Inda2020:

U seem to be updated were u there at the meeting when are they meeting next

NAaaa...was jus outside d location.... saw them after d meetings laughing and going into their various rides...d next meeting maybe next month BT nt fixed yet

Yampotatocarrot:


Walahi, you for use style snap them so that you'll post it online to expose their hypocrisy

my gee no be everything DM de snap o...was jus chilling wit ma gee dt stays around n na him even show me the sets of laughing old men....our press men were around to snap n interview them na...its jus too far n am too busy to snap o

Decimus:

Nobody will pay them while they are at home without working. Imagine ASUU creating a platform for the Government to pay them salaries for all the months they've spent at home doing nothing.

Let me ask....what work was done by those who were paid via IPPIS

In as much I don't like how students are being kept at home, I don't want ASUU to give in at all. Sebi the C in C vows that any lecturer not enrolled on the IPPIS platform won't get paid, I want to see who will eventually win this war. I know say if na Hausa Man head ASUU like that NLC guy, govt may have infiltrate their rank and use divide and rule tactics for them.

paulolee:

NAaaa...was jus outside d location.... saw them after d meetings laughing and going into their various rides...d next meeting maybe next month BT nt fixed yet

It was fixed for next week

ejibaba:


It was fixed for next week

like I said earlier... I didn't went their to interview anyone.. jus saw them catching Cruise after d meeting....wud try n snap if am still around dt next week....tanks for d info

#endASUU
If we take out time to reflect on the quagmire of frustrating never-ending problems that this country has found herself today, we will establish the significant role ASUU played. It began with those empty professors. Of what use is your Western education if it cannot better the lot of your fatherland? We expected so much from them during the election but they put integrity aside and rigged the election. Why didn't we leave it to the thugs then? Some of us trusted you, we said, "give it to the enlightened and educated. They'll do it better". Thanks for proving us wrong. You're just so square peg in a round hole eventually.
No wonder their products are looters, bad politicians, leaders without focus. Simply because you sacrificed intergrity for money. Continue "eating" the money. Your day of reckoning is near.
You are the Same ones who won't go to classes yet you won't allow budding graduates to blossom. Look at you, Lord of your fallen jungle. Did you see how much you have contributed to the fall of education? There was a time youths would aspire to get to the university, now they've bleeped it. When, while you were supposed to be fighting for an effective university-ing, you were fighting for money. Allocations. Stupid allocations that has never been used for the upgrading of any university. And fighting for it means the students will stay at home for months and months, year in, year out. I'm yet to see a year you don't go on strike. For what? For your selfish reason.
All of a sudden, the university has almost become a time-wasting tool. Shame. But don't worry, those you lord over are into 'Yahoo'. They'll come back to make up the bad government that you created in the first place. While I'm sure you'll still be tabling requests of money. All you know how to do.
We are getting towards that time, when the university will be an ordinary estate and ASUU, a shadow of its empty self.

federal government should stop paying them salary since they are on strike, because one of the things that encourage then to strike is that while on strike they are still paid salary

This is just sad
Nigerian Students should watch this
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMJ6gI_ntBc

Nigeria is not a country but a colony, this a stupid and useless country with senseless leaders

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What kind of government is this??
The FG sees answering the demands of ASUU as a sign of weakness.
This happened too with the #endsars protest. They said they couldn’t act fast because that would be seen as a weakness too.

Buhari is very incompetent.
Ngige is a waste cause.

I hate this government with passion.

School is next year

Until students rise against ASUU, they will continue playing with your future!

Nigeria is a country with senseless and useless leaders

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div111:



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you again...

Well said Tiwatope, well said!

Tiwatopebabe:

#endASUU
If we take out time to reflect on the quagmire of frustrating never-ending problems that this country has found herself today, we will establish the significant role ASUU played. It began with those empty professors. Of what use is your Western education if it cannot better the lot of your fatherland? We expected so much from them during the election but they put integrity aside and rigged the election. Why didn't we leave it to the thugs then? Some of us trusted you, we said, "give it to the enlightened and educated. They'll do it better". Thanks for proving us wrong. You're just so square peg in a round hole eventually.
No wonder their products are looters, bad politicians, leaders without focus. Simply because you sacrificed intergrity for money. Continue "eating" the money. Your day of reckoning is near.
You are the Same ones who won't go to classes yet you won't allow budding graduates to blossom. Look at you, Lord of your fallen jungle. Did you see how much you have contributed to the fall of education? There was a time youths would aspire to get to the university, now they've bleeped it. When, while you were supposed to be fighting for an effective university-ing, you were fighting for money. Allocations. Stupid allocations that has never been used for the upgrading of any university. And fighting for it means the students will stay at home for months and months, year in, year out. I'm yet to see a year you don't go on strike. For what? For your selfish reason.
All of a sudden, the university has almost become a time-wasting tool. Shame. But don't worry, those you lord over are into 'Yahoo'. They'll come back to make up the bad government that you created in the first place. While I'm sure you'll still be tabling requests of money. All you know how to do.
We are getting towards that time, when the university will be an ordinary estate and ASUU, a shadow of its empty self.

Pancakeey:
What kind of government is this??
The FG sees answering the demands of ASUU as a sign of weakness.
This happened too with the #endsars protest. They said they couldn’t act fast because that would be seen as a weakness too.

Buhari is very incompetent.
Ngige is a waste cause.

I hate this government with passion.

School is next year

Take it easy girl

“Government has done nothing” – The lazy slogan that almost End Nigeria instead of Ending SARS

The average Nigerian does not trust a politician. It is said that if a politician says good morning to you then you can be sure it is afternoon or even evening. While this, by itself, may be a generalization that is part of the problem, those who hold it to be true should not forget the lesson here and that is, take note of whatever a politician is not telling you.

Politicians will tell you that leadership is the problem. They will tell you that you, as a people, are deserving of better leadership. They will tell you the only problem is bad leadership. But all these may just be good mornings. Let us talk about the afternoon and evenings during which they get into power and fail just like the one before them. Let us talk about what they are not telling you because they cannot tell you. That is that NIGERIANS need to change for the Nation to change. Nigerians need to be unlike the politicians we say are the problem, as much as possible, for anything to change. Sadly, we are not and the End SARS campaign is an example in our face even as we try to shut our eyes to the truth. The similarities were as bold as they were embarrassing.

Just as our politicians run for office with no clear agenda, we saw an End SARS movement that had no clear demands. Initially the call was to end the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigerian Police, accused of extorting and murdering innocent Nigerians. A day after the call started online, arising from a video of a shooting in Ughelli, the Nigerian Police promptly banned all Tactical teams, including SARS, from routine patrol and other conventional low-risk duties – stop and search duties, checkpoints, mounting of roadblocks, traffic checks, etc. The Force did not stop there, it went ahead to specify that officers are warned to immediately “stop invasion of the privacy of citizens particularly through indiscriminate and unauthorized search of mobile phones, laptops and other smart devices.” as this was an act usually related to extortion and even deaths. It instructed its officers to only attend to cases of armed robbery, kidnapping and other violent crimes when the need arises. Note that this was just a day after the online outcry began a fresh wave in 2020.

Taking responsibility, the IGP condemned the actions of such personnel and ordered the Monitoring teams to promptly arrest, investigate and prosecute officers who err. Perhaps not wanting it to sound like the usual promises that were not kept, the IGP said that the Commissioner of Police in charge of FSARS, Commissioners of Police in charge of State Commands and the FCT as well as their supervisory Zonal Assistant Inspectors General of Police, will be held liable for any misconduct within their Area of Responsibility (AOR). Then he goes ahead to announce that two SARS officers had been arrested already, for oppression and intimidation. Their names were even mentioned.

None of these stopped or reduced the call to End SARS. But even more interestingly, none of these stopped the loudness of the claim that “Government has not done a single thing about the situation”

Ayo Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, went two days back on President Buhari’s twitter handle to reply a tweet wherein the President wished the American President, Donald Trump, well. Wizkid tells the President to “do something!” The narrative continued that the government had done absolutely nothing about the situation. It was as though no order was given, no SARS operatives were arrested and no Commissioners of Police were made responsible for every operative in his area. The End SARS movement gained momentum.

By Friday October 8, the End SARS protest officially started. By Monday October 11, just 3 days later, the IGP announced the total disbandment of SARS “…in response to the yearnings of the Nigerian people”. The IGP accepted that some of his men were rogue and goes ahead to set up Citizens’ and Strategic Stakeholders’ Forum which is meant to ensure that the public can monitor the Police and ensure there is no repeat of what they had complained about. Not done, the Force announced that it is putting together an Investigation Team which shall include Civil Society Organizations and Human Rights Bodies to join the Police in investigating human rights violations as this “will enhance transparency and accountability in police services as well as providing a system of deterrence for erring police officers whose action clearly violates the rights of the citizenry.” The Press Conference ended with the Police thanking protesters for their sacrifice. But on Twitter the trend remained “government has not done anything. Na ogun go kee Buhari Papa”

At this point, it appeared as though DeRay Mckesson was talking about the End SARS movement when he admonished that “I am mindful that the goal of protest is not more protest, but the goal of protest is change.”

A day after disbanding SARS, being just four days after the whole protest started, President Buhari addressed the Nation promising that the government will not stop at ending SARS, it will go further to reform the whole Police. He admitted there were excess use of force and unlawful killings and promised to ensure the Police protects rather than take life. He promised justice and ordered investigation into the death of a protester. Again the reaction to this was “when will Buhari address the Nation, he has not done anything since we have been protesting”. Those who admitted he gave a broadcast preferred to analyze his accent. Videos were made were these words of his were removed and replaced with ramblings. Those videos trended more than his actual speech.

Almost immediately after this, while the protest was still less than a week, a 5 for 5 Demand came from nowhere and trended on the internet. These were five things the protesters, who at this point insisted that they have no leader, say they want. Promptly the Presidential Panel for Police Reforms accepted all 5 conditions without any question. Part of the demands was the unconditional release of protesters who were arrested, no questions asked. The Police did this promptly and even kept asking for more names. Another request was that there should be psychological evaluation for operatives of the defunct SARS, this too was promptly granted as the IGP ordered all operatives to Abuja for the test. Yet the protest got worse, the anger increased, there were a lot of “the government is doing nothing”. A prominent lawyer and social media influencer who is known for helping victims of Police brutality get justice, Segalink, was practically mobbed online for daring to say the government had done some things. Other influencers “respected themselves” and played along.

Yet the Government kept responding. Police officers were told at this point to stand down and allow protesters protest. This led to even more protest without incidents. The Presidential Panel reported promptly, indicting tens of SARS operatives, recommending some for dismissal, others for prosecution – to the average Nigerian, government was still doing nothing. The Police set up a new team it called SWAT. SWAT was not to patrol but to act on intelligence. The IGP engaged celebrities and influencers, some of whom shunned him last minute. He told them they will be invited to come and witness the training of the new team, he promised that no SARS operative is allowed in it, but the government was still doing nothing as far as the “informed young Nigerian” was concerned.

All of these were done within two weeks of the protest but the government was not satisfied. The Federal Government liaised with the States and an order to constitute a Judicial Panel of Inquiry was given. Each State was to get a Panel of youth, activists and civil society that will look into each case of SARS brutality, and it gets better, these hearings were to be done publicly. But on Twitter the government was still doing nothing. The protest gained momentum and youths were screaming “End SARS” even though SARS had ended. Social media influencers were urging them on saying “this is not the time to relent, we must end SARS, we have no leader, we are all leaders” But the Federal Government was not done.

It ordered a Victim Relief Fund and Lagos State immediately set up a 200 million Naira Fund. The famous Vice President, fondly called StarBoy, tweets about all these progress in such short time, but the shouts that the government is doing nothing became even louder. Anytime the shouter is asked what the government should do, he mentions something they are already doing and when told they are already doing it he says “are you comfortable with the country the way it is” The demand, the narrative, the whole idea or the lack of it just kept changing.

At this point, States started announcing their Panel members, youth representatives were being chosen, Governors joined the protesters. The Governor of Lagos came out dressed to protest, raised the flag of End SARS and tried to address the Youths. Before his address could get anywhere the shouts of “Sorosoke, werey” (Speak up, mad man) and "you done dey talk too much" rents the air to shut him up. This was the slogan for everyone who said ok can we at this point get to the negotiation table or at least know what exactly we want? Not deterred the Governor takes the demand of the Youths and heads to Abuja on the same day. He meets with President Buhari and then with the IGP and presented what “the Youths” want. But on announcing this, the replies were filled with more “Sorosoke, werey. Government is doing nothing” It was as though Government is either perfect or they are doing nothing; an attitude that kills progressiveness and growth.

This attitude of "we will keep going because no matter what the government does it is doing nothing" continued until the protest began to turn violent or, as the protesters and government officials who do not wish to be seen as unpopular, will put it, hoodlums started hijacking the protest. Governors Fayemi and Oyetola’s entourage were attacked. Then the protest came to Benin and went wide. There was no End SARS leader to call it off because “we are all leaders” and all these leaders did nothing to create the needed structure of command. By this time it was beginning to sound ridiculous to keep saying End SARS, weeks after it ended, so “End Buhari” was introduced. “Kill Buhari” also emerged, at least in Benin. Protesters or hoodlums were cheered on the streets because “Government has not done anything” even though it had been at least weeks and no one has been stopped by SARS across the Federation, no one’s phone was checked and not one, from 200 million Nigerians, was asked what he does with his laptop and of course nobody had been extorted or murdered, but the protest gained momentum until robbery, deaths from reckless driving and others came in. In Benin, protesters, or hoodlums, had tried to chase a vehicle and the driver drove into about 9 persons, and that was the beginning. The Police was told to stand down, remember? So protesters, or hoodlums, freed thousands of prisoners, including notorious hardened criminals, in two Federal Prisons, barricaded roads and extorted drivers who dared to move and burnt down about 7 Police Stations, destroying documents and carting away weapons and Police uniforms. Government Institutions were also not spared. At this point, of course, government was actually doing nothing. If the hoodlums are confronted they become protesters that “government is killing” If they are not confronted then activist Aisha Yusufu will say, as she did say in Edo, “Where is Governor Obaseki that Edo people put their lives on the line for?” Always remember that Government is doing nothing. But in few hours the same Governor declared a curfew and Journalist Fisayo Soyombo tweeted “The Obaseki that some of you wanted to kill yourselves over when his ex-godfather Oshiomhole shoved him aside in APC, see how he hurriedly announced a curfew to curb your #EndSARS protests”

The idea that the government, which banned SARS patrol before a protest, arrested rogue SARS operatives, disbanded SARS 3 days into the protest, setup victim fund, set up panel of inquiry with public hearing across the 36 States, released arrested protesters, among other things, "did nothing" to respond to the End SARS protest highlights a bigger problem with our thinking process.

We think Nigeria will change without hard work. Everyone wants to do the soft work of lamenting the problems, no one wants to do the hard work of talking about why these problems exist and how to solve them. So when government does something and we are still not Canada, it means government is doing nothing.

It has become a taboo to accept government did anything good and the question is if we can’t praise the good how can we criticize the evil? You need to show how good good is to show how evil evil is. We should celebrate goodness if truly we want evil to go out of fashion.

We need to know why, in the same country, we have a largely morally challenged Police Force yet a comparatively disciplined Military. We need to know how in a country where “nothing works” NAFDAC has made fake drugs scarce at least when compared to some time in the near past. We need to learn to acknowledge good even in people we may dislike, so that goodness will be fashionable. Had the protesters called off the protest when they had these wins and worked with government to ensure government keeps its end of the bargain to the letter, government would have seen the need to continue to impress, at least on this issue, to prevent another protest. But then those who say government does nothing did nothing to organize themselves into a progressive structure. In the end everyone lost something they should not have.

Government is doing nothing is a lie that undermines the problem with Nigeria. We need to find out what government has done, know the ones they did right so we can replicate it, then know the ones they did wrong and avoid it. That is how we fix Nigeria. Not by a lazy generalization which we copy and paste in all situations.

Eseoghene Al-Faruq Ohwojeheri
Co-Founder, Observe Nigeria

My kids will never go to a public school. 5 years course has turned into 6years when I'm not studying medicine . Selfish and wicked leaders. Mtcheww!!

So true! They faced the wrong predators ..#Endsars. When actually their real enemy is ASUU.
ASUU waste their time, their future, and abuse and traumatize them, yet they don't see it.NANS is barely fit for purpose, totally silent on these incessant strikes by their lecturers.

Truly, Nigerians don't know who their enemies are!

somehow:
Until students rise against ASUU, they will continue playing with your future!

cenaman:
Between ASUU and NLC which is more useless?

Your question is actually more useless than the two.

Doradorwa:
you again...

xup pretty

Coldie:
Seriously they need to sack these people.

FG during this time of back and forth Una for don start new recruitment by now we would have had new set of lecturers then sack all the ones who refused to join the ippis platform

Chai, see reasoning. Who does that and the sector survives? Please don't ever think this way.

ejibaba:


Let me ask....what work was done by those who were paid via IPPIS

Paying them was a clueless act from FG.
If ASUU want their salaries, they should register on IPPIS and call off the strike. If there's any lapses on the platform, then it will be rectified.

lindareep:
Na wa o

Education zero
Security zero
Electricity zero
Good road zero
Economy is devastated

But corruption is 100% full bar.

I believe one day and very soon there will be changes.

Good morning, I quote in peace.

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babtoundey:
Very useless and selfish set of human beings. They are now coming out clean and clear. Initially they were making us believe their actions is for the interest of the students University education. Now it's their salary being withheld. ASSU is as useless as the FG. Those old men have murdered education in Nigeria. This is their last attempt at burying it.

It's nothing t argue about. ASUU and the federal government out of selfishness and irresponsible destroyed Nigerian education system.

Did you even read the interview? For crying out loud, ASUU went on strike base on the five points agenda as stated in the opening question. The issue of IPPIS which resulted to withheld salaries came later in the ongoing strike. So what is your point exactly? This is what the prof is trying to say, many people cannot read a simple article and comprehend properly due to the poor state of our public schools

you're at home striking for 7 months now doing nothing and wasting time of students as a bargaining chip for your inconsequential agitations but Expecting salaries for works not done.

for wasting over 7months of students time, I pray you all don't get that salary and hope FG goes rampaging on you guys with severe consequences. a few sacks of some ASUU professors will send a message who's boss. I hate nonsense.

Decimus:

Nobody will pay them while they are at home without working. Imagine ASUU creating a platform for the Government to pay them salaries for all the months they've spent at home doing nothing.

Oga don't give head ache to yourself. All the monies owed them will be paid to the last penny and there is nothing you can do. Do you think going on strike is illegal in labour disputes? Some of you will just be saying what you don't know

zikter:
Did you even read the interview? For crying out loud, ASUU went on strike base on the five points agenda as stated in the opening question. The issue of IPPIS which resulted to withheld salaries came later in the ongoing strike. So what is your point exactly? This is what the prof is trying to say, many people cannot read a simple article and comprehend properly due to the poor state of our public schools

Adopted Child of the Prof that couldn't think beyond what the Prof told him. What is glaring from all end is ASUU's selfishness. ASUU only gets strength and credibility from the uselessness, irresponsibility and negligence of the FG.

somehow:
Until students rise against ASUU, they will continue playing with your future!

if the students are not useless, they should rise against the government and not ASUU, who are trying their best to improve public universities

TheGiftedOne:
The country is still going round in circles... Smh!

Those representing the Federal government have shown times without numbers that they don't have a stake by their attitude!

Mr Adamu and Ngige-both(Ministers of Education and Labour respectively) should honour agreements for God's sake!
So if there is no ASUU,things can't be placed well.Who amongst your Children's will be 8- 11 Months at home ,yet as a Father,you care less.
ASUU on the other hands should know how to play a fair well game,for you can't continue to hold the thousands/ Millions of Nigerian Students to go one way,you can't fight all days,all months all years,for there should be some strategies to handle the State and Federal.
Good Morning and God bless Nigeria.

zikter:
Oga don't give head ache to yourself. All the monies owed them will be paid to the last penny and there is nothing you can do. Do you think going on strike is illegal I labour? Some of you will just be saying what you don't know

OK na. They should stay at home and be expecting alert.
They won't get a kobo until they register on IPPIS and call off the strike.