If dis people were really opportuned to fight for ASUU what do u think will be d outcome?

ASUU strike: UNIPORT
announces resumption
date
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Management of the
University of Port Harcourt,
UNIPORT, has announced
December 9th as resumption
date for academic activities in the
institution.
The management made the
announcement after an extra-ordinary
Senate meeting held on Tuesday.
Deputy Registrar, Information, of the
University, Dr. William Wordi told
DailyPost that the management of the
institution found it worthy to end the 5-
month old strike in the interest of the
students.
Wordi said the Senate also decided to pay
the backlog of salary areas of lecturers
who resumed work on the announced
date.
Meanwhile, the UNIPORT chapter of the
Academic Staff Union of Universities,
ASUU, said there is no going back on the
strike until the Federal Government meets
all their demands.
Chairman of ASUU in the University, Prof.
Anthonia Okerengwo said the students
would be wasting their time if they
resumed on the stipulated date.
She said the Union was not moved by
Federal Government’s threat to sack
lecturers who refused to resume to work.

Any urgent news 4rm skul?...abeg help us wey dey far away 4rm abuja.

ASUU strike update: FG reveals it
has now paid N200 billion for
striking Union
Senior Special Assistant to the President on
Public Affairs, Doyin Okupe has confirmed that
the N200 billion demanded by the Academic
Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been paid.
The money was paid into an account with the
CBN and is meant for renewal of infrastructure
facilities in public universities in the country,
Okupe explained.
The move which was announced earlier today
was just in time before the expiration of the
December 4 ultimatum given by the Federal
Government to members ASUU who were told to
resume classes or be sacked.
Okupe paid the payments public on the Channels
Television programme ‘Sunrise Daily’ adding
that everything that needed 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.
PM News reports:
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 six 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.”

ASUU Promises to End Strike as FG Shifts
Ground
The hope of a final resolution of the prolonged
impasse in the ongoing strike by members of the
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) was
raised Wednesday by the ASUU Chairman,
University of Ibadan branch, Dr Segun Ajiboye
when he stated that the strike would soon come to
end especially as the federal government has
begun to shift grounds.
He did not give details and the extent of ground
shifting the federal government had done.
The federal government had earlier given the
resume-or-be-sacked ultimatum which should have
ended yesterday, but later extended it to December
9.
Some universities have either resumed or
announced their resumption dates, even as some
others like University of Jos have vowed to
continue the strike.
Ajiboye dropped the hint in Ibadan yesterday during
the session of tributes organised to honour the late
Professor Festus Iyayi, who was killed in a motor
accident while on his way to attend a meeting on
how to resolve the ASUU crisis.
Ajiboye noted that the ceremony organised by by
ASUU was not only to mourn Iyayi but also to
mobilise ASUU members towards pursuing the
struggle to its logical conclusion.
The academic community in the university staged
a candle light procession in honour of the late
former National President of ASUU.
The ASUU members, including the Vice-Chancellor
of the university, Professor Isaac Adewole, and
some other principal officers, adorned in black
gowns, commenced the procession at the ASUU
secretariat, Mellanby Hall of the school and
marched to the Faculty of Arts enroute Kenneth
Dike Road with solidarity songs rendered in low
mournful tone.
In his speech, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Isaac
Adewole, said the dreams of Iyayi should be made
to come true.
Adewole commended the courage and the
resilience of Iyayi, describing him as a gentleman
who was committed to not only the development of
education in Nigeria but towards good living of
Nigerians.
In his tribute, a former National President of ASUU,
Professor Sola Olukunle, described Iyayi as a man
of peace whose peace mission is also based on
reasonable principles, therefore it would be a great
disservice if the current struggle is subdued and
disallowed to reach its logical conclusion as
intended by the late leader.
Speaker after speaker including the Dean of Faculty
of Arts, Professor Remi Raji, Dr Femi Aborisade,
Prof. Francis Egbokhare and Professor John Anetor
described the death Iyayi as unfortunate, and
needless, noting that if the government had
honoured the agreement it reached with ASUU, the
death would have been avoided.
In the same way, the academic and civil society
communities in Benin City organised a procession
march in Iyayi’s honour.
During the procession, members of UNIBEN branch
of ASUU were joined by hundreds of their
colleagues from University of Ilorin, Ambrose Alli
University, Ekpoma (AAU), Delta State University
(DELSU), Abraka, etc.
Other groups also represent included Nigeria Labour
Congress (NLC), Conference of Non-Governmental
Organisations (CONGOS), Joint Action Front (JAF),
the Parents Consultative Association of Nigerian
Universities (PCANU).
The march, which began at the Faculty of Arts and.
Social Sciences, University of Benin at about
10a.m., took a long walk of about five kilometres to
the residence of the late Professor of Business
Administration, Bello Street, off Benin/Lagos
expressway.
Addressing the people at the residence of the late
former Chairman of ASUU, Chairman of UNIBEN
ASSU, Dr. Anthony Monye-Emina, described Iyayi as
one of Nigeria's number one heroes that have
fallen, and a hero of ASUU struggles.
He said the march was the beginning of activities to
mark the exit of the late Professor.
He recalled that the journey that claimed the life of
Iyayi, began on a pleasant note that morning with
Iyayi relieving the last meeting with President
Goodluck Jonathan and how he urged them to show
true commitment to the struggle.
Human Rights lawyer, Femi Falana, urged ASUU
never to relent in the struggle, but to continue from
where Iyayi left. .
He disclosed that ASUU and Iyayi family members
have mandated him to challenge the "murder" of
Iyayi in the court.
Also addressing the crowd of sympatisers,
Chairman of ASUU, University of Ilorin chapter, Dr.
Taiwo Oloruntoba-Oju, said the late Iyayi had
cloned many other Iyayis while alive, to carry on
the fight, adding that the only way to ensure that
what Iyayi fought for was not allowed to die with
him is to sustain the struggle.
Other speakers eulogised Iyayi, whom they called a
hero, adding that his death has actually
immortalised him.
Eldest son of Iyayi, Ehidiamen, who received the
mourners on behalf of the family, thanked them for
the support they have given to the family since the
demise of their father.
He was later presented with signed copy of the
condolence register opened by the union.
Speaking on its resolve to continue with the strike,
University of Jos chapter of ASUU said yesterday
that it will not resume lectures until it receives
directives from its national officials to that effect,
adding that it will not go back to class even after
the expiration of the extended deadline given by
the federal government.
The chairman of the ASUU Unijos chapter, Dr David
Jangkam said majority of the 1012 union members
at Unijos were not bothered by federal
government's sack threats.
Jangkam said, “University of Jos chapter, wants to
categorically state that we cannot be cowed or
perturbed by the threat from the Minister of
Education and other agents of government; we
remain resolute and committed to the struggle and
shall not waver from the strike until government
does the right thing."
Similarly, the Lagos State University (LASU) chapter
of ASUU, resolved to continue with the strike until
government meets the union’s demands.
The Chairman of LASU branch Adekunle Idris,
described the threat to sack lecturers who refused
to resume work by Wednesday as an outdated
approach to solving issues and a joke.
“I’m sure they will get their professors and doctors
from Alaba or Idumota market. Maybe they will
employ some from India or Cuba to teach the
students,” he said sarcastically.

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ASUU Strike Update: ASUU meets to
decide today
AS the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU) meets today in Abuja, the issue
of resumption from their five months-old strike will
top the agenda of the meeting as expectations of
Nigerians is to see the universities resume for
lectures soonest.
The ASUU president, Comrade Nasir Isa Fagge’s
demand that the Federal Government should show
commitment of meeting the disbursement of N200
billion for the year 2013 allocation to the
universities through the Central Bank of Nigeria
(CBN) was said to have been met, according to the
Senior Special Assistant to the President, Dr. Doyin
Okupe, last week.
The Federal Government’s threat to disengage any
lecturer that fails to resume lectures on December
4, earlier conveyed by the Minister of Education,
Nyesom Wike, has also been denied by President
Goodluck Jonathan. With all these expected areas of
conflict removed, many Nigerians are pleading with
ASUU to suspend the strike and resume work.
Indeed, feelers after the burial of the former ASUU
President, Professor Festus Iyayi, are that the
consensus among majority of ASUU members are
that the universities should resume for lectures
against the backdrop of various consultations.
Daily Newswatch investigations indicated that
expectations are high among students, parents and
Nigerians that the universities will finally resume
from its five-month-old strike at the end of today’s
meeting. According to a member of ASUU, who
spoke on condition of anonymity, the ASUU
president will be addressing some select journalists
in Abuja today on when to end the strike.
The threat by the Federal Government to sack
lecturers that refuse to abide by the ultimatum
fixed for today had done some incalculable damage
to the relationship between ASUU and the
government, especially the fairly smooth meetings
between the lecturers and President Jonathan.
However, already there are indications that many
universities will resume work latest first week of
January owing to the Yuletide period.
Of course, some of the universities appeared to
have heeded the government’s ultimatum to reopen
for lectures. The reopening of the University of
Benin (UNIBEN) brings to five the number of
universities that have resumed. The other schools
include University of Nigeria (UNN), Nsukka,
Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo
State; Enugu State University of Technology (ESUT),
Enugu, and the Ibrahim Badamosi University, Lapai,
in Niger State.
The authorities of the University of Ibadan have,
however, announced plans to commence academic
activities on January 6, 2014. A circular released by
the management of the university stated that its
actions were sequel to the directives of the
Committee of Pro-chancellors (CPC) of federal
universities.
The revised academic calendar for the remaining
part of the Second Semester 2012/2013 shows that
students are expected to arrive on Saturday and
Sunday, January 4 and 5, while lectures will
commence on January 6.
Teaching is expected to take place for 11 weeks,
from Monday, January 6 to Friday, March 21, while
revision will take place from March 24 to 28.
Students of the university will sit for their
examinations from Monday, March 31 to Friday April
11. The senate of the university would meet on May
12 to consider the results of the graduating
students.
Also, the authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo
University, Ile-Ife, yesterday, December 8, directed
the students to go back to class. According to a
statement by the Public Relations Officer of OAU,
Mr. Biodun Olarewaju, “the authorities of the
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, have
announced Sunday, 8th December, 2013, as the
resumption date for the 2012/ 2013 rain semester.
“Accordingly, students of the university are
expected to come into residence on the above date
as lectures will commence immediately.”
The statement noted that lectures would commence
immediately after the resumption. Students of the
university narrowly escaped not completing their
Harmattan Semester exams when the strike began
on July 1.
It was gathered that the university was lagging
behind with a semester compared to other Federal
universities in the country.
At the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, Lagos,
Daily Newswatch investigations showed that many
lecturers of the university have continued to mount
pressure on the chapter’s ASUU to call off the strike.
The lecturers were said to have held a congress last
week and a large percentage of them in the UNILAG
voted for calling off of the strike and resuming
work, especially over their inability to carry out
research.
A lecturer who spoke with Daily Newswatch on the
condition of anonymity said although the outcome
of today’s meeting will confirm the resumption
date, but he stressed that they hoped the strike
would be called off before January.
However, candidates that were offered admission
into the UNILAG have been going through screening
and registration processes since two weeks,
although the lecturers said the strike continues until
they receive directives from the National Executive
Council of ASUU after today’s meeting.
“Government owns the school, not us, so, we have
to work with the decision of government. The
decision of the owner (the Federal Government)
supersedes that of any pressure groups in the
school. By now, schools are working their calendars
and adjusting them in preparation for resumption,
so, one cannot just jump into the class and begin to
teach,” the source said.
However, Daily Newswatch investigations showed
that in schools where management had forced
resumption, only partial academic activities were
going. For instance, at Ebonyi State University
(EBSU), Abakaliki, which management had pulled
out of the nationwide strike since November 23,
with an order that all academic activities on all the
campuses of the university should resume on
November 26, full academic work was yet to kick
off.
The EBSU ASUU Chairman, Prof. Ndubuisi Idenyi,
had promised a showdown with the management,
should they try to force the lecturers to resume,
reiterating that they were waiting for ASUU national
body to call of the strike before they could comply.
The statement signed by the Registrar, Sam N.
Egwu, Idenyi calling of the strike, stated that
following the inability of Federal Government and
ASUU to reach an agreement over the lingering
strike, the university management had resolved to
commence its academic activities.
But when contacted, Idenyi stated the ASUU chapter
of EBSU dissociated itself from the purported
reopening by the management and maintained that
the strike was still in progress until they got
directive from the national leadership.
Asked what would be their reaction if the school
management decided to punish their members for
refusing to resume work, Idenyi said they were
ready for showdown with the school management if
they dared them.
A similar scenario was the case at the Adekunle
Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), with
some lecturers of the institution complying with the
directive by the management of the school to
commence lectures.
Although lectures have not started fully in all the
departments, a visit to the school campus showed
that lectures had started in some of the faculties/
departments, including Faculties of Arts and
Education.
It was also gathered that timetables for lectures for
the second semester of the 2012/2013 academic
session had been released by each of the
departments, to signal the commencement of
academic exercise. Also, meetings of the heads of
departments in each of the faculties were held to
ensure proper course allocation among the
lecturers.
The Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor
Femi Mimiko, and principal officers of the institution
went round the campus to monitor the level of
compliance with the directive.
Speaking after the monitoring exercise, Professor
Mimiko expressed satisfaction, saying the
development showed that about 60 per cent of the
academic staff were back on campus.
“I am satisfied with the level of response that we
have received so far viz-a-viz the directive that
management gave that lectures should resume
today. I have personally gone round and I also sent
my principal officers to go round the classrooms
and it was discovered that quite a number of
classes held.
“As we speak, lecturers are in the classrooms
teaching; yes, the students are just coming back to
campus, that is not unexpected, but the good thing
there is, more than half of the total number of
lecturers have indicated their desire to teach and
they are all over the place teaching. I hope and
believe that from tomorrow, the situation will
improve,” he said.
Professor Mimiko said it was a matter of individual
choice if a parent chose to listen to ASUU and kept
his child at home, adding that there was little or
nothing that could be done to that.
Also, students and lecturers of the Enugu State
University of Science and Technology (ESUT), last
week Monday, returned to school, following a
directive by the school authorities.
Authorities of the university had directed the
lecturers to resume classes on December 2 and
commence preparations for the 2012/2013 second
semester examination.
It was reported that at the Enugu and Agbani
campuses of ESUT, students were in their various
departments exchanging pleasantries and checking
the notice boards.
At the faculties of engineering and management
sciences on the Enugu campus, students in their
numbers were copying the second semester
examination timetables pasted on the notice
boards.
The lecturers, on the other hand, held a meeting
with the governing council of the university at the
Agbani campus on the resumption of work.
Addressing the lecturers, Chairman of the council,
Chief ChiloOffiah, appealed to them to sheathe their
sword and return to classes in the interest of the
students.
Offiah thanked the lecturers for attending the
meeting and assured them that the council would
do all it could to ensure the improvement of their
welfare.
The executive members of the ESUT branch of the
ASUU did not, however, attend the meeting.
It was, however, a different situation at the Enugu
campus of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN),
as only a few students and lecturers were on
campus. Few lecturers were also found in their
various offices, while the non-academic staff
members were busy working.
Some of the lecturers said they were waiting for
directives from both the school authorities and the
ASUU branch.
A drama took place at the Federal University of
Technology Owerri (FUTO) as the university’s
senate announced the sack of all academic staff on
its payroll with immediate effect for failure to return
to classroom.
The sack order was made known by the Public
Relations Officers (PRO) of the institution,
MrChikeEzenwa, while speaking in Owerri, through
the telephone.
According to him, the senate of the university had
declared all the positions of academic staff in the
institution vacant, adding that they would be
advertised soon.
The senate council, he explained, had already
compiled the list of vacant positions in the school,
adding that whoever was willing to resume would
be adequately protected.
But the FUTO branch of ASUU has said any attempt
to break their ranks would be strongly resisted. This
was contained in a communiqué issued at the end o
their meeting held last week and signed by both the
Chairman and Secretary, DrIkennaNwachukwu and
Dr F.M. Eke, respectively.
The communiqué urged members to ignore the
resumption notice by FUTO management, adding
that the branch would not engage in any academic
activities until the Federal Government committed
itself to implementing the ASUU-FGN agreement.
In another development, the authorities of the
University of Jos (UNIJOS) have directed all
academic staff to commence work with immediate
effect, while the branch chairman of ASUU said the
union would not succumb to threat and intimidation.
The authorities of the university, in a circular signed
by the registrar/secretary to the council,
MrJilliDandam, stated that all academic staff of the
university shall return to their various departments,
units and directorates and commence work
immediately.
It added that daily compliance register would be
kept by all heads of department for all academic
staff, while it further directed every head of
department to publish lecture time-table for all
academic programmes by today.
However, the branch chairman of ASUU,
DrJangkamWannang, said the union would not
succumb to threat to call off its strike, adding that
conditions to call off the strike were well spelt out.
He said intimidation and harassment of any form
would not force the union to call off the strike.
“We will not succumb to threat; the strike is for the
improvement of the system. The threat and
intimidation by both the government and governing
council of a university will rather complicate the
problem than addressing it,” he said.
Also lecturers at the Gombe State University are yet
to resume classes, despite the directive to do so by
the government. Branch Chairman of ASUU, Mallam
Umar Adamu, confirmed that none of the lecturers
of the university had resumed work. Adamu said the
union would meet today to decide on the strike.
The premises of the university was, however, calm
as security operatives were seen keeping vigilance
at the main gate.
But the academic staff of Federal University in
Kashere, also in Gombe State, did not join the
strike.
But appeals to ASUU to end thje strike continue to
mount as the National Parent-Teacher-Association
of Nigeria (NAPTAN) has asked the striking teachers
to see the extension of the resumption deadline as
a sign of goodwill from the Federal Government.
The NAPTAN North Central Coordinator,
AlhajiDanladiAliyu, said the extension showed that
the government was committed to ending the
strike. Aliyu said, “I am pleading with both parties
not to see this issue as a war that must be won or
lost as both are working in the interest of moving
the nation forward.
“ASUU should use this deadline extension to
resume duties, while we also urge the Federal
Government not to come down hard on them,” he
said.

ASUU Strike: Nigerian government’s
ultimatum reaches as University of Abuja
begins partial lectures
The government ordered the lecturers to resume
work on or before December 9.
The ultimatum issued by the federal government to
striking university lecturers to resume work lapses
on Monday with the lecturers defiling the
government’s directive.
Public university lecturers across Nigeria have been
on a nationwide strike since July 1, initially
demanding the full implementation of a 2009
agreement between the lecturers (Academic Staff
Union of Universities, ASUU) and the federal
government.
Following months of negotiations between the two
sides, the lecturers met with President Goodluck
Jonathan in November leading to the lecturers
shifting ground amidst some concessions from the
federal government.
Part of the agreement reached at the meeting was
the increased funding to universities beginning from
a N200 billion intervention fund in 2013. ASUU
wants the money released to the universities within
two weeks while the federal government through a
presidential aide, Doyin Okupe, presented evidence
that the process of making the payment to the
universities had begun through the Central Bank.
The lecturers also want a non-victimisation clause
included in the final agreement with the president;
as well as the commencement of re-negotiation of
the 2009 agreement in 2014, as discussed with the
president.
However, the federal government, through the
Education Minister, Nyesom Wike, on November 28
gave ASUU a week ultimatum to call off the strike;
else there would be mass sack of the non-
complying lecturers. Though the ultimatum was to
end on December 4, the National Universities
Commission boss, Julius Okojie, announced its
extension to December 9.
“Government decided to shift the deadline after it
received notification of Prof. Festus Iyayi’s funeral
rites slated for between December 5 and 7,” Mr.
Okojie said.
ASUU has vowed to ignore the government’s
ultimatum with many lecturers describing it as a
‘joke.’
“I see this whole thing as a joke and I dare say it is
not even worth my comments. We just keep our
fingers crossed and watch. I still emphasise that
such ultimatum is a display of insensitivity and a
huge joke,” Oyelowo Oyewo, a Law Professor at the
University of Lagos said.
However, some university lecturers have heeded
the government’s directive as directed by the
university management.
When PREMIUM TIMES visited the University of
Abuja on Friday, few students were seen on campus
while most lecture halls remained empty.
The Departments of Banking and Finance, Asian
Studies, Accounting, and Business Administration
are some of the departments were few lectures
held.
Samaja James, a student of the Department of
Banking and Finance, said she had attended some
lectures.
”At least we have received three lectures this week,
the first was on Monday, the second on Wednesday,
and the third Friday so we are done for the week’,”
she said.
A lecturer at the department, Ayeni Bola, explained
his reason for resuming lectures despite the ASUU
strike.
”We (ASUU) met with the President and there were
some conditions and so we on our part have
decided to respect the President by resuming, now
its left for the President to keep to his words,
”The President cannot say we will not attend to you
till you resume and we on our own part cannot say
we will not resume till we are attended to so we
cannot continue like this,” ‘he said.
Another student who attended lectures at the
Department of Asian Studies, Haruna Mohammed,
told PREMIUM TIMES that ASUU’s actions are for its
interest and not those of students.
“I want to believe that ASUU does not have the
interest of the student at heart; that’s why most of
us decided to resume despite the few of us who
stayed back at home.
”We are the ones feeling it, not them, not their kids.
I mean most us have plans for the future and
staying at home is not helping matters. That’s why
we are here for the lecturers that are ready to
(lecture),” he said.
The government is expected to announce a decision
later today on its lapsed ultimatum.

Wat bou uniabuja , wAt happening there any lec 2 day

Abeg, any reg for 2012/2013?

Any news bout the VC list yet,

REG? REG? REG?

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Maurice45: @mrpresido, kindly drop your no. For me... I lost it d last tym u gave it to me in gwags. We nid to talk.

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The Federal Government and
the Academic Staff Union of
Universities have reached an
agreement to end the over five
month old strike by ASUU. The
lecturer’s association has
however said that its members
may return to work next week.
The Supervising Minister of
Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike told
journalists at a meeting with the
leadership of ASUU, President of the
Nigeria Labour Congress, Executive
Secretary of the Nigerian
Universities Commission and five
vice- chancellors of universities that
all contending issues between the
parties have been resolved.
The parties signed a document to
seal the agreement which spells
great hope that the over five-month
old strike may be called off within
one week, although the president of
ASUU, Professor Nasir Faggae
declined to say what was contained
in the document.
ASUU’s demands include the
upward review of the retirement
age for professors from 65 to 70;
adequate funding to revitalise the
university system; progressive
increase of budgetary allocations to
the education sector by 26 per cent;
transfer of federal government
property to universities; setting up
of research and development units
by companies; payment of earned
allowances; and renegotiation of the
signed agreement.
The agreement between the two is
reached barely 24 hours after the
Special Assistant on Public Affairs,
Dr. Doyin Okupe presented a proof
of payment of N200 billion into an
account with the Central Bank of
Nigeria.
The strike began on July 1st 2013
and lasted for over five months
before this resolution was reached.

If the #200billion meant for ASUU mistakenly enters your account, would you return it or let the strike continue

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ASUU STRIKE Latest: Union Exco meets
in Niger on Monday; sets to end strike
THE NATION
The stage is set for the striking Academic Staff
Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off the over five
month old strike as the National Executive
Committee (NEC) of the union holds a crucial in
Minna tomorrow (Monday) to rectify the
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed with
the federal government.
The meeting which is being hosted by Federal
University of Technology (FUT) Minna branch of the
union was in fulfillment of the one week promised
by ASUU President, Dr. Nasir Isa Fagge last
Wednesday after the signing of the MoU with the
federal government that members will meet to
decide to call off the strike.
Like the last ASUU NEC meeting in Kano that was
shrouded in high secrecy, the venue of today’s
meeting is kept to only members of NEC, as the
meeting may not be holding in either Bosso or Gida
Kwano campuses of the University.
The agenda of the NEC meeting was also not made
public, but a source within the union said that the
meeting will among other things consider the MoU,
the leadership will present documents to show
government’s commitment, assess the impact of
the industrial action and map out strategies on how
to monitor and ensure implementation of the
documented agreement.
A NEC member who spoke with our correspondent
in confidence said, “we are here essentially to look
into the MoU as ASUU President promised last
Wednesday that members will review the
development and decide to call off the strike. The
meeting will also fashion out strategies for
monitoring the implementation of the MoU”.
Asked if the meeting will be calling off the strike,
our source said, “I may not be able to answer that
but my thinking which is personal is that, if our
leaders could sign the MoU with government last
week, I think we are close to a truce”.
ASUU President had on Wednesday also gave hint
of possible cessation of the action. According to
Fagge after signing the MoU, “Within one week our
members will meet and decide to call off the strike.
We have a document here which shows that
government is committed and all the things we
demanded are in the letter.
“We will now take this document to our members
and we are confident that our members will do the
appropriate thing”.
Efforts to reach ASUU President and the FUT Minna
branch chairperson, Dr. Abdulfatai Jimoh failed.
None of them could be reached for comment, but as
at the time of filling the report yesterday about 30
members of the NEC were already in Minna for the
meeting.
Federal government on Wednesday shifted from its
hardline to sign an MoU at a meeting brokered by
Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) to implement
decision reached with President Goodluck Jonathan
during the historic 15 hour meeting with the union
leaders.
Lecturers in all publicly owned universities
embarked on an indefinite strike on the 2nd of July,
following the refusal of federal government to fulfill
the 2009 agreement it had with the union and non-
implementation of 2012 Mou.
The action that was climaxed when federal
government gave a December 4 ultimatum for the
striking teachers to return to classrooms or face
mass sack.

Which means newly admitted student till next year july.too bad

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ASUU STRIKE called off
DAILY POST
Report reaching DailyPost from Minna, Niger State
capital, indicates that the Academic Staff Union of
Universities, ASUU, has called off its five months
strike.
The Union arrived at the latest decision to suspends
its strike after a marathon meeting held at the
Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna,
Niger State on Monday.
After a protracted debate, the Federal Government
and ASUU reached a compromise during a
negotiation brokered by the President of the
Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade
Abdulwaheed Omar few days ago.
Details shortly.

ASUU set to end strike today
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is set to end its six-month strike after it held its national executive meeting on Monday at the Federal University of Technology, Minna.

The ASUU president Dr. Nasir Fagge will address the press at noon on Tuesday.

The federal government and ASUU had signed an agreement to inject N200 billion into public universities over five years.

The ASUU strike, which crippled academic activities in most federal and state-owned universities, began on July 1.

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[font=Lucida Sans Unicode][/font] Mr president! The school have paste the admission list?

Which admission list for 2012/2013 or 2013/2014

Ibbayo: [font=Lucida Sans Unicode][/font] Mr president! The school have paste the admission list?

no, one more list of 2012/13 will b out b4 d exam, d exam wll start january 20 bt as 4 100L til february and that of 2013/14 wll b out by june 2014

mrpresido3: no, one more list of 2012/13 will b out b4 d exam, d exam wll start january 20 bt as 4 100L til february and that of 2013/14 wll b out by june 2014

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