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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

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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 cry
Re: Updates On ASUU Strike by Hardeshyna(m): 9:26pm On Nov 04, 2013
clans: please!!! be true cry
it 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/

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

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Re: Updates On ASUU Strike by kudiice(m): 2:12am On Nov 05, 2013
[b][/b]
Hardeshyna: UPDATES ON ASUU STRIKE.
# Justice Delay, Is
Justice Deny..
God of ALUTA come and rescue your
childrens. .give us the grace to raise as a
Compatriot..
OMO! Your English dey vex O! ASUU why?
Re: Updates On ASUU Strike by EmmCHy(m): 3:27am On Nov 05, 2013
coolThe 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

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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 cry 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.
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.

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 cry
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 cry sey she go finish flex by january. Pls na!
shocked.... 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/

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

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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/

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Re: Updates On ASUU Strike by PrinceJustice(m): 7:20pm On Nov 11, 2013
At Last! ASUU CALLS OFF
STRIKE!
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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.

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