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Updates On ASUU Strike by Hardeshyna(m): 7:43pm On Nov 04, 2013 |
UPDATES ON ASUU STRIKE. If there's no meaningful outcome between GEJ/ ASUU today then I'll beg all nigerian students to raise up and let us do whatever it takes to bail ourselves out this lacunae.. We must raise and defend our right. . . Against all odds, and however the uncamaraderie atmosphere the GOVT. will create to stop us, We have to deliver ourselves.. # Justice Delay, Is Justice Deny.. God of ALUTA come and rescue your childrens. .give us the grace to raise as a Compatriot. .give us love, strength and faith. Do not let the STRUGGLE of our past true COMRADES be in VAIN. .Gives us the HEART and the MIGHT to Fight for our FREEDOM..So help us GOD of ALUTA.... Comrade Hardeshyna Funaab. |
Re: Updates On ASUU Strike by Hardeshyna(m): 8:07pm On Nov 04, 2013 |
The Nation Newspaper Happening Now: # ASUU leaders return to meeting with FG team after consultation. What do you think would be the outcome of this meeting? SOURCE: https://m.facebook.com/thenationng?refid=7&_ft_=qid.5942481322975720975%3Amf_story_key.7509617014936654696 1 Like
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Re: Updates On ASUU Strike by Hardeshyna(m): 8:53pm On Nov 04, 2013 |
LATEST ON ASUU STRIKE: Jonathan’s meeting with lecturers on 15 mins break ASUU has been on strike for over four months. The ongoing meeting between President Goodluck Jonathan and the leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, is on a 15 minutes break. The break commenced at about 6:30 p.m at the presidential villa, Abuja, venue of the meeting. The meeting is the first between the striking lecturers and Mr. Jonathan since the nationwide strike started on July 1. The lecturers were seen meeting among themselves in their bus during the break. Details later… |
Re: Updates On ASUU Strike by Hardeshyna(m): 9:16pm On Nov 04, 2013 |
Monday , November 4 , 2013 Akpraise at 8:44 PM BREAKING: “I Hope ASUU Strike Will End Today” – Goodluck Jonathan There have been indications that after today’s meeting between President Goodluck Jonathan and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the four month strike of the lecturers may finally end. A closed-door meeting has started on Monday at 2:40 pm inside the First Lady Conference Room, Presidential Villa, Abuja. It has in attendance the President, Vice President, Namadi Sambo; Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Pius Anyim; Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike; and Minister of Labour, Emeka Wogu among others. The ASUU is presented by its Chairman, Dr. Nasir Isa Fagge, Prof. Abdulahi Sule- Kano, Prof. Dipo Fashina and Prof. Festus Iyayi, Prof. Suleiman Abdul, and Prof. Abdullahi Sule-Kano. President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Abdulawahid Omar and that of the Trade Union Congress, Bobboi Kaigama, are also there. Indication that the strike that is now into its 5th month may be resolved has emerged when the President stated, while shaking hands with Fagge: “My president, I hope it will end today. Our children have suffered enough. We must find a solution.” All those in attendance responded with a loud “amen.” When greeting the NLC President, Abdulwahab Omar, Jonathan said: “My president with you around today, there will be no problem, our agreement is signed, sealed and delivered.” This is the first meeting between the lecturers and Jonathan since the beginning of the strike. The Presidency took over negotiations with the striking lecturers September 19, with the Vice-President Namadi Sambospearheading the FG side. The lecturers were seen meeting among themselves in their bus during the break that has started at 6.30 pm. No details of there discussion have been yet made known. SOURCE...: http://www.akpraise.com/2013/11/breaking-i-hope-ASUU-strike-will-end.html?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter&m=1 |
Re: Updates On ASUU Strike by Hardeshyna(m): 9:20pm On Nov 04, 2013 |
BREAKING NEWS: Information reaching me is that in less than 24 hours from now ASUU will call off the four months strike. This followed a healthy and fruitful concluded meeting between them ( Academic Labour Unions) and the Federal Government led by the President himself. ASUU PRESIDENT Will soon address a World Press Conference after a good consultation with his branch and chapter EXCOS. In the President Team are himself, Vice President, Minister of Education, Minister of Labour, Minister of Finance, Senate President, etc . While ASUU President is with his Vice Chairman, Chairman of TUC and Chairman of NLC etc . May the information come to a reality. (Amen). # TeamEndASUUStrikeNow ! SOURCE: https://m.facebook.com/nansjccoyostate?refid=7&_ft_=qid.5942501582235991173%3Amf_story_key.-86762500868856925 |
Re: Updates On ASUU Strike by clans(f): 9:23pm On Nov 04, 2013 |
please!!! be true |
Re: Updates On ASUU Strike by Hardeshyna(m): 9:26pm On Nov 04, 2013 |
clans: please!!! be trueit has to b true.... my bags are packed already |
Re: Updates On ASUU Strike by Dhortunn(m): 9:55pm On Nov 04, 2013 |
Me...i can't wait o |
Re: Updates On ASUU Strike by Brimmie(m): 11:05pm On Nov 04, 2013 |
January Things.. |
Re: Updates On ASUU Strike by Buccinator(m): 11:05pm On Nov 04, 2013 |
Bribery and Corruption. |
Re: Updates On ASUU Strike by Nobody: 11:20pm On Nov 04, 2013 |
patiently waiting for the outcome... |
Re: Updates On ASUU Strike by infoscope(m): 11:30pm On Nov 04, 2013 |
ASUU Update: Outcome of the Just Concluded ASUU & Federal Government Meeting Originally posted at: http://nigeriannewsportal.com/ASUU-update-outcome-of-the-just-concluded-ASUU-federal-government-meeting/ | Nigerian News Portal |
Re: Updates On ASUU Strike by Henrii9: 12:58am On Nov 05, 2013 |
The long awaited result is out, and it is all looking positive. However, students should also awaken from their long illness laziness. See more gist on full outcome of FG and ASUU meeting http://www.ho9ja.com/ASUU-strike-ASUU-to-call-of-strike/
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Re: Updates On ASUU Strike by donconior: 1:25am On Nov 05, 2013 |
we need a revolution if this strike is not called off asap 1 Like |
Re: Updates On ASUU Strike by kudiice(m): 2:12am On Nov 05, 2013 |
[b][/b] Hardeshyna: UPDATES ON ASUU STRIKE.OMO! Your English dey vex O! ASUU why? |
Re: Updates On ASUU Strike by EmmCHy(m): 3:27am On Nov 05, 2013 |
The outcome of the meeting is not yet disclosed to anybody. I hope the breaking news in the morning is that ASUU has called off the strike 1 Like |
Re: Updates On ASUU Strike by AmeLonRo(m): 6:06am On Nov 05, 2013 |
The latest is that ASUU excos will meet its members to discuss the new offer of the FG. The new offer is yet to be made public. |
Re: Updates On ASUU Strike by Hardeshyna(m): 9:37am On Nov 05, 2013 |
ASUU STRIKE: We Will Deliver President’s Message to Our Members – Fagge After the end of the marathon meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja on Monday, which lasted for about 13 hours, the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said they would now go and brief their members on the details of the discussions. The Chairman of ASUU, Dr. Nasir Fagge, told the reporters in the early hours of November 5, 2013, Tuesday, at the State House that the leaders would take the President’s message back to their members. Dr. Fagge, who wore broad smiles afar emerging from the meeting venue at about 3.35 a.m. did not say what the message was when he spoke with the correspondents. “Well we have had lengthy meeting with Mr. President, rubbing minds on how best to address the problem of University education in this country. “And we now have a message from Mr. President we are going to take to our members. And we are expecting that our members will respond appropriately to the message of Mr. President.” On whether the lecturers are going back to the classroom, he said: “That is up to our members.” Asked what the message was, he said: “I can’t tell you. It’s not for you. It is for our members.” If impressed with the message, he said: “Don’t put words into my mouth.Our members will determine that.” The Labour Minister, Emeka Wogu, who also spoke with the press, just said what was discussed did not go beyond the 2009 agreement. The meeting with the President had begun at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, around 2.40 p.m. on Monday, after ASUU had also met with the President of the Senate, Senator David Mark. It would be mentioned that it was the first meeting between the striking union and President Goodluck Jonathan since the strike began 1 July, shutting down almost all state and Federal Government owned universities in Nigeria. The Federal Government had initially offered the striking lecturers N30billion to pay for allowances piled up since government and the union hammered out an agreement in 2009. Government also offered N100billion to pay for improvements of facilities in the universities and later increased this to N200billion on a yearly basis. ASUU rejected the offer as too small and insisted on government implementing in full the 2009 agreement. |
Re: Updates On ASUU Strike by boldsylvie(f): 10:30am On Nov 05, 2013 |
Pls na ASUU, tell them sey sylvia never flex finish sey she go finish flex by january. Pls na! |
Re: Updates On ASUU Strike by dotcomgeneral(m): 10:58am On Nov 05, 2013 |
Hardeshyna: UPDATES ON ASUU STRIKE. sure Boss! Aluta Continua................My Morale High bro.......... |
Re: Updates On ASUU Strike by EmmCHy(m): 11:17am On Nov 05, 2013 |
Glory be to GOD. ASUU will call off the strike latest thursday. mr. fage just dont want to make decision alone |
Re: Updates On ASUU Strike by Hardeshyna(m): 11:32am On Nov 05, 2013 |
we shall knw awa fate today or latest 2morrow |
Re: Updates On ASUU Strike by Hardeshyna(m): 11:39am On Nov 05, 2013 |
boldsylvie: Pls na ASUU, tell them sey sylvia never flex finish sey she go finish flex by january. Pls na!.... u re stingy as I dey see u xo |
Re: Updates On ASUU Strike by LadyCaty(f): 12:26pm On Nov 05, 2013 |
kudi ice: [b][/b]OMO! Your English dey vex O! ASUU why? hahahaha...u re wicked oooo... |
Re: Updates On ASUU Strike by kennygee18(m): 6:20am On Nov 06, 2013 |
Ame Lon Ro: The latest is that ASUU excos will meet its members to discuss the new offer of the FG. The new offer is yet to be made public.The new offer is 220b annually for d nxt 5yrs..source:thisdaylive plus vanguard |
Re: Updates On ASUU Strike by EmmCHy(m): 7:31am On Nov 06, 2013 |
If it is for the next five years, dat means there wont be any strike by d ASUU til i finish |
Re: Updates On ASUU Strike by Hardeshyna(m): 8:23am On Nov 06, 2013 |
Strike: FG, ASUU shift grounds on november 06, 2013 at 2:00 am in news By VICTOR AHIUMA-YOUNG & BEN AGANDE THERE are strong indications that the protracted strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, that has crippled academic activities for over four months may end in the next one week, Vanguard has gathered. Vanguard sources at the Monday night meeting between the Federal Government led by President Goodluck Jonathan, the leadership of ASUU, Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Trade Union Congress of Nigeria, TUC, said both the Federal Government and leaders of ASUU had shifted grounds and leaders of ASUU would meet with its organ (National Executive Council) to brief members of the outcome and then take necessary action. One of the sources told Vanguard: “Both the Federal Government and the leadership of ASUU are now on the same page. Both parties have shifted grounds. The leadership of ASUU will now meet with its appropriate organ to brief its members and take the necessary action. President Goodluck Jonathan (left); ASUU Vice President, Mr. Biodun Ogunyemi Onabanjo (2nd right); Vice President Namadi Sambo (2nd left) and ASUU President, Nasir Faggae (right) during the meeting. “ASUU is in the right position to inform the public after meeting with its organ. However, I can tell you that all things being equal, the strike should be over in the next one week.” The meeting between the government and the labour leaders started at about 2:30pm on Monday and ended at about 3:30am on Tuesday with a 15 minutes break. Fagge, Wogu speak National President of ASUU, Dr. Nasir Isa Fagge, emerged from the meeting and curtly told newsmen that his delegation was taking back a message from President Jonathan to their members. He declined to disclose what the message was and when asked whether he was satisfied with the outcome of the meeting, the ASUU leader told journalists not to put words in his mouth. He said: “We have had a lengthy meeting with Mr. President, rubbing minds on how best to address the problem of university education in this country. “We now have a message from Mr. President that we are going to take to our members and we are expecting that our members will respond appropriately to his message.” The Minister of Labour, Chief Emeka Wogu, who also attended the meeting, told journalists after the meeting that certain mileage had been attained and expressed the hope that the university lecturers would call off the strike soon. He said: “The President of ASUU told you that they are going back with a message from the Federal Government to their members and the message is full of high expectation and hope. “Our prayer is that they will come back with a positive outcome. They might even not come back to meet us. They might take decisions that will meet your expectations.” According to the Minister, what government brought to the negotiation table were offers that were in tandem with the 2009 agreements between it and ASUU, pointing out that since the strike was based on the 2009 agreement, the government did not go beyond that agreement. Roll call President Jonathan, who led the Federal Government’s delegation, was joined by Vice President Namadi Sambo; Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim; Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike; and minister of Labour, Emeka Wogu. The ASUU delegation was led by its President, Dr. Nasiru Fagge; past presidents such as Professor Abdulahi Sule-Kano, Dr. Dipo Fashina and Professor Festus Iyayi. Other members of the delegation were Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, Prof. Victor Osodeke, Prof. Suleiman Abdul, Dr. Victor Igbum and Mr. Michael Odunmoraye. President NLC, Abdulawahid Omar and TUC, Bobboi Kaigama, also attended the meeting. While exchanging pleasantries with the ASUU delegation, President Jonathan had told them “I hope this strike will end today. Our children have suffered enough. We must find a solution.” SOURCE: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/11/strike-fg-ASUU-shift-grounds/
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Re: Updates On ASUU Strike by EmmCHy(m): 8:30am On Nov 11, 2013 |
ASUU to hold zanal meeting today and meet with NEC on wednesday night. Lets pray something positive happen 1 Like |
Re: Updates On ASUU Strike by Hardeshyna(m): 10:01am On Nov 11, 2013 |
BY SEGUN OLUGBILE AND KAMARUDEEN OGUNDELE Indications have emerged that the Academic Staff Union of Universities may call off the over four-month-old strike on Thursday. Barring a last-minute change, the National Executive Committee of ASUU will meet on Wednesday night to consider the position of the congresses of the over 50 public universities on the offer made by the Federal government to revamp the institutions. The union met with a Federal Government team led by President Goodluck Jonathan last Tuesday in Abuja. The ASUU leadership, after briefing the zonal coordinators on the offer, had directed the local branches to organise congress meetings between Friday last week and Tuesday (tomorrow). This is to enable all the lecturers to make input into the action the union would take after its NEC meeting on Thursday. However, feelers from most universities that had organised their congresses revealed that ASUU would suspend the strike after the Thursday NEC meeting. In some universities, including the Obafemi Awolowo University and the Lagos State University that have scheduled their congress meetings for Monday (today), union leaders and lecturers expressed hope that the strike would end this week. Also, some top officials of the union in some of the nine zones of ASUU said even though they were not happy with the plan by the government to inject N220bn yearly into the public universities for the next five years, they were pleased that a commitment had been obtained by the union. Though the Ibadan Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Dr. Nasir Adesola, confirmed that the NEC meeting would hold on Wednesday, he did not say whether the strike would be called off or not. “Yes, the NEC will hold on Wednesday evening but ASUU has a process which we are going to follow. NEC reserves the right to call off the strike after due consultation with members and this is why congresses are being called in all the chapters of the union. Please, wait till after the congress,” he told one of our correspondents on the telephone. But another source said, “Our NEC meeting will hold between Wednesday night and Thursday. Our chapters have started holding meetings to discuss the Federal Government’s offer. This is to allow input from all the lecturers. We have to carry them along to avoid disunity since there are moves by some elements to infiltrate us.” Another source told one of our correspondents that some members had expressed mixed feelings about the Federal Government’s new offer based on its refusal to honour past agreements. “The radicals among us are sceptical about this latest offer. They do not believe that government will respect the agreement. Their view is that government only wants to deceive the union to call off the strike before it will jettison it.” A top official of the union, who confirmed the fears, told one of our correspondents that although members’ opinions at the zonal congresses were divided over the government’s offer, the majority still decided to give the government the benefit of the doubt. He also said that the majority opinion was that the review of the agreement which was supposed to hold this year should be postponed till next year in the interest of peace. The official added, “Members were persuaded because President Goodluck Jonathan personally met with the union. They felt since the President was involved in the negotiation this time around, the government would not say that it was arm-twisted to make the offer. “This is the problem we are having with the 2009 agreement. By now we should be talking about a review but we are still having troubles with implementation. “Although feelers across the zones are that we should call off the strike, we are going to put down the government offer in black and white and make it public so that nobody accuses us tomorrow of asking for too much.” Some universities are expected to hold their congresses on Monday (today) to discuss the outcome of the zonal congresses held at nine centres across the country last week. A source at the meeting between the government and ASUU told one of our correspondents that the government after a long debate agreed to inject N220bn yearly for the next five years beginning from 2014. He had said, “The meeting should be the longest that we have ever had on this crisis but I can tell you that both parties were frank all through the discussions. The parties also showed commitment towards ending the crisis. The President in particular showed that he was serious about ending the strike and that was why he offered to release over N1tn to the universities in the next five years. “The money will be released on a yearly basis at N220bn per annum beginning from 2014. For the outgoing year, the Federal Government will only release N100bn and this has been processed. “In order to show commitment to this deal, the money will be kept at the Central Bank of Nigeria and will be released on a quarterly basis to the universities. So, there won’t be any problem about funding the deal.” The source added that the National Universities Commission and the Trade Union Congress would be joint guarantors of the new agreement while the Minister of Education would be the implementation officer. He said that the government also agreed, among other things, to revamp the public universities by ensuring that all the issues that always lead to strike were dealt with once and for all. http://www.punchng.com/news/ASUU-set-to-suspend-strike-this-week/ |
Re: Updates On ASUU Strike by Hardeshyna(m): 5:36pm On Nov 11, 2013 |
ASUU strike: Schools resume November 18 Posted by The City Reporters The City Reporters Yes! Pack your bags! A source close to top guns in the Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU) has told The City Reporters the lecturers will ditch their four month old strike this weekend so students could resume on November 18 (next Monday). The source said there was no way the union could reject the new offer of N220bn a year tabled by President Goodluck Jonathan during a marathon meeting with ASUU last week Tuesday. ASUU had come out of that meeting to tell Nigerians it needed time to deliberate on the new deal and reach a consensus among it members before talking to the press. A top official of the union, has however said the government could not be trusted even on the new offer, and that ASUU’s members were divided over the government’s offer. He, however raised a beam of hope by saying the majority still decided to give the government the benefit of the doubt. As ASUU executives meet this Wednesday, if the fate of the strike is down to a vote among the striking lecturers, as suggested by ASUU chairman, Nasir Fagge, the four month old impasse may surely end this week. ASUU went on strike July 1 over the non- implementation of a 2009 agreement it had with the government with a key component of the memorandum of understanding the allocation of 26% of Nigeria’s total budget to education. Although the government is planning to allocate just 9% of the 2014 budget to education, ASUU now seems set to end the strike after government offers that would surely boost lecturers’ take home pay and improve varsity infrastructure. http://thecityreporters.com/ASUU-strike-schools-resume-november-18/2013/ 1 Like |
Re: Updates On ASUU Strike by PrinceJustice(m): 7:20pm On Nov 11, 2013 |
At Last! ASUU CALLS OFF STRIKE! * * * * * * * * * * * * * That's the only BREAKING NEWS I want to hear! Untill then, no other News should BREAK! Period! |
Re: Updates On ASUU Strike by Hardeshyna(m): 10:47pm On Nov 12, 2013 |
Shocking News: Former ASUU President Dies On His Way To ASUU National Meeting At Abuja Festus Iyayi A former President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Festus Iyayi, is dead, union officials said. Witnesses said Mr. Iyayi, 66, died along the the Lokoja-Abuja highway in an accident involving the the convoy of Kogi state Governor, Idris Wada. The late university teacher was among ASUU leaders who met with President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja last week to deliberate on how to end the four-month strike by lecturers. Mr. Iyayi is believed to be travelling to Kano for Wednesday’s National Executive Committee meeting where a vote is likely to be taken on whether the ongoing strike should be called off. One of the pilot cars in the governor’s convoy reportedly rammed into the vehicle in which Mr. Iyayi and other activists were travelling, killing him instantly, witnesses said. But the Special Adviser to the Governor, Jacob Edi, said it was untrue that it was the governor’s pilot vehicle that hit Mr. Iyayi’s car. “There was a collision on a narrow road and it is too early to say who rammed into who,” Mr. Edi told PREMIUM TIMES. ”The ASUU car was dodging a trailer and an accident occurred. It is not fair to politicise this incident.” Mr. Edi said as soon as the accident happened, the governor directed that the ambulance in the convoy be used to convey the victims to the Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja. Some of the victims, he said, were also taken to the Government House Clinic. The Kogi governor’s spokesperson said the governor later visited the hospitals to sympathize with the victims of the accident. He dismissed suggestions that the accident happened because of overspeeding by his boss’ convoy, saying Mr. Wada’s convoy travels at 80 km per hour. This is the second time Mr. Wada’s convoy would be involved in deadly accident in less than a year. On December 28, 2012, the governor’s motorcade was involved in a crash that the auto crash that broke Mr. Wada’s leg, killed his security aide and injured two other state officials. Below is Mr. Iyayi’s brief biography as published by Wikipedia. Iyayi was born in Edo state, Nigeria. His family lived on little means but instilled in him strong moral lessons about life. Iyayi started his education at Annuciation Catholic College in the old Bendel state popularly known as ACC finishing in 1966. In 1967 he went to Government College Ughelli, graduating in 1968. In that same year he was a zonal winner in a Kennedy Essay Competition organised by the United States Embassy in Nigeria. He left the shores of Nigeria to pursue his higher education, obtaining a M.Sc in Industrial Economics from the Kiev Institute of Economics, in the former USSR and then his Ph.D from the University of Bradford, England. In 1980, he went back to Benin and became a lecturer in the Department of Business Administration at the University of Benin. As a member of staff of the University, he became interested in radical social issues, and a few years after his employment, he became the president of the local branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), a radical union known for its upfront style on academic and social welfare. He rose to the position of president of the national organization in 1986, but in 1988, the union was briefly banned and Iyayi was detained. In that same year, he won the Commonwealth Prize for Literature for his book “Heroes”. He was later removed from his faculty position. Today, Iyayi is a member of different Nigerian literary organizations and works in the private sector as a consultant. https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=705350596144624&set=a.323897754289912.85644.139008466112176&type=1
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