Our attention has been drawn to an advertorial placed in several newspapers by Governor Tanko Al Makura's agents masquerading as "Nassarawa Citizens for Peace" but who actually operate within the confines of the Governor's office in Lafia. The adverts were fully sponsored and paid by Governor Al Makura who has failed to pay workers salaries for months despite receiving over N150billlion as allocations and the recent bail out intervention by President Buhari.

It is not surprising that these serial attacks on Maku are coming at a time when the massive fraud that characterized the April 2015 elections are being exposed at the ongoing election petition Tribunal in Lafia, Nassarawa State

In the said advertorial, the paid hirelings drew up some questions for Labaran Maku. Although most of the questions are puerile, senseless, and mischievous, we deem it fit to set the record straight so that the unsuspecting public will not be misled. We hereby respond to the questions asked serially.


1. WHO IS BEHIND OMBATSE?

Ans: Tanko Almakura is the founder, financier and beneficiary of Ombatse. They(Ombatse) said this to the whole world at the Judicial panel set up by Almakura. They presented cheaques showing Almakura's financial sponsorship of the group.
Ombatse were Almakura's personal security guards during 2011 election. They also provided security during Almakura's inauguration in 2011.

2. What was Maku's role in the killing of security operatives by Ombatse?

Ans: It's lame and laughable to ask this question given the fact that Maku was not the chief security of the state. Governor Al Makura was the one who presided over the state as chief security officer. He should know better.

3. Who is shielding Ombatse from prosecution?
Ans: Ask Governor Tanko Almakura.

4. Where is Baba Alakyo, the spiritual leader of Ombatse, and what is Maku's relationship with him?

Ans: Baba Alakyo told the world how Al Makura went and took Oath from him before the 2011 election.....he said he initiated Al Makura into the Ombatse group. Tanko Al Makura should provide the answers. Never once was Maku's name mentioned in all of these.

5. Why did Maku boycott all peace efforts by the state government?

Ans: Al Makura was given written position on the crisis by all Nasarawa leaders led by Walid Jibrin and Maku which he failed to acknowledge or implement.

6. Why did the staff of Federal Ministry of Information hold Maku hostage when he resigned as minister?

Ans: They dint hold Maku hostage. Some elements obviously acting under external influence later apologized during the reception for Maku which held at the National Press Centre at Radio House same day.

7. Who were the two APC witnesses that testified against Al-makura?

Ans: They were Al Makura's witnesses from Alagye and Mbrumbrum in Doma LGA, who openly confessed before the tribunal that Al Makura did not win the April 11 governorship election in Nassarawa state. It may also interest you to know that the remaining witnesses earlier presented by Al Makura were quickly withdrawn by his lead Counsel, Yusuf Ali SAN to avoid further embarrassing confessions as all efforts including financial inducements to get the witnesses to lie on oath failed.

8. Why were all employees of Federal Ministry of Information from Nasarawa state during Maku's tenure of Eggon extraction?

Ans: This is absolutely false as Mr. Labaran Maku did not discriminate against any ethnic group while serving as Minister. Political appointments and projects were spread across the state. The GM Precious FM Lafia, Musa Abdullahi who was sacked from NBS by Almakura is an Alago from Obi LGA. Maku, as a member of the federal cabinet, ensured the establishment of a new Federal university in Lafia which has created immense opportunities for youths across the state. He also completed and commissioned the NTA station at Akwanga. Other projects include the Lafia-Awe road, Lafia-Doma road, Federal secreatariat Lafia, among others. This no doubt created employment opportunities for youths all over the state.

9. Why did the paramount ruler of Eggon nation, the Aren Eggon, strip Maku of his traditional title, Turakin Eggon?

Ans: The Aren Eggon did not strip Maku of his title. Some elements sponsored by Almakura attempted to embarrass Maku through announcements on the state owned radio station-NBS

10. Why didn't you visit Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the state until during campaigns?

Ans: Maku visited displaced persons including the widows of security personnel who died at Lakyo. He provided support for the widows and relief materials for displaced persons. This was widely reported.

11. Why didn't APGA win any elective position during the 2015 general elections?

Ans: That is why Maku is in court to challenge the electoral fraud. APGA won the Governorship and senate seats and is in court to reclaim the stolen mandate. It is also instructive to note that Maku had all along been in PDP and by the time he left for APGA, many of his associates who remained in PDP won their elections.

12. Is it true that N37 billion was discovered on Maku's farm?

Ans: It is not true. Some people sponsored by Almakura planted the fiction on the social media to hide the $510 million (dollars) reportedly stashed abroad by Almakura in American Banks. The alleged discovery of N37B on a phantom farm is laughable, spurious, baseless and can only exist in the imaginations of Al Makura and his propagandists.

13. Is it possible for one to win one out of thirteen local government areas and be declared winner of governorship election?

Ans: APGA won in 9 LGAs but result was falsified by Al Makura's agents and fraudulently declared by INEC. That is why Maku is in court. Even Al Makura witnesses have confessed before the Tribunal sitting in Lafia that Maku won overwhelmingly in their areas.

14. Did Maku reconcile the account of the defence ministry during his tenure as the supervising minister?

Ans: Ministers do not reconcile accounts. Permanent Secretaries and the Accountant General of the Federation do so. Ignorance is behind most of the questions you asked. This question betrays your morbid hatred for Maku because he defeated your sponsor, Al Makura who has failed to account for over N150Billion collected in the last 4 years.

15. What was your role during the communal crisis of Toto and Azara during your tenure as deputy governor of the state.

Ans: Maku was one of the leading peace makers that resolved the crisis of 2001 which brought uninterrupted peace to Nasarawa State until Tanko Almakura's violent regime destroyed the peace. It would interest you to know that one of the factors responsible for Maku's landslide victory in the 2015 governorship elections is because his track record as a peacemaker endeared him to voters across Nassarawa state who saw him as the only hope for restoration of peace, reconciliation and rapid development of the state after years of violence, widespread killings of innocent citizens, and destruction under Al Makura's regime.

We therefore urge the public to disregard all these sponsored attacks and campaign of calumny launched by Al Makura's agents which are symptomatic of a drowning man

Signed

Aliyu Kalo. Joseph Audu.

Citizens for Truth and Justice.

SOURCE: http://www.thebreakingtimes.com/al-makura-failed-to-pay-salaries-after-receiving-n150-billlion-allocation-group

GEJ is a silent achiever. He is doing much with SURE P on ground than is reported by the press.

I drove through the Eket(Akwa Ibom) section of the East-West road to Port Harcourt. The road was quite good.
Little did I know that SURE-P funds were used to construct the road. It's remarkable and I urge the President to prevail on SURE P committee to intervene in all the other sections and ensure that East-West road is completed before 2015.

ochejoseph: ABUJA - The latest governance poll conducted by the NOIPolls Limited indicated that 61 percent of adult Nigerians have approved the job performance of President Goodluck Jonathan last month, especially in the area of improved electricity supply to some households.
The results showed that while 41 percent approved of it, 20 percent strongly endorsed the President’s performance.

President Jonathan
This rating currently being at par with the rating obtained in January 2014, represents a 1-point drop from July’s rating which was recorded at 62 percent.
More findings according to the polls revealed that slightly more than half 51 percent of adult Nigerians experienced an improved state of power supply to their households within the past one month
According to NOIpolls, “an assessment of the President’s performance on key elements of his transformation agenda in the month of August revealed that the President received an average three rating in his performance on Job creation, power, economy, education, health, agriculture & food security,
“Transportation and Foreign Policy & Diplomacy except for Security, which he performed poorly. Still based on his transformation agenda, the month of August saw a push in the President’s performance on Power and Economy to an average rating (3) following a continuous poor rating since February 2014.
“This figure illustrates the highest positive rating recorded in power supply from the inception of the NOIPolls power monitoring polls in January 2013. These are some of the key findings from the Governance Snap Poll conducted in the week of August 25th 2014.
“These results represent the eighth in the 2014 monthly series of governance polls conducted by NOIPolls to gauge the opinions and perceptions of Nigerians regarding the approval rating of the President, the performance of the President on key elements of his transformation agenda, and the state of power supply in the country.
The firm explained respondents to the poll were asked three specific questions on job performance of President Goodluck Jonathan over the past 1 month and that the results revealed that 61 percent of adult Nigerians surveyed approve of the President’s performance where 41 percent approve and 20 percent strongly approve.
“A total of 26 percent of the respondents assessed disapprove of the President’s performance, where 18 percent disagree and 8 percent strongly disagree. Furthermore, 13 percent remained neutral as they neither approve nor disapprove.
On zonal analysis, the NOIPolls said “the South-East and the South-South zones accounted for the largest fraction of respondents who approve of the President’s job performance with 89 percent and 74 percent respectively. The North-Central and North-West zones have the highest proportion of respondents who were neutral with 20 percent and 17 percent.
“Also, the North-East zone and the North-West zone have the largest proportion of respondents who disapprove of the President’s job performance with 41 percent and 38 percent respectively.
“Monthly trend analysis of the President’s approval rating reveals that the President’s approval rating remained almost stable with a slight decline by 1-point to stand at 61 percent in August 2014.
This current result and that obtained in January 2014 both represent the second highest rating since NOIPolls started its governance poll in January 2013. Likewise, the average rating of the President’s job performance after 8 months is at 56.5 percent, this implies that the President performed above his 8- month’s average by 5-points.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/09/61-nigerians-approve-jonathans-performance-survey/


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Any objective person who evaluates GEJ objectively by key performance indices will agree that but for the politically(APC) motivated insurgency in parts of the North East, the President is doing quite well. 12 new federal universities established in 3 years represents the fastest ever rate of development in the sector. Ground breaking innovations and achievements in infrastructure provision, health care, rail and water transportation, petroleum and power sector reforms stand GEJ out as a reform oriented President of the type previously unseen in the Nation's annals. GEJ has earned the chance to seek the leadership of this Country for a 2nd term. I firmly believe that from the new era of transparent, free and fair elections that have characterized the GEJ years, one can only expect that 2015 will herald an unprecedented, credible, free and fair election that will culminate in a resounding victory for President jonathan and the PDP in 2015.

mickyarams: He should get a noble price for being the dumbest president ever!

But you can't even spell the "Nobel prize" and you have the effrontery to call the President dumb. Your dumbness makes dumb jealous.

uzomagic: Gbajabiamila is just a class clown. He said they have enough grounds to impeach Jonathan. But they are watching events in Rivers state before taking that decision. The impeachment of jonathan and events in Rivers state are mutually exclusive.

If president Jonathan violated the constitution or has shown gross incompetence that could warrant impeachment, go ahead and impeach him. You don't have to wait for events in Rivers state to activate moves for his impeachment. but we all know that it's all about politics.

They just want to see Jonathan's back by hook or by crook. they can't wait for elections because they know it will be a tough call.
Very useless party-APC

APC is a party of noisemakers. This Honourable Femi attended sitting yesterday without raising a motion for impeachment but has come to disturb our ear drums on the pages of newspaper. He knows he can't try it on the floor so the best option is to make noise and raise empty threats on the media. That was how they elected Ngige as Governor in the pages of nation newspaper and social media.

People are just unfair in their criticisms to Jonathan. If you sit down and reflect logically on a lot of things, you will find out that GEJ has done a lot. Look at the railways are gradually come back. He is the most under rated president.

Maduale:
Unknown to prof. Alagoa and his group, most of the problems they identified are challenges which Jonathan's new PIB that is presently awaiting passage by NASS seeks to address.

All those issues of gas infrastructure, ecological challenges arising from oil exploration, gas pipelines, infrastructural development of the Niger Delta region and ownership stakes of the oil have been seriously addressed in the PIB. Rather than write political letters which is of no end, they should rather mandate their respresentuves to mount pressure on both the senate and house of Reps to expedite action on PIB.

That Bill was well formulated and holds the key to the development of the oil bearing communities.

Don't mind them. Instead of them to agitate for passage of PIB, they will join General Obasanjo to write political letters. And coming at this time, their motives are highly suspect

Silence is simply the best answer for a fool. We all know who Obasanjo is. So I cannot be deceived.

Ngene-Ukwenu:
Summary 1km = 1Billion Naira ( Remember the Land is not water Logged)

See haters . Where were you when APC Govs were all awarding roads at 1B per Kilometer? You have suddenly become an expert on Quantity surveying because GEJ has awarded a contract for reconstruction of a road that was long abandoned by successive govts in Nigeria.
Since you want to start costing roads, pls start with these ones done by APC Govs in South West.


http://pointblanknews.com/pbn/exclusive/buharis-spokesman-accuses-acn-governors-of-corruption-says-they-award-one-kilometer-road-for-one-billion-naira/

That is Tinubu's stock in trade. Wasting Lagos tax payers money in organizing meaningless protests that only serves his political interest.
I'm sure that most of the youths in that picture have never been to Anambra state before and may no teen know who Chris Ngige is.
They may not even know about what they are protesting for.
They are just there to collect the penny that will accrue from the protest as hire money.

taharqa: That is d only physical project been undataking by SURE-P that is not moving at d speed of others (eg Benin-Ore Rd, Abuja-Lokoja Rd, East-West Rd, Kano-Maiduguri Rd, Lagos-Kano Railway, PH-Enugu-Maiduguri Railway, etc). I watched a member of d SURE-P committee on NTA few months back, saying that d delays in d Onitsha-Enugu Rd was cos of what I think he called 'Contracting Complication' with d Rd, forcing SURE-P to cancel payments until d Fed Min of Works sorts it out... Don't know if d Ministry hv done so though

Whether SURE P, Ministry of Works or Niger Delta Ministry, The common thread in all of these is that Jonathan is working and the roads are being repaired. That's all.

Demdem: Foolish Govt.

Its obvious they arent interested in fulfilling any agreement. Either the one signed in 2009 or the MOU signed in 2012 or even the promises of

Jonathan after several hours of meeting with them of recent. If Jonathan is serious, why cant he sign and make his commitments on paper for all

to see and monitor. All hail ASUU, they have mastered the way of holding the govt by its balls. It will be extremely foolish for them to go back to

classes knowing fully well that Jonathan wont do as promised. Their strike and death of Iyayi would have been in vain. I expect the strike to

continue. ASUU never shut down any school, Those that shut down the schools are opening it back, so no qualms.

Mr Man, How come you know more than 60 percent of the striking lecturers who voted nationwide for the strike to end?
Your s.tupidity on this platform is grossly underestimated. If you can spare some time to use those brains in your skull, you would come to realise that you have been spewing rubbish.

At no time has FG refused to stick with its latest agreement with ASUU. the bone of contention is that Fagge has refused to heed to the call of majority of his fellow lecturers to call off a strike but is still insisting on a 2009 agreement that ihe knows FG cannot implement.

I must commend the Minister of works, Mike Onolemene for a job well done. It is not in doubt that all the major highways in Nigeria will look better than he met it 3 years ago. He is seriously pursuing the construction of so many road projects that will have positive impact on the welfare and economy of Nigerians. At the rate he is working, you will wonder what others before him did.

Kudos must be given to GEJ's administration for initiating the best ever merit based wealth creation strategy in Nigeria's history.
I am impressed by the YOUWIN thing. It's a good strategy.

Mandelaguy:

You are such a low life that is stuck on garbage journalism. I thought the picture was proof in support of his alleged drinking in London. Nothing in that background suggests that useless allegation by Saharareporters.
First, that background doesnt bear any semblance with a UK apartment.
Secondly, that picture is obviously outdated and may even precede his tenure as president.
Thirdly, President Jonathan has never claimed that he doesnt take alcohol. He takes alcohol like every other normal adult. So I'dont understand the fuss about this picture.
Finally, nothing in that picture evidences a drunkard or a man who is suffering from hangover.

Anybody who revels in this shit by a garbage online news site deserves a visit to YABA left.

You spoke my mind

onomeasike:
I know Jonathan government does not even respect the National Assembly (check out the Legion of passed bills and resolution he has ignored) and the penchant of Nigerian leaders(even Jonathan's wife) to prefer overseas medical care over our terrible healthcare sector, I immediately conclude that the official trip is a smokescreen or decoy by the President to get overseas medical care. This president is so untrustworthy and I am yet to see any sincerity by the Jonathan's administration.

See beef. Guy take am easy abeg. Stop hating. There is nothing in this London trip that should warrant this level of hairsplitting and tearing of your boxers. Mr president didn't go for medical trip to London. Get that into your dumb skull. He went for an investment meeting and fell Sick just like every normal human being could. Jonathan is not a super human. He can fall sick at anytime.

Mtchewwwww!! This is no case. If I am Sule Lamido, I will get out of this case and even earn more popularity with it. It's simple. Just issue a press conference and tell the world that Jonathan is persecuting you for your struggle for democracy and change of leadership in 2015.
I trust Nigerians they will buy into it immediately and make Lamido a hero instead. I know how such things work. Any question about the 3 billion will be replied with a counter question, "is he the only one? leave that thing, Jonathan is just fighting him because of 2015"

ikennaoma: Thank u Mr minster 4 Sharing d money. Amaechi keep exposing there secrets so that they will become accountable.

It is your ignorance that encourages people like Amaechi to play politics with our sensibilities. Here is a man who seriously lobbied and pressurized the president to share from ECA and after the president bowed to his pressure, he turned 360 degrees to accuse the president of misapprioprating the same funds. it is on record that He(Amaechi) has collected over 56 billion from ECA.

In saner climes, Amaechi would have been held by the masses to account for the expenditure of the billions that accrued to Rivers State from excess crude Account but this is Nigeria where emotions and sentiments thrive. He will not Be asked. Rather he will be heroinised and praised for telling blatant lies against FG.

1025: i don't know between other nigerians outside and the ones on nairaland who are easy to manipulate.
nigeria is on over N8t debt over a short while and okonjo iweala sometime ago said nigeria is broke. nobody has enough money to pay ASUU. N32 was suddenly added to fuel price to create more money for stealing and as we are speaking, N500B is missing from the sure p money. jonathan has employed lying birds like maku, okukpe and a host of other shameless things to attack men and women. a group is threatening to expose 242 govt officials who are using bullet proof cars and all these are our public funds.
nobody is asking this okukpe liars association of aso rock the sources of these funds.
nobody is asking how politics has become the most lucrative business in nigeria.
it is a shame and what i see on nairaland makes me feel more shame.
in democracy, opposition is legal and they are called watch-dogs. they make the govt to always be careful with what they do. the opposition work day and night to expose the weaknesses of the govt and by so doing, the govt tries her best to deliver but what do we have hear? once anyone asks question, wow, he is a thief, a betrayal and ants and pigs will form groups to attack that one and by so
doing obtain govt illegal and criminal contracts. it is a shame.
we are not ripe for this shameful display that we call democracy.

Mr Man, I don't know where you get your facts from but all I know is that they are fundamentally faulty.

First, Nigeria's debt doesn't stand upto 8T as you alleged. The last time I checked, Nigeria's Foriegn debt stood at $6.6B which is less than a trillion and even domestic borrowing has been brought down from 800b in 2011 to 500B in 2013.

Secondly, Nigeria's debt to GDP ratio stands at 3% ratio. This percentage is very fine and low compared to that of many advanced countries.

Thirdly, The chairman of SURE P appeared before Senate and clarified the true position of SURE P funds. The alleged 500B are not missing but form the allocations that have been paid to the states and LGA's.

It is a shame that most people come to Nairaland with no intelligence whatsoever and tend to believe any story that comes across hook, line and sinker. Too bad

I quite understand the antics of APC. This is an escapist strategy to divert attention from the incompetence of Gov Tanko Al Makura of Nassarawa state. Since Al Makura assumed office, the state has witnessed a downturn in every sector. Security situation has worsened and the state keeps moving from one crisis to another. There is no visible upgrade of infrastructure in the state yet APC is busy playing politics with the state.
The People of Nassarawa state can't wait to kick out Gov Al Makura from office and they see Labaran Maku as a credible alternative. All these write ups are politically motivated to tarnish the Minister's image ahead of 2015

Femi is the one who deserves to be kicked out of Nigeria for a woeful and corrupt past in government. They are the reason why Nigeria is foot dragging. If they had done half of what Jonathan is doing now, Nigeria would have gone far ahead by now.

I heard that Ethiopian Airlines to China from Enugu is fully booked for the next 6 months. This is what embattled Stella has been able to achieve for the good people of South East. She has remodelled Enugu Airport to host international flight operations and the likes of Femi didn't have the ingenuity to do this while they were in government. so how can I take Femi Fani Kayode seriously? How?

Pictures don't lie. It shows what you are able to do with graphic illustration.

The new stadium is very nice. I hope Kogi state government maintains it.
The silos are also nice and evident of the federal Government's Agricultural Transformation agenda.

Things are obviously not the same again.

Bukkyade:

GEJ wasn't elected to stay up late in the night discussing with ASUU to end a politically motivated strike.
No president in Nigeria's history has indulged ASUU with a direct discussion to end an industrial action.
GEJ went out of his way to do it and will be given due credit by posterity.

ASUU is not even interested in the education of our children. If they were, they would have returned back to classes immediately after that Aso rock meeting. GEJ allocated the highest funds to education in our history-450B in the 2013 Budget.

That nothwitstanding, He has offered an unparalleled 220B to ASUU to end this strike. Which other president has offered this much? Please be objective.

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Demdem: We are already in November and budget implementation is below 40%.
Shame on u Ngozi.
Shame on u Jonathan.
On this issue, the rep that raised these objections is really on point.

If you had little intelligence left in you, you would appreciate that the Budget in question is barely 5 Months old.
Your dumb skull will never recall that NASS members finally passed the final amended budget 2013 in July this year before proceeding on recess. It beats me hollow how you guys manage to exhibit this level of ignorance here and get away with it.

Every toddler in Nigeria knows that this budget was finally passed and signed in July, so how do you expect 100% in November?
Are you for real?

Maduale: This is one good reason why I rate the performance of information minister very high. The man has taken public information management to a whole new level that his predecessors could not attain. This good governance tour of a thing showcases developmental projects in each state and gives us a fair picture of activities of government in each state.

Look at the number of projects on display here, they could have passed unnoticed if not for the ingenuity of the information Minister to package a programme that will evaluate performance and showcase the transformation agenda of the FG. Kudos Maku.

On point. I like the whole concept. It's more like a peer review mechanism of sorts though I have heard the Minister on TV clarify that they do not score states but offer journalists and the public the platform to make their own independent assessments based on the projects showcased in each state. Every democratic set up needs this kind of programme that will offer a hindsight into what government at each level do with tax payers money.

Hopefully, with the intervention by Mr President, the strike would be called off tomorrow.
I am impressed with Jonathan. He is such a humble president. Humility personified.

Most corrupt leader because of a 255m scandal involving an autonomous parastatal in the Aviation sector? That amount will make APC governors laugh in the face of the 1 Billion Naira they use(steal) in constructing a kilometer of road in the South West.

See http://pointblanknews.com/pbn/exclusive/buharis-spokesman-accuses-acn-governors-of-corruption-says-they-award-one-kilometer-road-for-one-billion-naira/

Do I need to talk about Tinubu's Alpha Beta and their looting of Lagos Taxpayers money or the 1.68km Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge which cost a whooping $300m/29Billion? Do we need to talk about the scandalous Lekki-Epe expressway buy back?

APC Governors will rank as the most corrupt ever.

I believe strongly that the electricity sector is one key area that GEJ will transform. I'm impressed by the strategy adopted so far in addressing age long darkness in Nigeria. The reforms appear very revolutionary and if you have lived in UK before, you would appreciate that FG is on the right track.

This is how the system works over there. There is nothing like a central power corporation like PHCN in UK. The process is decentralized with private sector companies driving generation and distribution.

Obj awarded this road at the cost of over 250bn but failed to mobilise beyond 12bn.
It is the SURE P Funds that has been used to renew funding on the road.
The level of progress on the road has significantly increased from what it used to be before. Kudos to GEJ

dayo23: fund like how? , when none of the financial agreement hav been met since 2009. Pls be constructive with ur argument.

Yes, funds. Go and investigate the figure that FG allocated for education in the 2009 Budget and compare it with the present 2013 Budget, you would notice the significant increase. Besides, you ought to be aware that Ngozi Okonjo Iweala announced the release of 130B as partial fulfillment of FG's agreement with ASUU.

fabby26:

Go back to classroom with such a command tone as if they are his subjects. Talking to intellectuals that senior him in that manner is being rude, not for the fact he's a minister with jumbo pay package, that should not make him to talk down on them like that in such manner.
Not that am in support of ASUU for taking it this far

In fairness to Gej, he has really tried to dialogue with ASUU but the lecturers appear stubborn and desperate to paint the FG as insensitive to the plight of Nigerian students and the educational sector. The strike is being sustained in bad faith.

No other administration has funded the Educational sector more than Jonathan has done in the past 2 years.
First, Jonathan increased education funding to all time high of 450 billion from less than 300 billion it used to be before 2011.
Secondly, Jonathan specialized TETFUNDS with increased budgetary allocation.
Since the strike began, Jonathan has given additional 130 billion to ASUU. No other administration has coughed out this much for ASUU.
It's unparalleled. ASUU should be considerate and call of this strike in the interest of the very students whom they are fighting for.
The funding deficit of education is an age long problem that cannot be solved in one fell swoop.
Let reason prevail.