Moments ago on Channels TV, Doyin Okupe disclosed that N200Billion Naira has been deposited with the Central Bank of Nigeria by the Federal Government as requested by ASUU. He called on the union to call off the strike now before they lose relevance.
Details to follow...

Is dat all? Them done sign d MOU?

And who told Okupe dat ASUU is still relevant?

Baseless news without genuine source!

ennon92: Baseless news without genuine source!

re-read his post..

Ba ruwan mu da su

Apart from d money, ASUU is requesting for an implementation committee, and a new MOU 2 b countersigned by a higher authority Dan perm sec preferably attorney general n witnessed by NLC. They want Government to give dem a response b4 d MOU is signed. Government should give in to stop all dis crap abeg

www.channelstv.com/home/2013/12/03/ASUU-strike-fresh-demands-do-not-make-sense-okupe/

Senior Special Assistant to President
Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs,
Dr Doyin Okupe, has stated that
there is no reason for the ongoing
industrial action by Nigerian university
lecturers to continue.
He was guest on Channels Television
flagship breakfast programme, ‘Sunrise
Daily’ to discuss the issues.
Okupe said that from the Government’s
perspective, everything that needs to be
done has been done and whether the
strike would be called off or not now lies
in the hands of the leadership of ASUU.
He said that most of the demands of the
Academic Staff Union of Nigerian
Universities, ASUU, have been agreed
upon at the 13-hour meeting they had
with the President in October.
“At the end of that meeting, the
Government proposed that everything
that has been agreed should be put in a
memorandum of agreement and that the
two parties should sign, but the
leadership of ASUU declined and said
instead of that, they would rather have
a letter of comfort expressing
everything that has been resolved
therein, and that will suffice for them.”
According to him, the Government
agreed to their request and issued the
said letter based on the agreement that
the strike would be called off within 7
days. However, this did not happen “in
spite of the fact that the ASUU
leadership presented the letter of
comfort to its chapters nationwide and a
clear majority of them endorsed the
resolutions reached and actually were
more inclined towards calling off the
strike.”
Dr Okupe stressed that the attitude of
the ASUU leadership showed that the
seed of discord and evidence of bad
faith already existed. “It is unfortunate
that somebody died but
notwithstanding, that cannot be a
justification for delaying the
implementation of an agreement for 21
or more days.
Reading from the ‘Letter of Comfort’
issued by the Federal Government in
agreement with the leadership of ASUU,
the government agreed that Nigerian
universities must be revitalized for
effective service delivery, all the
provisions in the agreement and MoU for
the revitalization shall be fully
implemented as captured in the 2012
Needs Assessment and the Federal
Government shall mobilize resource
towards this goal.
“Based on this, it was also agreed that a
sum of N1.3 trillion shall be made
available to ASUU over the next 6 years
starting from December 2013 with (the
sum of) N200 billion. The FGN therefore
request that the ASUU shall within 7
days call off its 4 month strike.”
Contrary to the Federal Government’s
expectation that ASUU would call off
the strike, ASUU in another document
said that they “could not call off the
strike because of certain uncertainties
or gaps that are evident in the
government’s report.”
Okupe asked fiercely, “what are these
uncertainties? He accused ASUU of
turning around to again state four new
conditions for the strike to be called
off. They demanded that the agreed
N200 billion should be deposited in an
account at the Central Bank within 2
weeks, while the negotiation of the 2009
agreement should be included in the
final document.
The ASUU, according to Okupe also
demanded that a non-victimization
clause should be included as well as a
new MoU signed by the Attorney-
General.
Dismissing their requests, he said a
demand for a memorandum is a waste of
people’s time because this is ideally what
should follow any agreement made
between two parties in the first place,
and that by International Labour Laws
which Nigeria is guided by, no one is
expected to be victimized for going on
strike.
He also said that ASUU, asking that the
MoU with Federal Government should be
signed by the Attorney-General “does
not make sense” because anyone of high
standing in Government can sign for it.
He added that an account has already
been opened for the N200 billion they
are requesting for in the Central Bank.
Okupe added that the government has
shown commitment by meeting with the
leadership of ASUU, and agreeing to its
demands, considering that previous
governments did not give them such an
opportunity to sit down and discuss. He
called on ASUU to do the right thing for
the benefit of the nation.
“The Government cannot be seen to be
contesting with any sector of the
economy or the country. This President
is interested in moving Nigeria forward
through a very well-articulated
transformation agenda.”

Phemmy99: re-read his post..

abeg help me tell dat idiot

Boy o boy

I guess d ball is now in ASUU's court. Over 2 u ASUU.

Now those who are saying ASUU had gone too far shld read, comprehend and understand Okupe arguement.
One can c dat Okupe made us understand that 3 out of d 4 so called ASUU new demands are normal except d 4th asking for counter sign of high ranking public/union officers (legal, labour and finance) arguing dat signature of FG committe member is enough.
One will recalled dat 2009 agreement and MoU 2012 were sign by same office Okupe is suggest but FG prove it dat they are not binding and enforceable. Now ASUU wants FG to show is sincerity by making the MoU 2013 binding and enforceable, dat is what FG dont want.

Kachi188: www.channelstv.com/home/2013/12/03/ASUU-strike-fresh-demands-do-not-make-sense-okupe/

Senior Special Assistant to President
Goodluck Jonathan on Public Affairs,
Dr Doyin Okupe, has stated that
there is no reason for the ongoing
industrial action by Nigerian university
lecturers to continue.
He was guest on Channels Television
flagship breakfast programme, ‘Sunrise
Daily’ to discuss the issues.
Okupe said that from the Government’s
perspective, everything that needs to be
done has been done and whether the
strike would be called off or not now lies
in the hands of the leadership of ASUU.
He said that most of the demands of the
Academic Staff Union of Nigerian
Universities, ASUU, have been agreed
upon at the 13-hour meeting they had
with the President in October.
“At the end of that meeting, the
Government proposed that everything
that has been agreed should be put in a
memorandum of agreement and that the
two parties should sign, but the
leadership of ASUU declined and said
instead of that, they would rather have
a letter of comfort expressing
everything that has been resolved
therein, and that will suffice for them.”
According to him, the Government
agreed to their request and issued the
said letter based on the agreement that
the strike would be called off within 7
days. However, this did not happen “in
spite of the fact that the ASUU
leadership presented the letter of
comfort to its chapters nationwide and a
clear majority of them endorsed the
resolutions reached and actually were
more inclined towards calling off the
strike.”
Dr Okupe stressed that the attitude of
the ASUU leadership showed that the
seed of discord and evidence of bad
faith already existed. “It is unfortunate
that somebody died but
notwithstanding, that cannot be a
justification for delaying the
implementation of an agreement for 21
or more days.
Reading from the ‘Letter of Comfort’
issued by the Federal Government in
agreement with the leadership of ASUU,
the government agreed that Nigerian
universities must be revitalized for
effective service delivery, all the
provisions in the agreement and MoU for
the revitalization shall be fully
implemented as captured in the 2012
Needs Assessment and the Federal
Government shall mobilize resource
towards this goal.
“Based on this, it was also agreed that a
sum of N1.3 trillion shall be made
available to ASUU over the next 6 years
starting from December 2013 with (the
sum of) N200 billion. The FGN therefore
request that the ASUU shall within 7
days call off its 4 month strike.”
Contrary to the Federal Government’s
expectation that ASUU would call off
the strike, ASUU in another document
said that they “could not call off the
strike because of certain uncertainties
or gaps that are evident in the
government’s report.”
Okupe asked fiercely, “what are these
uncertainties? He accused ASUU of
turning around to again state four new
conditions for the strike to be called
off. They demanded that the agreed
N200 billion should be deposited in an
account at the Central Bank within 2
weeks, while the negotiation of the 2009
agreement should be included in the
final document.
The ASUU, according to Okupe also
demanded that a non-victimization
clause should be included as well as a
new MoU signed by the Attorney-
General.
Dismissing their requests, he said a
demand for a memorandum is a waste of
people’s time because this is ideally what
should follow any agreement made
between two parties in the first place,
and that by International Labour Laws
which Nigeria is guided by, no one is
expected to be victimized for going on
strike.
He also said that ASUU, asking that the
MoU with Federal Government should be
signed by the Attorney-General “does
not make sense” because anyone of high
standing in Government can sign for it.
He added that an account has already
been opened for the N200 billion they
are requesting for in the Central Bank.
Okupe added that the government has
shown commitment by meeting with the
leadership of ASUU, and agreeing to its
demands, considering that previous
governments did not give them such an
opportunity to sit down and discuss. He
called on ASUU to do the right thing for
the benefit of the nation.
“The Government cannot be seen to be
contesting with any sector of the
economy or the country. This President
is interested in moving Nigeria forward
through a very well-articulated
transformation agenda.”

Really appreciates ur contributions....thanks a lot!

up to ASUU now abi

If u wnt to knw wen ASUU wil call off strike, visit www.you go wait taya.com

I used to think ASUU was the good guy, but now, i don't think so anymore

Do u guys notice dat d payment of the witheld salaries of lecturers wasnt mentioned here.

Space booked

tsleazy: Do u guys notice dat d payment of the witheld salaries of lecturers wasnt mentioned here.

what do they mean by no one is expected to be victimized for going on strike

Why are they afraid to sign in the presence of NLC?

Wetin come happen to d sacking of the striking lecturers...ebele is such a coward!

lol

tsleazy: Do u guys notice dat d payment of the witheld salaries of lecturers wasnt mentioned here.

The end to the strike is not in sight at all.

We have met ASUU demand –FG THE presidency Tuesday said that the Federal Government has met with demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU and there was no need to maintain the strike, just as it stressed that the agreement was reached sequel to the last meeting held between Federal Government and ASUU.
According to the Presidency, the administration believes that with the agreement and the result of the votes across the campuses, ASUU has no reason for further sustenance of the strike, even as it called on the Union to comply with the call on them to resume work without further delay.
This is coming as the ultimatum issued to ASUU lapses today.
Speaking in Abuja during an interactive session with leaders of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Youth and Students’ Matters, Comrade Jude Imagwe who noted that a larger membership of ASUU campus chapters had voted for the immediate call-off of the strike, stressed that the directive given by the government was not targeted to threaten the ASUU leadership, but designed to show government’s commitment towards ensuring that all university students return to school.
According to him, ASUU leaders must work in line with the directives by ensuring that all students get back to the campus as the government would ensure a water-tight security on the campuses, adding, “The Nigerian public should be informed that the government has met all the promises they made on this ASUU issue. If they have not agreed, there was no reason for them to have said they would meet their members and get back . It means there was an agreement that was reached.
“The Minister of Education announced that lecturers should resume, it was not in anyway targeted at threatening or compelling the leadership of ASUU to go back to school.”
In his remarks, NANS president, Comrade Yinka who maintained tha its association was neutral, said that it supports a just cause, adding that the association was standing by the government because it was working in line with its desire which was for all schools to reopen.
http:// www.vanguardngr. com/2013/12/ met-ASUU-demands -fg/ #sthash.wIbb1EeQ .dpuf