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http://premiumtimesng.com/news/147131-ASUU-crisis-signed-2009-agreement-government-incompetent-mark.html

Yes, only those that signed the jumbo pay for the national assembly were wise.

ASUU crisis: Those who signed 2009 agreement for government were incompetent – Mark
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The Senate President appealed to ASUU to suspend the strike.
The Senate President, David Mark, has said that representatives of the Federal Government who signed the 2009 agreement between it and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASSU), were incompetent.
Mr. Mark stated this while ruling on a motion at Wednesday’s plenary of the Senate brought by the Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba, and co-sponsored by all the Senators.
ASUU embarked on a nationwide strike since July 1 to protest the failure of the Federal Government to implement the 2009 agreement for proper funding of universities.
The senators appealed to ASUU to call off its lingering strike and return to work to prevent further devaluation of the country’s education sector.
Mr. Mark observed that the basis upon which the agreement was reached did not reflect fairness and sincerity of purpose on the part of both parties.
According to him, the Federal Government ought to have acknowledged from the beginning that the agreement is not implementable because so many demands are embedded which are not realistic.
“The issue of research and development in our educational institutions cannot be over emphasised, our national development must be hinged purely on education not on oil, not even on the amount of money that we get.
“Listening to the agreement that was signed by the Federal Government, I was really wondering whether this was signed or it was just a proposal, but it was signed.
“It only shows the level of people the executive sent to go and negotiate on their behalf because abinitio, people must be told the truth, what can be accomplished and what cannot be accomplished,’’ Mr. Mark said.
The Senate President said “but even if you decided immediately after that you cannot accomplish it, I think it is only proper for you to go back and start renegotiating’’.
“But if you prolong it on the basis that you are still going to honour it and you don’t honour it, then it doesn’t portray us in good light.’
“This is where the Federal Government ought to call those who were party to this agreement.’’
Mr. Mark said ASUU simply took advantage of the ignorance of those who were sent and “just allowed this agreement to go on because it is obvious that this is going to be a very difficult piece of paper to implement.”
“They found out that those who were sent there simply didn’t know their right from their left and they just went ahead.’’
The Senate President appealed to the parties involved in the dispute to show understanding and make necessary compromise to resolve the crisis to guarantee future of the nation.
He advised ASUU to shift grounds as soon as possible, adding that failure to do so might make the union to lose the sympathy of Nigerians who had always supported their cause.
“I want to beg ASUU on behalf of the Senate that they resume and come back to work, they have made a strong case and their position is obvious now.
“We can now see the consequences of their action and I think if they extend it beyond this, then they will begin to lose public sympathy.
“There is no winner and no loser in this exercise. As long as the strike continues, nobody will win and everybody will lose,’’ he said.
According to him, it is not a matter of PDP, APC or any other political party, we are all Nigerians and if we don’t build a solid foundation in our education system, we are going to lose at the end of the day.
In his contribution, Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, called for the granting of autonomy to all universities to enable the institutions generate and manage their resources.
Mr. Ekweremadu advised that government should make loans and grants available to enable students pay the fees that would be charged by these universities.
“There is the need for full autonomy of our universities while they are properly regulated to deliver services that meet global best practices as obtainable in other parts of the world.
“Then the government will provide loans and grants to enable students acquire quality education while the universities will be autonomous and charge appropriate fees,’’ Mr.  Ekewremadu said.
Ita Enang (PDP- Akwa Ibom), said that the government should have understood ASUU’s demands as an economic matter and not labour issue before venturing into the pact.
“Economic consideration must be given to these demands because the Federal Government cannot raise this money from the blues, but it has to be appropriated by the National Assembly,’’ he said.
Also contributing, Olushola Adeyeye (APC-Osun), urged leaders at all levels to wake up to the responsibility of charting a progressive course for the education sector without any further delay.
Adeyeye suggested the introduction of education tax to be paid by all working persons in the country, adding that effective mechanism should be put in place to protect such funds from being looted.
Ahmed Lawan (APC- Yobe) advised that the Senate President should lead the mediation process to broker peace between the two parties.
George Sekibo (PDP – Rivers) said the National Assembly should take steps to make every tier of government to fund its tertiary schools.
In his contribution, Senate Deputy Leader, Abdul Ningi (PDP – Bauchi) said “for two decades, education is not viewed as a priority in this country.’’
Earlier, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Education, Uche Chukwumerije, said some of the demands of ASUU included; salary structure for academic staff and earned academic allowances.
Chukwumerije listed some of the earned allowances as injury/sick allowance, call duty allowance, excess work load allowance, sabbatical allowance and post graduate study grant.
The others are vehicle refurbishment loans, external assessment of theses, teaching practice allowance as well as funding of universities with the total demands amounting to N1.5 trillion for implementation within three years.
The senators also mandated the Senate President to engage the Presidency and the leadership of ASUU with a view to bringing the crisis to an end.
(NAN)

Goodluck was part of the negotiation then, or...

Who was the Minister of Education during that YarAdua tenure sef?

When NANS President once cried out that ASUU's demands are non implementable, some people called him a small boy. Agreed, ASUU deserve all they are demanding for, but not at this level of our development where our annual budget is still a paltry 4 trillion naira or 36 billion dollars which is not upto one-third of South African budget.

Jo.segun:
Goodluck was part of the negotiation then, or...

He was not. Stop lying.

Goodluck was nt part of the negotiaton then.he was the vice president....who was d minister of Education then?

More reason ASUU should strike:
>>Higher quality graduates
= Better negotiators, next time.

elocyon: Goodluck was nt part of the negotiaton then.he was the vice president....who was d minister of Education then?

The minister then if I'm not wrong was Oby Ezekwesili.

Pls correct me if she wasn't.

Goodluck to y'all

oga seun or anyone, please someone post here the full signed agreements between fg and ASUU. let the public read for themselves to know what to say in the national dialogue.

IN OTHER WORDS, OUR PRESIDENT IS A DUNCE!

If I had to comment based on the stream of thoughts being displayed by most Nigerians on this forum who were considered the cream of the crops from Nigerian educational system, I make bold to say that the so-called ASUU should not be given a counterfeited kobo. What a joke.

stebell:
The minister then if I'm not wrong was Oby Ezekwesili.

Pls correct me if she wasn't.

Goodluck to y'all

I think it was Dr Sam Egwu. I remember that during that strike of 09, he went to london for his daughter's wedding which generated plenty dust.

I thought as much too. The senate president is somehow right. The allocation this year for the whole of the education sector is abt N400b, that is Unity Schools, Polytechnics, Colleges of Education, and Universities owned by the FG were to share N400b.

For ASUU to want to have an amount larger than what the other sectors in education will share is plain absurd.

But I blame FG for agreeing to it.

stebell:
The minister then if I'm not wrong was Oby Ezekwesili.

Pls correct me if she wasn't.

Goodluck to y'all

The minister then was Dr Sam Egwu and Jonathan made the recommendations on behalf of the federal government without carrying the members of the federal govt negotiation team along!! Deacon Onosode was then the head of the govt team and expressed reservations over signing the agreement as made by the then VP Goodluck Jonathan.

He told ASUU members that
there is no central signing and negotiation
insisting that they
must return to individual councils. He claimed he had
not been briefed about the meeting with the Vice
President and could not change his stance until he
got a letter changing the position of government.

I wonder what Jonathan was thinking when he did what he did. I don't know what his motive was when drafting his recomendations, but if one theorizes it was sinister, I wouldn't fault such a person.

He penned down those lines. He is responsible for them. They claim Nigeria has been making giant strides economically since he took over, yet they can't hold up their end of a bargain which they never signed under duress!!

They should fund the damn institutions as they agreed joor!

omenka:

The minister then was Dr Sam Egwu and Jonathan made the recommendations on behalf of the federal government without carrying the members of the federal govt negotiation team along!! Deacon Onosode was then the head of the govt team and expressed reservations over signing the agreement as made by the then VP Goodluck Jonathan.

He told ASUU members that
there is no central signing and negotiation
insisting that they
must return to individual councils. He claimed he had
not been briefed about the meeting with the Vice
President and could not change his stance until he
got a letter changing the position of government.

I wonder what Jonathan was thinking when he did what he did. I don't know what his motive was when drafting his recomendations, but if one theorizes it was sinister, I wouldn't fault such a person.

He penned down those lines. He is responsible for them. They claim Nigeria has been making giant strides economically since he took over, yet they can't hold up their end of a bargain which they never signed under duress!!

They should fund the damn institutions as they agreed joor!

You are a big iddiott for lying in public. So you have to lie and put the president's name in everything to justify your hate? Liars and evil hypocrites. Your evil machinations will always come to nothing

theoctopus:

You are a big iddiott for lying in public. So you have to lie and put the president's name in everything to justify your hate? Liars and evil hypocrites. Your evil machinations will always come to nothing

www.vanguardngr.com/2009/08/ASUU-urges-fg-to-re-open-negotiation/

Who's the "iddiott" and the lair now
Who's the evil hypocrite now
Who's running evil machinations now

When you are done answering, go back to the aso rock dumpster. You just might be lucky enough to find some disposed cassava breads ...

omenka:

www.vanguardngr.com/2009/08/ASUU-urges-fg-to-re-open-negotiation/

Who's the "iddiott" and the lair now
Who's the evil hypocrite now
Who's running evil machinations now

When you are done answering, go back to the aso rock dumpster. You just might be lucky enough to find some disposed cassava breads ...

obviously, you seem also unable to differentiate ur right from ur left.

omenka:

www.vanguardngr.com/2009/08/ASUU-urges-fg-to-re-open-negotiation/

Who's the "iddiott" and the lair now
Who's the evil hypocrite now
Who's running evil machinations now

When you are done answering, go back to the aso rock dumpster. You just might be lucky enough to find some disposed cassava breads ...

You are still the indisputable iddiott and liar. confirmed. This is from your article...

But the leader of government's team (Prof Greg Iwu, who stood in for Deacon Onosode) at the August 3rd meeting knew nothing about the Vice President's proposals even though the Executive Secretary of the NUC and that of the ETF, who were at the meeting with the Vice President, were present as part of the government's team.

This is where GEJ was mentioned...

This call on the re-opening of negotiation by ASUU is coming on the heels of the pull-out of the Federal Government from further talks with ASUU about a fortnight ago.
According to the National President of ASUU, Prof Ukachukwu Awuzie, the strike would have been resolved if the Federal Government negotiation team had faithfully implemented the solution proposed by the Vice-President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan.

According to Awuzie, the Vice President had directed at the meeting which held on August 3, this year, that all contentious issues should be resolved and gave two weeks for the completion of the negotiation process following which an agreement would signed.

So your poor education has finally shown through abi? The then vice president, gave a directive to the ministry of Education to resolve all issues with ASUU and you say he was involved in the negotiations? There is something not right with your head. Keep spreading falsehood there. Shame on you

I agree with David Mark opinion as captured in the thread's title. Put simply, ASUU's demands are unrealistic and hugely lopsided in their favor forgetting that primary and secondary education are way more important and fundamental to university. In fact, in some developed countries, people out of secondary schools, esp in Japan leave with technical skills eg in robotics that graduates here lack. But then, Mr Mark being head of a body with a ridiculous and unsustainable (in the long run) pay for its members must be equally clueless, and hypocritical as well.

0lumide: IN OTHER WORDS, OUR PRESIDENT IS A DUNCE!

I am shocked that some of us had lost respect for the Elderly which is one of the core values of the African tradition. A man calling his President dunce.
I think there is a better way to expressing our grievances (if any) than this.

Jo.segun:
Goodluck was part of the negotiation then, or...

Was he a part or that he led the FG delegation?