garfield1:


Tinubu might win bayelsa.

garfield1:


People are abandoning pdp daily.brass LGA chairman defected.

garfield1:


He knows apc will remove him hence he is sidelining Dickson and romancing other parties

garfield1:


He knows apc will remove him hence he is sidelining Dickson and romancing other parties

garfield1:


Diri is a failure

Parachoko:
I only talked about how APC will win, you quoted me and start crying about how the APC won't win.

Well, at this junction, I will have to leave you to believe what ever you want. Election no far again.

Parachoko:
You're the one crying about my post.

The Supreme Court Governor will lose in 2023, the way he lost in 2019.

If you're pained because of the truth, is your problem not mine.

Parachoko:
He will be humble with votes.

He lost in 2019 before he was rescued by the Supreme Court, he will lose again in 2023 and the Supreme Court won't save him.

Parachoko:
2023 no far again.

The Supreme Court governor will be humbled again.

Parachoko:
You dey ground indeed

Diri wey b say him performance for Bayelsa has been woeful so far. APC will get back there mandate in Bayelsa next year.

Know this and have peace of mind.

frankmoney:
Diri is actually using a stolen mandate just like uzodinma

Parachoko:
Good news for the APC

I see the APC winning Bayelsa and Delta State Governorship election.

PDP can't win the geopolitical region with more than 5% in the presidential election.

fergie001:
Wahala for Penguin2's uncle. No Senate for Umahi....


garfield1 kahal29 Ojuntana kyase ejimatic AAA593

Neddyogu:


So are u saying that the Briggs committee came up with the 185% increment stuff? No input from ASUU? So the Briggs committee was just flying solo?

Neddyogu:


Does that mean ASUU cannot be reasonable? Pegging wage increase at 109-185%? If u were in Ngige's shoe, where would u start negotiations from? How can I insist on the exclusion of ministers of relevant ministries whom u need their buy-in for ur proposal to fly? All the university union leaders are not yet ready to reopen schools especially ASUU.

Neddyogu:
How can ASUU peg wage increase at between 109 and 185% increment and expect FG to take them seriously? They should have asked for the CBN too.

Legendforte:

Likewise ASUU leadership

The Federal Government on Wednesday stated that there was no Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between it and the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) awaiting the signature of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Minister of Labour and Employment Senator Chris Ngige said this in a statement by the Deputy Director Press and Public Relations in the Ministry, Olajide Oshundun on Wednesday.

Ngige noted that even when such a CBA was produced between unions and the Federal Government, it was not the President that would sign but the government side, MDAs led by the direct employer with the conciliating ministry witnessing.

The Minister accused ASUU of fixing its salaries and allowances through the Nimi Briggs Committee to the exclusion of the statutory government ministries and agencies that manage the entire annual finances of government, budget and fiscal policies and the Office of the Head of Service in charge of ensuring that public service rules and regulations are not undermined in any condition of service offered to public officers in the universities.

According to him, Prof. Briggs Proposal of 109 -185% increase in the university wage structure, would cost the federal government N560bn as salaries alone in addition to the current N412bn.

He added that N1.12tn would be needed to pay the salaries and allowances of university lecturers and other staff in the university system.

The statement reads: “This clarification has become necessary in view of the deluge of deliberate misinformation being dished out to Nigerians by the President of ASUU, Prof. Osodeke as well as his branch leaders, calling on President Buhari to sign an agreement which they claimed to have reached with the Federal Government.

“We wish therefore to inform Nigerians that there is no such Collective Bargaining Agreement(CBA) that has been reached between the Federal Government, ASUU and other university unions on the renegotiation of their salaries and allowances(wages). What is in existence is a proposal. Even when such a CBA is made , it is not the President that signs it. From available records, no Nigerian President or sovereign signs such.

“The true position is that Nigerians are aware that ASUU has been on strike since February 14, 2022 and locked in negotiations on their demand, especially of their conditions of service – wages , salaries, allowances and other public service matters, that should be guided by relevant Federal Government Ministries and agencies – Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Budget office of the Federation , National Salaries Income and Wages Commission, Office of Head of Service of the Federation, through the newly set up Prof. Nimi Briggs Committee.

“Note that Prof Nimi Brigg Committee just like the Prof. Munzali Committee it replaced , is an internal committee of the Ministry of Education to receive ASUU demands and renegotiate areas of 2009 Agreement while also receiving briefs from the MDAs mentioned above that act as advisers, before making any counter offer to ASUU and other unions.

“Unfortunately, ASUU insisted that these relevant advisory MDAs recuse themselves from the sitting of the Briggs Committee accusing them of non-cooperation. All alone with the Prof Briggs Committee, ASUU started fixing their salaries and allowances to the exclusion of the statutory government ministries and agencies that manage the entire annual finances of government , budget and fiscal policies and the Office of the Head of Service that is in charge of ensuring that public service rules and regulations are not undermined in any condition of service offered to public officers in the universities.

“Because of this exclusion engineered by ASUU, and the arising complaints to the Chief of Staff to the President and the Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment by the concerned MADs , the Chief of Staff and the Honourable Minister of Labour set up an inter-Ministerial/Agency sub Committee comprising the affected MDA’s under the Minister of State Budget and Planning to quickly look into Prof. Briggs Committee report which to all intents and purpose was still a proposal in June 2022 at the government side meeting. This assignment was to be completed with the Presidential Committee on Salaries and Wages and given two weeks to come up with their recommendation.

“Having rounded off its work, the committee returned as verdict; that with the Prof. Briggs Proposal of 109 -185% increase in the university wage structure, the Federal Government will incur an additional N560b as salaries alone , on top of the present N412B , less all other allowances such as Earned Academic Allowances and fringe benefits , Teaching Allowance, Field trip, responsibility and Postgraduate supervision , allowances, Hazard allowances which were to gulp another N170B.

“In all, the sum of N1.12 Trillion will be needed to pay the salaries and allowances of university lecturers and other staff in the university system . At present , the wage bill of the university staff and their colleagues in Teaching Health Systems gulp nearly 50% of the total federal government staff personnel cost/wages . Recall that the staff of Polytechnics and Colleges of Education have also placed their wage review on the front burner since two months ago. This is just like the medical doctors and the JOHESU who have placed before the federal government, the need for wage review which the government agrees that even with the 10% review of salary , following the Minimum Wage and the Consequential review of 2019, her employees will need some salary enhancement for all sectors and just for education or health employees alone.

“Currently, the Presidential Committee on Salaries and Wages has finished the review of the Prof. Nimi Briggs proposal and will shortly submit the same to the President. This clears every doubt that there is an agreement before the President waiting for his signature. There is none!

“On UTAS , UPPPS and IPPIS , Nigerians will recall that IPPIS was an inherited payment platform meant to run side by side the corrupt ridden defunct GIFMIS platform. However because of the issues of ghost workers, inflated personnel cost , non-payment of PAYE taxes by federal employees in the states to their respective states governments, who turn around to collect these tax and the differential from the federal government, through the Joint Tax Board government decided to make IPPIS payment platform, sole and compulsory to all federal government staff drawing their remunerations from the federal government treasury.

“However, ASUU and other staff of the universities complained that IPPIS did not capture the peculiarities of the university system;

OGHENAOGIE:
Ina no like truth... Shebi South Africa come Nigeria beat una for Aisha cup no worry una go still collect

Wallade:


Oh shut up, she marked her opponent who had to cut back and pass the ball to a free South Africa lady who was free and supposed to be marked by the two central defenders of Super Falcons.

OGHENAOGIE:
south AFrica are better currently so tone down... Make falcon qualify for world cup as for the trophy they can't win it... It's Left for NFF to build female league and stop this nonsense of always employing foreign coach...