ascaris:

I wonder what would have happen to public institutions in this country without ASUU.
Remember when ASUU struggled for the establishment of TETFUND, we thought they were being selfish. Today, Tetfund is the only thing sustaining public higher institutions in the country.
The politicians are only struggling to central corruption through IPPIS.

You are right

mvem:
No be same IPPIS ASUU is not comfortable with

Its the same ippis that ASUU rejected and some Nigerians were abusing them.

Is ASUU not right?

raymexx:
#Uche_Ogbuagu Reason For His Defection To APC.

The Imo born comedian turn politician, a member representing Ikeduru in Imo State house of Assembly and a furious critics of Rochas Okorocha, Uche Ogbuagu surprised Imolites when he decamped to the All progressive Congress, the same party he took much time to criticize and tagged evil.

After much condemnation from Imolites, he has come out to give some of the reasons he decamped to APC abandoning PDP and equally threatens to expose atricities committed under 8 months of Emeka Ihedioha's reign.

These are his reasons.

.....Nothing that is happening in Ikeduru PDP that I'm aware.

.....During August meeting of 2019, they made my wife a stranger without involving her.

.....If i call the Governor to complain, he will tell me to wait.

.....I discovered that they have completed projects in Ikeduru on papers, fully completed, but in reality jobs have not gone up to 30 percent.

.....If i call the T.C chairman of Ikeduru to know how much that was coming in, he will tell me that they said i should not tell you.

.....A day before the supreme court judgement, i got information that the Governor has ordered Imo speaker in his Asokoro residence to suspend me and the member representing Abor Mbaise and Ahiazu in the house, because it was rumoured that we complained on how the government bought refurbished cars with outrageous amounts.

.....Were you slapped by the Deputy Governor? Leave that for another day because my wife begged me to leave anything concerning Emeka Ihedioha to God, because if i open up on what i passed through, people will go crazy.

.....I discovered that entraco wasn't doing their job very well, as refuse took over Owerri without prompt action from the government, I called different people in the government to complain, all of them told me if am incharge of dirty evacuation. When i went to radio to advise the government, i was summoned, queried and humiliated for advising the government i fought hard and contributed my quota to enthrone to power.

.....On Deputy Speakership position, during the midnight meeting to decide who will become the deputy speaker ( in the house of an Ikeduru man... referring to former minister Chuka Odom), there was an agreement to zone it to Mbaike Federal Constituency since Mbaise has Governor and Owerri federal Constituency has Senator. In Mbaike Federal constituency, Mbaitolu has the federal house of reps member (ranking) and Ikeduru was in the vantage position to produce the deputy speaker, all the leaders said noooo! I asked for them to do voting, we were all sent out from the venue and Hon. Nwawuba went in and rigged the election with Chuka Odom. I cried for the injustice and all Odom could do was to tap me on the shoulder.

.....As a chairman house committee on budget and appropriations, i didn't contribute any quota on the budget, i was completely shut out and sidelined on the order of the government.

On PDP going to court to retrieve your position having been elected through the party.......He said he's waiting for their letter as it will enable him to finally open up on what he suffered in the party. He said he was tactically avoiding opening up on so many things that took place in that government because of his wife's advise.

https://imostateblog.com/if-you-missed-uche-ogbuagus-radio-bombshell-catch-up-here/?fbclid=IwAR3QsDW96rdzYOTa2qLBQsHixPpWZzcOCvaxFwjGkqTTinQJKmNbjRamOi0

Too bad

Orjitex15:
Criminals are always running even if no one is chasing them, oga go and enrol or no pay.

You ve spoken like a criminal

LibrarianD:
The recent standoff between Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government (FG) on IPPIS is worthy of serious attention as it is at the verge of unsettling the nascent industrial peace being enjoyed in the country’s ivory towers. For one thing, FG says she wants to curb corruption and then opted to pay all salaries from one point. I am in full support of any measure that will curb corruption to the barest minimum as it affects everyone negatively.

But in the case of universities, the option to have one pay point appears to be a direct expression of distrust by FG on the Governing Council which they appoint majority of the members. This appears also to mean a loss of confidence in the Vice Chancellors, a position which every worthy scholar aims to attain. There is a sharp contradiction here. Vice-Chancellors were recently made electoral umpires in the recent elections but they have suddenly appeared to be corrupt to the extent that they can no longer be trusted with personnel costs. Over the years, ASUU has been onto one negotiation or the other with FG and in each case when an agreement is reached and signed, it rubs off well on the universities even when the implementation is not full. One of such is the establishment of TETFUND which has proven to be a key to funding of research, establishment of infrastructure and more in the universities and other tertiary institutions.

But come to think of it, Government has another watchdog that they are reluctant to unleash designed specifically for the Universities: The Visitation Panel. But it also appears that FG has no trust in anyone or group that they may appoint as visitation panels. So only IPPIS is correct and corruption-free! This IPPIS appears as one-stop solution or a magic wand that will solve all problems of corruption in Nigeria.

Now ASUU says their autonomy is violated, that the running of universities is unique. The big shots in Abuja does not appear to agree. Please let me clarify a few issues and ask questions, hoping to get some answers from whoever has one.

Universities are centers where knowledge is made and freely dispensed. In developed countries governments and corporate bodies rely solely on universities, (not contractors like IPPIS) to provide solutions to any problem that can be imagined including corruption. I stand to be corrected but I am not aware of any funding for research in this country aimed at curbing corruption in Nigeria. The best quality of knowledge is made when scholars interact with others in different universities to share ideas. That is the trick that makes most western universities stand out. It is sorely out of interactions between scholars in USA and students from China that made technology transfer to China very easy. Nigeria appears not to have any plan for herself along those lines. As a young PhD holder, I had the privilege to be invited to participate on fully-funded research in USA for a study on fault-tolerant operation of multi-phase dual-winding machines in shipboards and aerial vehicles. The colleagues up there felt that having done a thesis on such a subject, I will be in a position to contribute the new methods developed. Four other visits were to follow successively in other universities in Europe and Japan in the form of fellowships. The ideas gained from those interactions cannot be quantified. I will not bother you with my personal experiences but Nigerian universities can attract colleagues from other universities for teaching and collaborative research too. Now how does IPPIS plan to capture their payments on their platform?

I know the quantity of work that goes on as regards payment of salaries by the bursaries in different universities in ensuring that salary variations of staff (which changes every month) are verified and captured. Sometimes, bursary departments postpone some of such variations if they are many and schedule them for subsequent months. Now can anyone explain how a centralized system based in Abuja can collate and manage these variations for up to 40 universities?

The duties of academic staff in universities are for teaching and research. The non-academic staff perform very vital duties to support this. Apart from research, each academic staff is expected to give

lectures, quizzes and then examinations and then submit results in a timely manner. Now in an academic department in any Nigerian university, the hierarchy is Head of Department, Dean/Provost and then Vice-Chancellor. How does IPPIS hope to sanction a staff that fails to perform these minute duties in a timely fashion? After all, salaries will come from Abuja. Or do we expect a situation where a Vice-Chancellor will have to collate on monthly basis, the activities of each staff and report to IPPIS for their kind consideration and necessary action?

Visiting, adjunct and part-time appointments are made usually on yearly basis solely on need. For example as the VC of FUT Minna pointed out a few days ago during their Foundation day ceremonies, teaching of some courses offered by specialist departments that do not exist in universities have to be contracted out. Let me explain this further. Consider a situation in which a course on Engineering Law has to be taught to students of Faculty of Engineering and a PhD holder in law is needed to do this is and the university has no Faculty of Law. It is cheaper for the university to engage this PhD holder on adjunct or part-time basis, paying him/her a fraction of his salary instead of having to set up a Faculty of Law. The university cannot hire such a person full-time even if he/she is willing as there is no base department where he/she can build a career. Hundreds of this kind of situation exists in each university and changes every year. How does IPPIS hope to handle this?

Suppose a staff at the University of Lagos is underpaid. He will have to abandon all his duties, travel to Abuja on his own funds, risking his life, stay on a hotel, seek attention the following day at IPPIS office, and if he is successful, spends same day again in Abuja and then return the following day. Does IPPIS have schedule officers in the universities who will handle and attend to these kind of complaints? If yes, then let IPPIS come, set up offices in all the universities and replace bursary.

We all know that most new programs mounted in different universities have very low level manpower. Now how does such a department meet the NUC BMASS requirement in terms of staffing if they do not hire visiting/adjunct/part-time staff from other universities? Many of such programs especially their postgraduate programs will have to be closed once the accreditation team arrives.

We also have another case worth mentioning. The case of staff on study leave with pay. Such staff usually spend between six months and four years doing either bench work leading to their completion of their degrees in their base universities, postdoctoral fellowships or acquiring foreign degrees. At all times, a university has at least 100 academic staff on such leaves. How does IPPIS wish to capture and monitor their return or otherwise from their places of study to render the services for which they were sent out to train and then continue or discontinue their salaries?

I can go on and on. This central payment system will only create another crisis added to the already existing ones, disturb the universities calendar, send students home, create unease in families and as usual do no one any good.

Let no one ask me why Nigerian academics are not winning Nobel Laurates or making inventions in recent times. The last time I checked, Nobel Laurates are rewards designed in USA. What is Nigerian version of such a laurate? How does Nigeria encourage and reward excellence? Is there a little recognition for any outstanding research? Does FG believe that any solution can come from any University? The real question is: Why is it that Nigerians excel in academics outside Nigeria?

All we read is that hundreds of billions of Naira has been saved from IPPIS yet, I am not aware of anyone under trial or in detention for embezzling any part of this huge fund prior to IPPIS?

Why did most academics refuse to enroll? The enrolment was not designed to capture any peculiarity, yet the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF) office kept saying that they will capture all

peculiarities. They did not say when or how they will do that. During the enrolment, no academic staff was asked to provide appointment letter(s) for headship, deanship, sabbatical or visiting/adjunct/part-time in another university. It was clear that there is no intention to capture any peculiarity. Then where is the trust? It is not easy to deceive academic staff, they have had a lot of unfulfilled promises, and so it is not easy for them to accept any promise.

The continued insistence by the office of AGF on this IPPIS implementation against the glaring inconsistencies above appears to support the recent report by Transparency International that Nigeria is really advanced in corruption. There is no further proof than that if the entire retinue of administrative and supervisory structures of universities cannot be trusted with mere personnel costs. I am personally ashamed of this situation.

FG paid heavily for IPPIS, ASUU developed UTAS at no cost to the FG and it is more inclusive if implemented. If the President really has advisers, this is the time for them to listen attentively to the voice of reason. Universities are unique and for them to perform optimally, they must be allowed their autonomy as that is the international best practice.


https://www.informationng.com/2020/01/why-ippis-cannot-work-in-universities-prof-emeka-obe.html

Good one

Quite a shame.

The judges were able to calculate the votes to know that Uzodimma scored higher but they were unable to notice that calculation was higher than accredited voters.

They ve disgraced themselves as judges.

morikee:
Exercise in futility, another method to siphoned his hard earned money by wannabe lawyers.

The way some Nigerians reason is annoying


Even if the supreme court ruling cannot be reversed, let Ihedioha still approach them for record purpose.

Let Ihedioha officially confront the supreme court over the fraudulent ruling they gave. Its better than street protest only.

Some of you here shouting waste of money are infants. Ihedioha is only fighting injustice and its very okay, at least for the records.

Adaibeku:
From our desk!
Is no longer news that fulanis has left bushes to infiltrate nairaland , they have brought divisional war to us which is 10times worst than bushwar , My people they are initiating our afonja sons ,itshekiri , urhobo and Tiv/idogima myopic few into this divisional war , with their hate tactics

Note: freaky and weird impersonators aren't left out @ Beerparlour , husbandsnatcha1

Should we let them conquer us ?

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Signed by :Noble excos 2015©

Mean what?

tee2faith:
Exercise in futility. The very step he ought to have taken in the first place. Now, after bashing the Supreme Court judges left, right and center, you now expect the same court to rule in your favour?

Your submission here shows that judges deliver judgment based on sentiments. Thanks telling us.

Again let Ihedioha go back to the supreme and put the fraudulent judgment on record for generations coming up to see how fraudulent some judges can be
Even if the supreme court reject Ihedioha, history will record the supreme court fraud.

kidap:


Based on the above facts that are still subsisting Ihedioha & PDP might apply for review & he might return to his office as the elected Governor of Imo State.


Source: https://ngg.ng/2020/01/25/imo-state-ihedioha-is-heading-back-to-the-supreme-court/
Lalasticlala OAM4J, Mynd44

Supreme court may not grant his prayer but its good he confronts them with their errors in the delivery of their useless and Satanic judgment so that it will be on record for generations coming up to see.

Let it be on record for generations to come to see that once upon a time, certain judges in the supreme court disgraced themselves by giving such an idiotic and Satanic judgment. Quite a shame

valirex:


Wise up bro, you don't always have to spew hatred everywhere you go. There is a time for peace and a time for war. Learn diplomacy from Nnamdi Kanu.

Don't mind the foolish talker

yns4real:


https://www.thecable.ng/scourt-on-imo-inec-failed-to-tender-results-it-claimed-were-genuine/amp?__twitter_impression=true

Useless judgment. They should have ordered for a rerun.

This one they did has produced a fraudulent result which generations to come will see and spit at the supreme court.

Such a monumental fraud of a judgment. Quite a shame.

ejibaba:


ASUU have proposed an alternate platform that captures their peculiarity and is not against the Constitution....AG agreed to integrate the UTAS from ASUU to the IPPIS to form a uniform system but last minute they change it to no pay or register....who is fooling who in this country??

They want to make it look as if their no pay order is what will make ASUU to register. Meanwhile they reached some level of acceptance of the software that ASUU. gave them

ASUU is not against IPPIS but against the structure

jumper524:
my department in unibuja had just 3 active lecturers.
5 innitialy, 2 went for study leave.
1 among the two doesn't seem interested in the job again cos since my 2015 till date she hasn't return.

When they came to accredit the dept, they had to borrow staffs and claim we had 26 lecturers.
I mean from 5 to 26 how comes

Now this is the part that gets me angry and feel like ASUU should just register.

Corruption everywhere. Nigerians can be so wicked.

Sacramento85:
Mother of all strikesss
I pity the students, because once the strike is over, ASUU will receive their salaries.

They will get their salaries after the strike because they will still teach students all that they are supposed to teach them during the period that they on strike.

They can't jump the curriculum.

BuhariAdvocate:
You guys just speak from your anus. Buhari is the best president Nigeria ever had. This man has done what useless pdp government failed to do for over 16 years.

Shut up! You are correct.

I just spoke like Tinubu.

Amaechi did well in his first tenure but performed badly in his second tenure due to his fight with Jonathan.

Wike also did well in his first tenure and he is also doing well in his second tenure so far.

If Wike sustains what he is doing till the end of his tenure, then that will make him the best a.mong the rest and Amaechi wll be second, Lets see how it goes

supercase1:
my attention had been drawn to the news circulating round claiming that igbos support operation amotekun that the yorubas had declared.as a matter of fact I hereby declare on behalf of my Igbo brothers that the yorubas are alone on this their so-called operation,yorubas can't be trusted hence we igbos hereby DENOUNCE SUPPORT FOR OPERATION AMOTEKUN
signed
Chairman
nairaland igbo association
(NLIA)

Stop disgracing yourself here, Its not about Yoruba,rather its about protection of lives and properties.

Nigeria is gradually coming to a point where the south is begining to question the north who always assume superiority over all of us. Dont allow hatred to deceive you.

Have you asked yourself why the same North that claims superiority is always scared of us breaking away from them?

The truth is that they need us more than we need them .

This shows that we have the power to curtail theirs excesses. Cant you see how the northern leaders have been crying us a river because of Amotekun?

Be wise

NGpatriot:
Jobless and misguided people.

How?

Whiteangel1234:
Igbos can support a Yoruba Presidency but not Tinubu or a personality like Tinubu , He is greedy , selfish , ready to bow down to the Caliphate for his so called ambition . Tinubu have been conspicuously silent since the start of this Operation Amotekun saga

Igbos are smart Born Business people hence are very good at gut feelings and personality Analysis we can see through an individual smoke screen as usual we are right again about our hatred towards Tinubu

#SpeakUpTinubu

I dont believe in Igbo Presidency will gladly support a Northern if somebody like Tinubu is what the Yoruba bring out in 2023

want people like Akinwumi Adesina

I can vote for GSM or Osibanjo.

I totally reject Tinubu.

NgeneUkwenu:
Shock Kill You There Idiotu!

Why?

raymexx:
Current deputy governor of Imo State Professor Placid Njoku was chosen by Sen. Hope Uzodinma as his running mate under APC prio to 2019 governorship election.
Immediately Emeka Ihedioha of PDP was declared the winner by Inec, Placid abandoned Hope, APC and the election tribunal petition and jumped to PDP. He was given an appointment as a commissioner by Ihedioha.
Not up to six month Ihedioha was removed by the supreme court and Hope was declared winner. See life
It wasn't that easy for prof but he managed to appear at swearing in ceremony as the deputy.
What a show of shame for a Man like prof. Njoku.

He left Uzodimma because it was obvious to him that they didnt win the election. Forget about the useless judgment by the S.court.

The honourable thing he should do now is to reject his position as deputy governor on the moral grounds that they did not truly win the election, despite the S.court rulling..

Obviously he may not do it and that is quite shameful of his person
It will be a height of foolishness for him to accept being the deputy governor

mikezuruki:
I honestly haven't been a fan of Buhari since time immemorial, but looking at the things he has done, albeit slowly, he has done better than Jonathan.

People here may want to counter me with fuel price as it was then and now. But that's the facade Jonathan government wanted you to see. Other areas, it was porous. He really plundered this nation.

So please, sentiment aside, argue for Jonathan if you think he is better. This thread is for adults. Educational purpose only. No insult anybody wey disagree with you

Buhari is much better than Jonathan. You are correct.

ook

yarimo:
1 % of imolites are in sad mood, that are the people that doesn't mean well for imo state.

You stay in your house and conclude percentage. U dey try

Dont trust yoruba.

They may condemn you and Ametokun

yarimo:
God has already show us they did well, majority are happy with the judgement .

Imolites were in a sad mood today.

Is that a good thing?

yarimo:
This judgement is 100 % victory for democracy may God bless all the judges that deliver this wonderful judgement.

Why are you avoiding to say God should them if they did well or not?

If you are sure they did well then let God judge them and show us that they did well

For Olorocha whose government was characterized with evil to rejoice over Uzodimma , it could be related to when Satan and his cohorts rejoices over the victory of a man.

Every child of God knows that when satan rejoices with you then there is danger and it questions the credibility of what necessitated the celebration.

I have my doubt. Uzodimma may mess up big time like Okorocha.

May God judge all the Judges who gave this judgement very soon. If they did well let us know and if they did bad let us know. God knows more than us. Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen, Amen,, Amen

Make we dey watch