Warlord12:


https://guardian.ng/news/government-will-not-borrow-n1-1-trillion-to-meet-asuus-demand-says-umahi/

Sapiosexuality:
Fools capitalising on 1.1Trillion trying to confuse the masses. The deal is not for 1.1T at a time but to release a total of that amount in 5 years. Fools twisting the story.

So basically, what ASUU demands for the revitalisation of universities is about N220B per year for five years. 200B per year shouldn't be too hard for any reasonable government.

ultim:


While agreeing that university education is not for everyone, the statement on maintenance culture being a duty on the user alone smacks of classified ignorance. In saner climes, you award almost same amount that erected a public building on maintenance. Roads are taken care of in the same way.
That is why you cannot see a single pothole in some countries' roads. In Nigeria, you are building a state of the art public edifice which the tiles alone require certain chemicals for maintenance and the septic pipes need biennial reinforcement. No one cares again after handing same over. Come back after 2 yeas, the building is already a shadow of itself.
You hand over a 30 billion ashfault road to FERMA that has only local bitumen and blasted granite stones. Pls is there anything really wrong with the black man? Or are all these just as a result of graft?

Then on the 1.3 trillion, ASUU in not insensitive, government is. This same gradual enforcement is what dragged this matter till now. There have been leverages and concessions handed out by ASUU for government to gradually implement their own side of the bargain. But after the talk, they will just put their back. Spend a chunk of budgets funding themselves, diverting a chunk of it and sending their children abroad. Who is fooling who.

kay29000:
Even though I don't support this government, it seems as if some of you don't know what 1 trillion naira is. That's a whole lot of money. I guess it accumulated over the years cos that money is just too much.

Fuckingmallam45:

Where did you get your own news from, please provide the source I want to check something.
Of all the news platform I have visited, they are all saying the same thing. They said "The claim that ASUU is demanding less than N200billion to end their strike is false. The Union’s demands, especially for revitalization and earned allowances, amount to about N1.1trn." mind you, ASUU wants this money to be paid once.

sotall:


But the same government can buy cars worth 1.4bn for another country while ASUU is on strike

Mokason288:
This man sounds foooooolish

But your president can buy cars worth 1.4 billion for another country

Mokason288:
This man sounds foooooolish

But your president can buy cars worth 1.4 billion for another country

Racoon:
The 1.4B gift to Niger Republic and monies stolen by the NNPC, Accountant-General and other high profile crooks under this wicked govt should have helped out to some extent.

One can never join the coven of wicked broom wielding witches and wizards then be expected to think straight. This is what that has happened to Dave Umahi.

Honjoshy4u:
UMAHI lost his sense of decency the day he joined APC. But impostor can borrow money to buy cars for Niger Republic

Honjoshy4u:
UMAHI lost his sense of decency the day he joined APC. But impostor can borrow money to buy cars for Niger Republic

Yakson09:
. Oga how many billions are there in a trillion?

sotall:


A man who is in debt doesn't have business with gifting people things.

29kobo:


You don't see holes in the roads abroad because they pay taxes at a higher rate. (I have a senior colleague who has refused to japa to the UK for higher salary, because as he put it..a large chunk of the salary would go in taxes).

Nigeria...we rely only on oil. In the past, agriculture, minerals...even now. And all have this problem...the price does not stay at a level that can sustain all of us. That is why we have issues funding things.



1.No matter what you say, the fact is, government has not been able to squeeze out 1.3 trillion naira. The only way they can do that now is by removing subsides on fuel...and spending part of the money on universites...OR raising taxes .....OR....high fees.

UK...a sane clime..funds universites by high fees, and taxes. They don't rely on resources whose prices fluctuates as well.

Umahi should ask necessary questions before spewing trash

Mokason288:
This man sounds foooooolish

But your president can buy cars worth 1.4 billion for another country