Juliusmalema:
I think ASUU is wrong

Am with govt in this.

theoldpretender:


1.The power problem is beyond politics...so I fail to see the relevance of your response....especially as I don't support APC bruv.

2.The DISCOS and GENCOS were a GEJ innovation (and one which I supported by the way).

3.The law enabling the establishment of DISCOS and GENCOS also empowered government to set prices for power....which means the DISCOS and GENCOS cannot earn enough money to make the needed improvements.

4.Fashola spoke with a lack of knowledge about the power sector.

5.Besides...experts say we need $900BN over the next 30 years to fix power .

6.We need to start improving funding by increasing the amount we spend on power....and that means HIGHER POWER BILLS.

7.We pay less for power than Liberia, Sierra leone, Ghana, Cameroon, etc....even Malawi...and we expect 24/7 light?

sexyanyabubakar:
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Johnnyessence:
ASUU rejects N500k school fee proposal for public universities

Akinbayo Wahab | 10:33 | 29.09.2018

The FG negotiator has proposed that tuition fee in public universities be increased to N500,000 for undergraduates in sciences.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has reportedly rejected the proposed increment of school fees in Public universities by Dr Wale Babalakin, the negotiator between ASUU and Federal Government.

Babalakin reportedly proposed that public universities tuition fee be increased to N350,000 for undergraduate students of Arts and Humanities and 500,000 for those in Sciences.

Addressing Journalists in Jos, Prof. Lawan Abubakar, the Bauchi Zonal Coordinator said the union has rejected the proposal by the Federal Government negotiator to increase tuition fee.

Abubakar said, “One of the major issues our union wishes to bring to public domain is the wild idea of sharing the cost of education between the government and parents proposed by Dr Wale Babalakin. This idea of sharing the cost of education since government alone cannot fund education, and that parents need to pay for it too.
“He proposed a minimum of N350, 000 as tuition fee for undergraduate students of Arts and Humanities, and N500,000, for those in Sciences.

“Our union rejected the proposal based on the fact that the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria clearly states that funding education is the sole responsibility of Governments at various levels and not parents”.
ASUU also rejects Education Bank for Nigerian students

The union also reportedly rejected the idea of Education Bank for undergraduates. The negotiating team were said to have also proposed a loan of N1 million for undergraduates, every session to pay the tuition fee and sustain themselves.

Abubakar said, '' our union also rejected the idea of Education Bank, because for one, not all the students will have access to loan, and for those who will access the loan, it is the same parents who served as sureties and subsequently pay back the loan, considering the very high rate of unemployment in the country.

“Supposing that the student is able to secure a job after graduation, he cannot start a life while paying back a loan of 4 to 6 million Naira, as the case may be.
“In this kind of situation, the graduate would be subjected to, when will he finish paying the loan and establish himself?

“Frustration will gradually set in and make them live a life of misery”


https://www.pulse.ng/communities/student/ASUU-rejects-n500k-school-fee-proposal-for-public-universities-id8917028.html

Juliusmalema:


60k is ur monthly salary I guess?

For a year is 720k

Manueleee:
this govt is curse. D minimum wages, the federal govt could nt increase now d want uni to also increase fees? Dis are people that went to school free. O God, may death befal whoever that moved that motion. And whoever dat agreed to it, may him/her be d next.

etiosapeacepe:
.. Amin

theoldpretender:
I'm afraid but the government is right.

Here are some cold hard facts.

1.As at 2009, we need 3trillion naira to fund education in universities.

2.As at 2013,the previous government told ASUU that 3trillion was not possible.

3.Our budget for this year is 8trillion.

4.We need to either find a magic way to earn more money, or we pay high fees.

5.Nigeria spends 600000 per student per year in a govt university (2013).

6.APC has failed, but the cold reality is that either we increase fees, or we take loans or we spend half our budget on just the universities.

Sorry, but fact is fact.

Juliusmalema:


Since most of us spend even more than this to study abroad, why can't we do it here and lift the face this our dead educational system.

Anyway govt can review it down for 250k for arts and 350k for sciences.

9gerian:
So be it; let’s spend half our budgets on education. At least we would have saved the next generation from degradation.

After all, what have we been spending on; if not greedy politicians, very outrageous elections and the lifestyles of hangers on around the corridors of government.

Small wonder election will get all its budget met plus contingency; but education will not even get a decent fraction of what is required.

I’m so angry right now!!! What nonsense!!! This policy should have been included in their manifesto during the 2015 elections so that people can know their wonderful plans...

Education is an investment, and not an expense. It requires heavy investments to secure the future of a nation!!!

kingy1:
If you like o, increase the fees to 2million naira a semester the education system will still not improve because, presence of 1. Corruption, 2. Poor and archaic curriculum. 3. Semi-skill lecturers. 4. Poor population control and the large fallow labour force. Because, increament in education budget will not 1. drive away corruption rather, it will leads to more funds embezzlement as far nigeria is concern. 2. It will not check half baked lecturers due to the effect of godfatherism and connection cause, godfatherism only demands loyalty and not ability. 3. It will not make viable the old education system as what nigeria needs right now is a new system, structure and curriculum. 4. Increase in education budget will not create enabling environment for the large cache of graduates in the country to thrieve as it is the government thing to do rather, it will only create an archive of skilled graduates. So, what is the esence of hardly used skill. Moreover, how much has the huge revenue generated in the country help grow and develope our economy so far? My taughts.

Juliusmalema:
I think ASUU is wrong

Am with govt in this.

Juliusmalema:
I think ASUU is wrong

Am with govt in this.

theoldpretender:


OK, let us keep on taking loans from IMF or we spend half our budget on just university just to keep fees low.

Has nothing to do with politics. If another party takes over, the same funding problem exists

inoki247:
500k ko. when my kid finish secondary school I will take him or her to Learn a skill acquisition like Tailor, Mechanic, Barber etc. and be giving him or her 500k every year for 4 years with that my kid will be having a 5star workshop instead of wasting my money on the school dat my kid will finish and can't invent ordinary toothpick or Pencil

9gerian:
So be it; let’s spend half our budgets on education. At least we would have saved the next generation from degradation.

After all, what have we been spending on; if not greedy politicians, very outrageous elections and the lifestyles of hangers on around the corridors of government.

Small wonder election will get all its budget met plus contingency; but education will not even get a decent fraction of what is required.

I’m so angry right now!!! What nonsense!!! This policy should have been included in their manifesto during the 2015 elections so that people can know their wonderful plans...

Education is an investment, and not an expense. It requires heavy investments to secure the future of a nation!!!
Sa Baba 2019