Salas4oru:
people's comments makes me laugh a lot on here. Imagine FG spending 3 trillions on universities and forgetting the other education components. I laugh in mandarin. Our primary education is still the main problem and no one is fighting for them to be funded in trillions. Most of our graduates come our half baked because the primary education system which is the foundation failed. This ASSU thing has really become a menace to our country. They know what's wrong with our education system, let them begin to fight for the right course

WhiteSoup:
Buhari is a curse to Nigeria.

I does not even knows why we the yoruba was deceive by the gambaris to vote the scam called APC.

We miss Goodluck Jonathan

Titto93:
You dont have money to pay ASUU but you have #30 billion+ to spend on a sicker, and $billions to procure weapons from US.
Which of the animal kingdom does Nigeria belong?
Zoo country (Hyenas, Jackals, Baboons, Monkeys, Pigs, Rhinos)

danduj:
Jonathan made a promise he couldnt fulfill

thundafire:
dnt be stupid he paid 200billion yearly and till he left office or u expect him to still pay when he is out,call ur buhari 4rm london

WhiteSoup:
Buhari is a curse to Nigeria.

I does not even knows why we the yoruba was deceive by the gambaris to vote the scam called APC.

We miss Goodluck Jonathan

Geezholla:
I wouldn't condemn ASUU for their action but as a forum of intellectual Gurus they should be informed enough to know that the country is battling very hard to survive and that the release of such huge amount of money may cripple the country. Everything is not strike!

9jakohai:


To be fair, in 2013....the money looked payable...until oil fell in 2014. That's where issues started.

The real thing is that fees have to go up....or we find N3 trillion now. Just for universites



1.You are a childish bigot.Sorry, but it is the truth.

[b]2.ASUU went on strike twice in GEJ's regime(2012, and 2013)...to get the govt to pay up the N3 trillion agreed in 2009 by Yaradua. GEJ's labour minister finally told them the truth during the second strike in 2013....that govt could not afford N3 trillion, and instead offered N1 trillion over 5 years....which they were able to pay N200bn before oil price falls made that impossible.
(Infact, just to show you how bad things were regarding financing....Governor Wike in 2013 when he was Minsiter of Educaiton signed an agreement with polytechinc lecturers to increase their salaries....an agreement all the parties were happy with. Only for the salaries and wages commision to look at the agreement and tell them that it was impossible to pay such salaries. Back in the good days of GEJ....)

3.At the moment, if we want universities to be adequately funded....we need N3 trillion naira at least. GEJ's last budget was N5 trillion in 2015. This govt is spending N8 trillion this year....much of which is borrowed. Would you agree they spend N5trillion just on universities without even spending on other sectors of education like primary, secondary, polys, colleges of education?

4.Fee rises are inevitable. Infact, fees rose under GEJ's regime in the wake of the new 2013 agreement ASUU signed with govt...simply because VC's realized that the extra money was never coming. And fees may have to go up[/b]

5.Seriously, give up your tribal bigotry. I myself have been deceived and tricked by people of all tribes, and have been helped and treated well by people of all tribes. Losing an election in 2015 is not the end of the world.

MrHistorian:
Garba Shehu has spoken well.

ASUU is a body that is expected to comprise of intellects from every section of the country.It is sad and highly disappointing to see ASUU make demands which they are aware that the present Government is practically financially crippled to meet.

I expected ASUU to have pressured the previous Government of Mr Clueless to find a way of settling the enormous debt.

It's no longer news that CRUDE OIL(main source of income for the country) price have dwindled and buyers are not even forthcoming.

Princejydo:
fg shoud pay bit by bit but jonathan is rather a curse to this country

MrHistorian:
Garba Shehu has spoken well.

ASUU is a body that is expected to comprise of intellects from every section of the country.It is sad and highly disappointing to see ASUU make demands which they are aware that the present Government is practically financially crippled to meet.

I expected ASUU to have pressured the previous Government of Mr Clueless to find a way of settling the enormous debt.

It's no longer news that CRUDE OIL(main source of income for the country) price have dwindled and buyers are not even forthcoming.

MrHistorian:
Garba Shehu has spoken well.

ASUU is a body that is expected to comprise of intellects from every section of the country.It is sad and highly disappointing to see ASUU make demands which they are aware that the present Government is practically financially crippled to meet.

I expected ASUU to have pressured the previous Government of Mr Clueless to find a way of settling the enormous debt.

It's no longer news that CRUDE OIL(main source of income for the country) price have dwindled and buyers are not even forthcoming.

Keballl:


You don't need to explicitly mention it. Your undertone gave you away. You can only deceive newbies who don't understand how you operate.

Stop pretending to be objective.

bahaushe1:

You and Shehu are clueless of the issues. The 856b NGN is not for ASUU members. It is to be released to Universities governing councils for revitalization of Nigerian Universities. It was meant to be released in tranches, 200b NGN every year. Shehu's boss failed to release any boko in 2015, 2016, and 2017. Atleast GEJ released 200b NGN in 2013.

empressteemah06:
Economy... They are not meeting up
Education.. They can't meet up
Insurgency.. Meeting up with propaganda
What are they now meeting up with

RIPEnglish:
I am still on school Ma.

WhiteSoup:
Buhari is a curse to Nigeria.

I does not even knows why we the yoruba was deceive by the gambaris to vote the scam called APC.

We miss Goodluck Jonathan

9jakohai:


To be fair, in 2013....the money looked payable...until oil fell in 2014. That's where issues started.

The real thing is that fees have to go up....or we find N3 trillion now. Just for universites



1.You are a childish bigot.Sorry, but it is the truth.

[b]2.ASUU went on strike twice in GEJ's regime(2012, and 2013)...to get the govt to pay up the N3 trillion agreed in 2009 by Yaradua. GEJ's labour minister finally told them the truth during the second strike in 2013....that govt could not afford N3 trillion, and instead offered N1 trillion over 5 years....which they were able to pay N200bn before oil price falls made that impossible.
(Infact, just to show you how bad things were regarding financing....Governor Wike in 2013 when he was Minsiter of Educaiton signed an agreement with polytechinc lecturers to increase their salaries....an agreement all the parties were happy with. Only for the salaries and wages commision to look at the agreement and tell them that it was impossible to pay such salaries. Back in the good days of GEJ....)

3.At the moment, if we want universities to be adequately funded....we need N3 trillion naira at least. GEJ's last budget was N5 trillion in 2015. This govt is spending N8 trillion this year....much of which is borrowed. Would you agree they spend N5trillion just on universities without even spending on other sectors of education like primary, secondary, polys, colleges of education?

4.Fee rises are inevitable. Infact, fees rose under GEJ's regime in the wake of the new 2013 agreement ASUU signed with govt...simply because VC's realized that the extra money was never coming. And fees may have to go up[/b]

5.Seriously, give up your tribal bigotry. I myself have been deceived and tricked by people of all tribes, and have been helped and treated well by people of all tribes. Losing an election in 2015 is not the end of the world.

asuustrike2009:

Say you miss Goodluck Jonathan not "we".

dammy13:
​The Presidency has said that the industrial action declared by ASUU on Monday was totally unnecessary.

This was said by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, who also indicated that the amount of money being demanded by the union was unrealizable.

Shehu spoke in an interview on Channels Television’s programme, Sunrise Daily yesterday.

According to him, the leaders of ASUU were aware of the fact that the current administration inherited the agreements based on which the industrial action was declared.

He said ASUU was also aware that the Federal Government had set up a committee on the matter.

Shehu gave an indication that the President Muhammadu Buhari’s government might not be able to meet the huge financial obligation the striking lecturers were demanding since the N850bn debt was more than the total allocation to the Ministry of Education in the 2017 Budget, which he put at N369bn.

Shehu said, “Governments enter into agreements that they can pay for. Ability to pay is a key requirement in going into agreements.

“Since President Buhari assumed office, he has sent words out there in form of a warning to all government institutions that they should not go into negotiations and agreements that they cannot pay for; but get clearance.

“I understand that they are talking about debts owed their members to the tune of N850bn. If I am correct, the entire appropriation for the Ministry of Education for this year is N369bn. So where do they want us to get the money from?

“We have inherited these agreements and we are not running away from them. Government has set up a committee led by (Dr Wale) Babalakin. They are already sitting. Why didn’t they sit down and negotiate?

“This strike is totally unnecessary. The issues can be resolved, especially where we have full understanding of where we are coming from. The governments that signed those agreements did not deem it fit to implement because the capacity was not there.

“If they are ready, they can sit down and discuss with the committee that has capable and qualified people as members.

“They want all the problems to go with a wave of the hand. They want all the answers to all their problems at a go. There is an avenue that the government has opened for them for dialogue and it is not closed yet.”

http://fabinfos.com/ASUU-strike-fg-will-not-meet-lecturers-demands-presidency/

WhiteSoup:
Buhari is a curse to Nigeria.

I does not even knows why we the yoruba was deceive by the gambaris to vote the scam called APC.

We miss Goodluck Jonathan

Eneze1:
It is obvious the present Government cannot meet this demand due to present economic situation of the country. ASUU needs to re-think this strike action embarked upon

obailala:
Aha.. instead of respecting himself by being quiet, he has resorted to another baseless rhetoric to justify his lack of focus. You claim I only 'pretend' to be objective, that's fine. But at least I'm far better than a person like yourself who cant even 'act' being objective.

My first comment on this thread and infact, all my comments on this thread were directed at the clown who decided to politicise ASUU matter betwrrn GEJ vs PMB... I made that clear to you severally, but since in your wisdom, you have chosen to insist you made no mistake earlier by castigating me, kindly prove this your wisdom by pointing out where I inferred (even if it's on another thread) that govt shouldnt pay ASUU. I dey wait!

Emmanuel2806:
I support the presidency on this.. The FG can not release an amount that is more than what was allocated in the budget, worst case, for arrears, after paying the arrears, what happens to the payment of salaries and university funding for the remaining fiscal year. So ASUU should be rational in their demand.