/social commentator died
instantly the convoy rammed into their bus, while
others, including the Chairman ASUU, UNIBEN
chapter, Prof. Tony Emina-Monye, Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi
Illoh and two others sustained various degrees of
injuries and were said to be in critical condition.
The University of Benin dons were on a trip for
further negotiation to bring a lasting solution to the
prolonged lecturers’ strike that has entered the
fourth month.
Iyayi, born 1947, in Ugbegun in Ishan, was a writer
known for his radical and sometimes tough stance
on social and political issues.
He employed a realistic style of writing, depicting
the social, political and moral environment and
system in which both the rich and poor live and
work.
Iyayi, also a former president of ASUU, started his
education at Annunciation Catholic College in the
old Bendel State, popularly known as ACC, and
graduated in 1966 and in 1967. He was admitted
into the Government College, Ughelli, graduating in
1968. That same year, he was a zonal winner in a
Kennedy Essay Competition organised by the
United States Embassy in Nigeria.
He left the shores of Nigeria to pursue his higher
education, obtaining a M.Sc. in Industrial Economics
from the Kiev Institute of Economics, in the former
USSR and Ph.D. from the University of Bradford,
England.
In 1980, he became a lecturer in the Department of
Business Administration at the University of Benin.
As a staffer of the university, Iyayi became
interested in radical social issues and a few years
after his employment, he became the local
president of ASUU, a radical union known for its
upfront style on academic and social welfare.
He rose to the position of national president of the
union in 1986, but in 1988, the union was briefly
banned and Iyayi was detained. Same year, he won
the Commonwealth Prize for Literature for his book,
Heroes. He was later removed from his faculty
position.
Better known as a writer, Iyayi wrote the award-
winning novel, Violence, The Contract, Heroes and
Awaiting Court Martial.
Meanwhile, President Goodluck Jonathan, Senate
President, David Mark, his House of Representatives
counterpart, Speaker Aminu Tambuwal, supervising
Minister of Education, Nyeson Wike, have
commiserated with the leadership and members of
the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)
over the death of Iyayi.
Jonathan, in a statement by his Special Adviser on
Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, extended
condolences to Iyayi’s family as well as his
colleagues, friends and associates across the
country and beyond.
He joined them in mourning the renowned
academic and award-winning writer, who rose to
national prominence in the 1980s with his
courageous leadership of ASUU in its struggle for a
better working environment for teachers and
academics in the nation’s university system.
Jonathan was particularly dismayed by the fact that
Iyayi has sadly lost his life while going to contribute
to efforts to finally resolve the current ASUU strike,
which had unfortunately disrupted academics in
most of the nation’s universities for over four
months.
Senator Mark lamented the death of Iyayi, saying
Nigeria has lost an academic giant.
Reacting to the death in a condolence message
signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Paul Mumeh
last night, Mark noted the giant strides of the
university scholar, which brought international fame
and value to the nation.
He noted with pain that Iyayi was one of the leaders
of ASUU dialoging with the Federal Government on
how to resolve the lingering strike action by the
university teachers.
According to Mark, “This is one very painful death.
Dr. Iyayi was among the university teachers
meeting with the Federal Government side on how
to end this strike. As usual, his contributions have
been forthright and rewarding.
That he died at this time his contributions were
most needed is a huge set back.
“I remember his frank and honest contributions
towards ending the strike and addressing the ills in
the tertiary education in Nigeria when we met last
week. His death is unfortunate. It is a huge loss to
the nation.”
The Senate President sympathised with the
university community, the immediate family, the
government and people of Edo state and the nation
on the death of Iyayi.
He prayed that God in His infinite mercies grant the
bereaved family the fortitude to bear this sad loss
just as he prayed that the almighty creator grant
the deceased eternal rest.
Speaker Tambuwal, while also extending his
condolence to the Nigerian academic community
and the family of Iyayi, described the deceased as a
respected teacher and unionist, who gave his all for
the progress of the education sector.
In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and
Public Affairs, Malam Imam Imam, Tambuwal said
the late Iyayi’s life-time of struggles will no doubt
inspire many upcoming lecturers and unionists to
render selfless service to their country.
While urging ASUU and the Federal Ministry of
Education to immortalise the late Professor,
Tambuwal prayed to God to give the bereaved
family the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.
Wike, while in his eulogy, described Iyayi’s death as
unfortunate and shocking, saying it was very
unfortunate, coming at a tim when his services
were still highly needed to resolve some critical
issues and challenges confronting educational
sector at the moment.
Wike, while was addressing the university vice
chancellors and winners of the TETFund Research
fund in Abuja yesterday expressed shock at the
sudden death of the former president of ASUU.
He described his death as a very sad development,
coming when the country is trying to resolve the
lingering strike in universities, which he was
contributing his best towards finding lasting
solutions.
“I heard he died in Lokoja, which is quite
unfortunate, quite sad. On behalf of the Federal
Ministry of Education, we deeply condole and
commiserate with the family and ASUU for this
irreparable loss. It’s quite touching, because while
we were in the meetings, he contributed so much to
the development of Nigerian universities.
“When he was ASUU President, everybody knew
what he stood for. It is quite unfortunate but of
course, nobody can question God. He knows why it
happened the way it happened but we believe that
God will give the family the heart to bear the
irreparable loss, it is quite unfortunate.”
The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the
Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) also described the death
of Iyayi as a tragic loss to the human right
community and the nation at large.
ERA/FoEN Executive Director, Dr. Godwin Uyi Ojo
said: “Professor Iyayi’s death is a big loss not only
to the management and staff of ERA/FoEN and the
human right community but to the Nigerian nation.
We will miss his wealth of experience in engaging
the issues he championed and commiserate with
his family.”
Ojo explained that the professor will be greatly
remembered as a dogged fighter for the cause of
humanity, his love for education, even as he added
that he was one of ERA/FoEN’s most dependable
intellectual bases in the struggle for eco-justice and
protection of local livelihoods.
“As we commiserate with his family, ASUU and the
Nigerian human rights community, we pray his soul
rest in the bosom of the Lord. Festus Iyayi will be
greatly missed,” Ojo added.