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The Lagos State university students' union in conjunction with the NANS zone D and NANS JCC Lagos Axis berate the satanic increment in LASU school fees and the killing of some students of LASU during the peaceful protest against the increment in school fees. And call for the immediate reversal of these exploitative fees as a prerequisite to let the less privilege have access to Education

These was the first paragraph in the leaflet issued by the students' union alongside with NANS zone D and JCC Lagos in February after the students' protest against the fees, which led to the killing of two students by the police on the command of the Lagos State Government.


It will be recalled that immediately after the appointment of a new vice chancellor last year, December 2005, the Tinubu regime of Lagos State announced to Lagos residents that the government could not afford to subsidize education and that in line with the ‘reforms' in the education sector, there cannot be any free education. The university authorities were directed to increase the fees from 250 Naira for old students to 25,000 Naira, while the freshmen's old fee of 1, 000 Naira was increased to N35, 000. This increment exclude the acceptance fees N10,000 introduced earlier to the fresh students two years ago.

It is very important to note that even while the official school fees were placed at N250 earlier, an average student still pays as much as N25,000 to the university or its agents. This takes the form of handouts, registration fees, etc.

Not excluding the current attempt to deny the children of the working class education by the newly imposed post-JAMB test, according to ruling elites, it is to checkmate examination malpractice experienced during jamb exams but from reality, it has been confirmed as another conduit pipe through which money is generated and siphoned without question. This post jamb fee in LASU is N2,000. All these fees stated above do not include various expenses to be incurred while going through the registration processes.

The Tinubu administration carrying out these attacks on students is a master of deception. Towards the end of his first four years, he became one of the most hated governors in Nigeria as he committed enormous atrocities against workers, students and rendered many people homeless. The sacking of over 10,000 workers in 2001/2002 over the N7,500 minimum wage protests is still fresh in the memory of the working class despite the treachery of the labour leadership.

The process of destroying public schools did not start with LASU neither will it end with LASU. If we flash back our memory, this regime handed over schools to private individuals and missionaries four years ago.

This was a process of saying government cannot fund education and moral standards had fallen because missionaries and Muslim clerics were not allowed to teach morals and that handing over would increase the standard of education. But the current state of public primary/secondary schools nose-dived to an all time low. Where on religious bases students were not allowed to enroll in certain schools. Teachers were transferred from outside on religious sentiments. This marked the beginning of privatization of education in Lagos State under Tinubu.

The obvious implication of privatization and handing over of schools to both Muslim and Christian clerics is that this is damaging. As the children of the poor working class will be denied access to education based on affordability and religious grounds. This in turn will lead to mass illiteracy as is currently already developing in the country.

Despite the killing of Rashid Giwa during the protest and closure of LASU campus, the students' union had been campaigning against the fee in the print and electronic media.

However, students must be wary of some so-called ex-LASU students' leaders and human right activists who are trying to divide and restrict the struggle against the fee to the vice-chancellor alone but are afraid of exposing and challenging Tinubu, who as the governor gave the directive as the owner of the university, because they are also members of the Alliance for Democracy, AD, or personal assistants to AD top officials, while some of the right-wing activists are Tinubu-AD loyalists.
The way forward

It is clear that the class-conscious approach to the struggle against fees must be adapted. The LASU students must appeal to non-academic workers and lecturers for solidarity in order to defeat this regime.

All other Lagos State tertiary institutions are connected to this cause as their cause since they are under the same state, while also spreading the campaign to all other campuses throughout Nigeria for concerted effort in defeating the Obasanjo and Tinubu policy on education.

One sure way of achieving victory of the students' movement is by booting out state agents in NANS in our various institutions.

The LASU students have proved themselves once again, after many years of reaction taking over the students' union leadership, when their existence as students has been threatened by the state.

The only socio-economic system that can grantee free and quality education is a government led by workers with clear-cut socialist policies.

May 2006

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Commentor:
After 6 months.

Can the students recover the 6 months lost?

Is it a sin for the students to have chosen Anambra state to further their education?

seunmsg:


Did ASUU go on strike for over 6 months under his watch? If he couldn’t prevent local ASUU from going on strike for over 6 months in Anambra state, how will he resolve the problem of ASUU on a national scale?

National ASUU is currently on strike and their demand is not about salary increment. So, if Obi’s only solution to ASUU problem is to increase salary, it’s obvious then that he’s not the right guy for the job as ASUU demands are far more than salary increment.

Aldol:
He never fulfilled the agreement,didn't you read where ASUU call him a deceitful man for refusing to keep to his promises

Commentor:
After 6 months.

Can the students recover the 6 months lost?

Is it a sin for the students to have chosen Anambra state to further their education?

Shawl001:
To be candid,
This write up got me confused a little.
I had to scroll back up again to look at the date.
...to now discover it's a recap from 2010.

So they are still digging up something against this man..

PO - man of the people!

Heavens1stson:


Salary disparity was the major issue, which Obi had fixed.

The other issue, 'salary scheme', was raised after Obi had met the salary increase ish

DOTian:

The Buhari regime you fervently voted twice for has killed more youths than any regime in the history of this country post war.. If you can tolorate that, you should be okay with few months at home by students

Northernblood8:


Was the salary increased or not?

Go and Verify.

Obi played his part but Professors kept on asking for more.

goshikid:
Most of this Obident Will cry on February

Better pray make other parties no take una Obident by Surprise, if not una eyes go red cos una go cry craze

No be to make noise for social media

RexTramadol1:



He has no moral right to talk to Buhari abt ASUU strike

Everlastingson:



Up till now you never inculcate the virtue of being ashamed when necessary. How many months now since ALL TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS in the country, except Anambra State University, are on strike? What has your Agbado master done about it? Your shame dey shame people on this forum.

Udemzy05:


You have comprehension problem.

Heavens1stson:


Salary disparity was the major issue, which Obi had fixed.

The other issue, 'salary scheme', was raised after Obi had met the salary increase ish

CSTRR:

Someone increased their salary to higher than deputy governor and you think he has not done well.?

You don't know the color of your problem m

Mrfixitt:
Mugu with low comprehension. He's a million miles better than Tinubu

dmostcheerful:

He met to the terms oga, in the whole of Nigeria today Anambra state University is the only running university currently irrespective of the strike ungoing, go and verify.
<b>Professors in Ansu earns times 2 of what the deputy governor earns.</b>
You people, sure can't be pleased.
Dig all you can't, you will definitely keep fooling yourself

seunmsg:


That’s exactly my point. ASUU strikes are more complicated than limiting it to salary increment. That ASUU refused to call off the strike despite the increment is a good indication that Peter Obi lacked the basic understanding of what the problems were all about.

At national level, ASUU demands even gets more complicated. If Obi becomes president, I see ASUU going on strike for over a year. We must do everything to dodge this Obi bullet.

thebosstrevor1:



It seems like Nigeria will go on Stroke if Obi is president

thebosstrevor1:


Tinubu wasn't governor....lol

seunmsg:


Did ASUU go on strike for over 6 months under his watch? If he couldn’t prevent local ASUU from going on strike for over 6 months in Anambra state, how will he resolve the problem of ASUU on a national scale?

National ASUU is currently on strike and their demand is not about salary increment. So, if Obi’s only solution to ASUU problem is to increase salary, it’s obvious then that he’s not the right guy for the job as ASUU demands are far more than salary increment.

Picardor2:
Ur just sounding like an idiot

Aldol:

Go through this

https://www.nairaland.com/541948/ASUU-blames-peter-obi-south

seunmsg:


That’s exactly my point. ASUU strikes are more complicated than limiting it to salary increment. That ASUU refused to call off the strike despite the increment is a good indication that Peter Obi lacked the basic understanding of what the problems were all about.

At national level, ASUU demands even gets more complicated. If Obi becomes president, I see ASUU going on strike for over a year. We must do everything to dodge this Obi bullet.

Commentor:
After 6 months.

Can the students recover the 6 months lost?

Is it a sin for the students to have chosen Anambra state to further their education?

Okealaaye:





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Court orders Anambra govt to release N1.5bn workers’ salary arrears

July 18, 2014



BY NWABUEZE OKONKWO

ONITSHA—Reprieve may have come the way of staff of Anambra State Water Corporation and Environmental Protection Agency, as the Industrial Court sitting in Enugu has ordered First Bank of Nigeria Plc, Awka branch, to release N1.5 billion for payment of salary arrears owed them by the government of immediate past governor of the state, Mr. Peter Obi.

The order came as a result of garnishee proceeding brought against the state government by Messrs Enobong Etteh, counsel to Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, the umbrella union representing the water corporation and Anambra State Environmental Protection Agency, ANSEPA.

The union had initiated the seven-year-old suit against the state government during Obi’s administration for starving them of funds, disowning the agencies in its entirety and above all left in the trail death toll of 232 of the helpless workers between 2006 and 2014.
After the court order, the surviving workers expressed gratitude to Governor Willie Obiano for accepting the verdict with sympathy and urged him to begin the resuscitation of the agencies without further delay.

The workers also observed a minute silence for their departed colleagues and prayed for the success of Obiano’s regime.
Reacting to the court verdict amid wide jubilation, Chairman of the Staff Welfare Association, Chief Osita Nwoche, noted that Obiano had simply shown a sign of magnanimity, as a man of conscience, adding that the judges, on their part, were fearless and courageous.

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Ericnrm:



You do realize that doctors were paid every month that they were on strike same as ASUU right? I have a doctor friend who was working in Anambra at the time that can confirm this and I can bring articles as well. Mind you it was a nationwide strike and their counterparts in Lagos were sacked for striking, what do you have to say about that?

Commentor:
After 6 months.

Can the students recover the 6 months lost?

Is it a sin for the students to have chosen Anambra state to further their education?