Lord Babs: Are you minding the clownish write-up? Even an industrial nationwide strike becomes almost immune to the Nigerian Government, let alone dialogue, which hitherto, had burgeoned the government's deliberative table. Besides, framing Strike as 'archaic' is hypothetically crucifying and subjugating the expediencies of RADICALISM, since the subject matter is one of the fulcra of radicalism. And by the way, it's only a mischievous f00l or ignoramus that will say Nigeria needs no holistic metamorphosis!

Easy on the grammar man .Nigerian students are on strike.

The strike which should have been the effective way of making the government hearken to these demands doesn't seem to be achieving it's desired result and the reason isn't far-fetched.
The government is aware that there are alternatives to federal university education-private and other universities that didn't partake in the strike action.Given this,there's no extra pressure on them to implement the signed agreement.

If the sector affected were to have a heavy and direct impact on the aggregate production of the country,they(the government) would have yielded a long time ago .

And quite frankly,if strike doesn't work,I doubt any other national action would except we seek international intervention.

It's just so sad that the innocent ones(students)are the ones to suffer the brunt of this.

Memyselfu2009: Well i now understand that ASUU re selfish ASUU, saying that most of their demands are not applicable in any part of the world. “You can tell the future of a nation by the state of the schools, and the state of schools in the country is pathetic,” he said. “Where else in the world do you pay for examination allowance?  Is that not the job of the lecturers? You pay for postgraduate project supervision: is that not the job of the professors?”
Indeed they re greedy

liteville: I think your article is a classical example of naivete at its peak. It's quite glaring whose sides you're on.

Firstly, the premise on which your analysis is based is largely flawed; who said strike action is violent? I am sure you are not aware of the so many mass protests and strike action that Martin Luther King was involved with. The problem with most Nigerians is that we're always focused on the immediate gain. We don't look at the effect the rot in the sectors has on the system holistically; and we will continue to shortchange ourselves until we learn that, we have to make sacrifices to eventually get what we want.

[s]I also do not think your article was well researched,[/s] otherwise you would have known the many overtures ASUU has made to the Federal Government (FG) to reach an agreement devoid of strike which yielded no fruitful result. The most important question should be, why should the FG enter into an agreement she wasn't interested in honoring? The terms of the agreement should be mutually binding on the parties involved and if that's not the case, the erring partner should be brought to book unless there is a new agreement that has been mutually committed to.

As far as I'm concerned, if the strike is going to take 2 years to resolve, then so be it, if that will bring some level of sanity to the educational sector. Indeed, what are you learning in these schools anyway? Even in some of the supposedly best universities in the country, the level of dilapidation the institutions are faced with is alarming. The infrastructures are nothing to write home about. Even more worrisome is the quality of human resources in our universities. The really good hands are old and retiring and the universities are unable to attract the best of hands anymore. You have a case of frustrated graduates (after looking for job for God-knows-how-long) returning to man the affairs in the universities. They have no thorough grasp of what the subject matter is all about and they are more concerned about meeting their basic needs than attending to the needs of the students.

You also don't quite believe that ASUU is fighting what they claim they are fighting for; how exactly do you measure genuineness. Have you seen the terms of the agreement?

The educational sector is a shadow of itself; nothing in that system works. Again, If it's going to take a 24-month strike to bring some sanity into the system, then so be it. Whatever is worth doing at all, it's worth doing well. If we are going to have a university education, the least we deserve is the best, anything short of that is unacceptable.

Davo93: @Lord Babs; Your choice of words are too strong... You can make your positions known without insulting anyone. Please try and work on that.

BTW, As per your question on the current ASUU strike, the article is neither justifying the FGN or ASUU but rather trying to explain why strike is not a good approach to our educational problems.

Another option to strike? I guess you didn't read the whole 'voluminous' write-up. I suggested two ways;
1. Strategic Dialogue
2. Court Action

The strategic dialogue i mean here is trying to carry some necessary groups along. In a situation whereby we realize we have a stubborn government in power, there is a need to be more smart in dialogues. I believe involving the lawmakers of our land in such crucial matter will be helpful. They are in charge of the budget allocation verification and approval. I believe once they are successfully integrated in such dialogue, they will have to let the FG be aware of their commitements whenever a budget is passed before the house thereby compulsorily ensuring that provision is made for such agreement in the budget plan. Also, the masses should not only get to know what is going on only when a strike has been initiated. They too need to be carried along.

tomzman: Op, though I couldn't finish your writeup, I must commend the writer for some good writing skills i noticed.

Now to the main issue. I think the question we should ask ourselves is 'who or what is the cause of the incessant strikes we have been exeriencing ever since?' I'm sure your answer would be the government. The truth is that the country's educational system is in ruins and the government is not ready to act.

We all know that strike is not a good thing but someone or something has to force the government to act and from what I have seen so far, strike is that thing. A government that signed an agreement since 4 years ago and did not implement it, do you think such a government would do anything if the lecturers continue to teach in the name of 'strike is not the way forward'. Let's stop deceiving ourselves with grammar and sentiments, until we stand up and address the cause of the problems facing the system, things would not be right.

Davo93: My brother, since you admit strike has very dangerous effects on our education, then why proposing injuries on our sores. I still propose a 'strategic dialogue'. I so much have a huge believe in its effectiveness.

Lord Babs: Sheer misrepresentation. First, you don't teach me diction, ok?

[s]Second, I don't remember insulting anybody; reread my posts.[/s]
Third, sequence of dialogue had been herein before adopted by the warring party futilely.

Court action is demonstrably an appeal to dissuasion and time wasting[b](coming from a Barrister in training)[/b]. Hence, the invalidity of the sententious write-up. Time betrays me...I would dwell more for reaffirmation.

Lord Babs: Just a question: why does every country own an army? At least, the ICJ and other courts are there to adjudicate on conflicts, while employing all possible manners of 'strategic dialogue'. Or are soldiers trained in dialogue or war? Going by your line of thought, we could as well say that we don't need soldiers, police and other special forces in the world, because their official deeds have a dangerous effects on the polity. Subscribe to logic and see thoughts swayed from infantile petulance.

Davo93: @Lord Babs; Your choice of words are too strong... You can make your positions known without insulting anyone. Please try and work on that.

BTW, As per your question on the current ASUU strike, the article is neither justifying the FGN or ASUU but rather trying to explain why strike is not a good approach to our educational problems.

Another option to strike? I guess you didn't read the whole 'voluminous' write-up. I suggested two ways;
1. Strategic Dialogue
2. Court Action

The strategic dialogue i mean here is trying to carry some necessary groups along. In a situation whereby we realize we have a stubborn government in power, there is a need to be more smart in dialogues. I believe involving the lawmakers of our land in such crucial matter will be helpful. They are in charge of the budget allocation verification and approval. I believe once they are successfully integrated in such dialogue, they will have to let the FG be aware of their commitements whenever a budget is passed before the house thereby compulsorily ensuring that provision is made for such agreement in the budget plan. Also, the masses should not only get to know what is going on only when a strike has been initiated. They too need to be carried along.

0monnakoda: Striking is not a good approach even the lecturers agree.There is no argument there. There just is not a better approach. "Dialogue" in this context means NOTHING. As a digression Stephen Keshi has not been paid for 7 months why?

Our President probably has more planes than his Chinese Counterparts while eating 1 billion naira cassava bread. If we cut out all these frivolities and get our priorities right we should be able to fund our Universities.

Besides government should look into getting STUDENTS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE COST. With a population as big as ours free or subsidized university education is unrealistic. [s]I am sorry to say University is for the rich and those truly EXCEPTIONAL students who can get scholarships.[/s] Government should only award scholarships on merit and only to those whose parents cannot pay. Everyone else should pay . Universities should be run as a business

Anuoluwap: @Davo93, Your point is quite convincing but you should also be aware that there have been so many meetings on the agreement, so many dialogues since 2009.
But FG ignored it all, now, my bro which other method do you think the union should use? Lobbying?
Don't forget you're in Nigeria not white land, here the FG isn't easily convinced, if you think you can take them to court and win and they'll eventually succumb to the court's decision then you should rethink.

Tinkybabe:


...And quite frankly,if strike doesn't work,I doubt any other national action would except we seek international intervention.

It's just so sad that the innocent ones(students)are the ones to suffer the brunt of this.

Davo93: Quite persuasive! Like i said, there is still need for more strategic dialogue.

The strategic dialogue i mean here is trying to carry some necessary groups along. In a situation whereby we realize we have a stubborn government in power, there is a need to be more smart in dialogues. I believe involving the lawmakers of our land in such crucial matter will be helpful. They are in charge of the budget allocation verification and approval. I believe once they are successfully integrated in such dialogue, they will have to let the FG be aware of their commitements whenever a budget is passed before the house thereby compulsorily ensuring that provision is made for such agreement in the budget plan. Also, the masses should not only get to know what is going on only when a strike has been initiated. They too need to be carried along.

Davo93: Quite persuasive! Like i said, there is still need for more strategic dialogue.

The strategic dialogue i mean here is trying to carry some necessary groups along. In a situation whereby we realize we have a stubborn government in power, there is a need to be more smart in dialogues. I believe involving the lawmakers of our land in such crucial matter will be helpful. They are in charge of the budget allocation verification and approval. I believe once they are successfully integrated in such dialogue, they will have to let the FG be aware of their commitements whenever a budget is passed before the house thereby compulsorily ensuring that provision is made for such agreement in the budget plan. Also, the masses should not only get to know what is going on only when a strike has been initiated. They too need to be carried along.

Davo93: I don't seems to understand the point your making with the bolded portion.


Nice suggestion and i just pray one of their online agents are seeing this.


Is there still anything called free education in Nigeria?? I don't think so! I strongly disagree with the crossed portion. Are you saying an average Nigerian's right to education should be abolished?

Lord Babs: like in this ongoing imbroglio: give just one other way....