writerights:
You may have also noticed that ASUU’s demands over the past 10 years has always been about earned allowances, release of fund for the revitalization of ‘public universities’, release of operational license to Nigerian University Employees Pension Company and a few more. It then beats my imagination why lecturers of state varsities would leave the rot in their own institutions to fight for the liberation of the federal universities.

A baffling example is the crisis-ridden Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, which is now a shadow of its own self. One would thing such university, sitting comfortably at the middle of a huge financial crisis and which has wasted the youthful days of its students would sue for peace when all is done and dust. Instead, ASUU-LAUTECH, returning from a long, boring and not-too-yielding industrial action moved quickly in solidarism to join its national body in another unending wrangle that still has no end in sight. I doubt if even ASUU national body would have blamed ASUU-LAUTECH for opting out of the strike if it did. Thank Goodness angels ministered to these patriotic men and women, after about three years, they returned back to their line of duty last week, but would now be on strike only on Thursdays and Fridays.

I’ve wondered ceaselessly, why students of the better by far UNILORIN and Great Ife who have remained in school taking lectures and exams, rounding up a semester or session may later enjoy better infrastructures if ASUU struggle eventually pays off while 100L students of EKSU, OSU, ABSU and others would return back to their classrooms sitting on the ground to take lectures in the old, dilapidated structures on ground. Isn’t it unfair to these students that their state universities benefit next to nothing?

Many of these state owned university lecturers would return to the crisis ravaging their own schools after the strike and continue to manage it. On the other hand, federal schools continue to fix more air-conditioned systems, Wi-Fi, better libraries and cooler, siren environment while their students pay far less for just so much. Sad but true is many state owned schools don’t rely on government funds any longer including UNIOSUN, TASUED, OOU, etc. Could this then be blind solidarity?

It is indeed unfair for students of state owned universities to pay tuition as high as #150,000, almost the same amount their colleagues pay at Oduduwa and Redeemer’s university, only to be used as bargaining tools to fight for students of UNIBEN whose tuition is absolutely free and can only get better facilities. Therefore, why keep state university students at home?

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writerights:


I asked what benefit the state schools are getting. Is that too be a question to ask?

writerights:

The question before us does not query the legitimacy of state universities, it's rather seeking to know how much state owned universities gain from these numerous, thunderous strikes and if it's worth it.

And again, how does ASUU national fight in the interest of these state schools when they are drowning in a pool of crisis? How has the national body helped LAUTECH, EKSU, OOU DELSU and others.

JimD:


Lies! State universities are more or less being funded on their own. FG allocation like Tetfund are called intervention. Why do you think they pay more than federal universities?

otokx:


Staff in some State universities earn more than their counterparts in Federal universities.

theoldpretender:


1.No, ASUU strike won't cease under Atiku....and saying that Atiku is good for universities because he established one in his home state is like saying Buhari is good for universities too...since at least 4 were established under his administration.

2. The problem is, under the terms of the 2009 agreement., ASUU got a promise from FG to pay 3 trillion in extra funding for universites over the next 2 years. That funding has been beaten down to 1.1 trillion over 5 years.

3.With oil prices falling...Atiku is not going to get funding needed...

4.Plus...as far as I am concerned, Universities in Nigeria need more than 2 trillion annually just to keep fees low.

5.The real issue around the strike is that neither ASUU nor the government wants to face the cold reality of raised fees....instead they pretend we have the money, somehow...when we don't.

panpan:
When the industrial action eventually ends, will the lecturers (state and federal) be paid for the period of the strike?

linzeze:

You pay more doesn't necessarily mean FG intervenes Less in your school.One thing you need to know is that,Funding comes from different angle.Feds attract funding(home and abroad) more than states.
Whatever thing you want to call it,just know FG funds 40-60 % of State Universities budget except maybe states that are well to do.

Slynation:

Hmmm... i must confess u'r very badt Just look at the way u tackled OP in his own trend until baba sharap OP right now!!

jeph19:
School fees is been paid by student, dues are collected and money is allocated by the VC's and state government.
Then why and what cogent reason do state university give?

Delsu does not go on strike.

linzeze:

Thinking States fund their Universities Independently means you don't know what you are talking about.

DELSU is not on strike doesn't mean the Lecturers don't connect with ASUU directly or indirectly.
No Man is an island you know.

Sammy07:


wow! I learnt something today..
I usually think states fund their universities by themselves....
pls, what of all those huge fees students are paying in state institutions, is it going to state government or ASUU or the institution itself?

linzeze:

You pay more doesn't necessarily mean FG intervenes Less in your school.One thing you need to know is that,Funding comes from different angle.Feds attract funding(home and abroad) more than states.
Whatever thing you want to call it,just know FG funds 40-60 % of State Universities budget except maybe states that are well to do.

IprintMONEY:
what are school fees and other levies used for

delexy123:
Hmmn...I have been following this thread...especially your discussion and the numbers you throw out seem to be more of assumptions rather than facts.
At first you said federal government funds 60% of state university budget then you backtracked to 40-60%....Please can you link us with the site(s) where you pulled out the statistics from? If you can't then I urge you to stop spreading misinformation either intentionally or through sheer ignorance.

linzeze:

To the institution.
To Maintain services and other other things.
ASUU is just a Union of Lecturers.we have other unions in the University.

FG tries to intervene for states Universities.If not,Most of them would be on Lock and Key.

Sportwin:


it then means these state schools deh smag money oo


collect 200k from 5k students or more
build nothing

chai

linzeze:

Infrastructure and others no be beans.How many infrastructure your Money go reach build.

What about some states weh their School fees de Low.
I think it depends on where the University de attract Funding from apart from the Government and School fees.
In all these,even say money no de.some governors go still want the school fees to de Low so that the poor would attend.

Sportwin:


at least e go reach bulid 3 bedroom bungalow make dem call am
class na or offic e

make something sha deh ground


make dem no worry i don deh cotonou

when i come back with foreign accent nw una go respect me
i am schooling abroad nw


pple no go complain like that

writerights:

The question before us does not query the legitimacy of state universities, it's rather seeking to know how much state owned universities gain from these numerous, thunderous strikes and if it's worth it.

And again, how does ASUU national fight in the interest of these state schools when they are drowning in a pool of crisis? How has the national body helped LAUTECH, EKSU, OOU DELSU and others.

theoldpretender:


1.No, ASUU strike won't cease under Atiku....and saying that Atiku is good for universities because he established one in his home state is like saying Buhari is good for universities too...since at least 4 were established under his administration.

2. The problem is, under the terms of the 2009 agreement., ASUU got a promise from FG to pay 3 trillion in extra funding for universites over the next 2 years. That funding has been beaten down to 1.1 trillion over 5 years.

3.With oil prices falling...Atiku is not going to get funding needed...

4.Plus...as far as I am concerned, Universities in Nigeria need more than 2 trillion annually just to keep fees low.

5.The real issue around the strike is that neither ASUU nor the government wants to face the cold reality of raised fees....instead they pretend we have the money, somehow...when we don't.