20pounds: Pls I have a few questions.

1. Why is it that the members of the opposition are in support of ASUU? Is it borne out of love for ASUU or the students and their parents? Is ASUU another arm of the APC now? Is it borne out of hatrd for d govt and pull him down syndrome?

2. Since ASUU said it is fighting for the interest of the students, can we conduct a poll among the students to know if they want to go back to classes or continue with the strike?

3. If FG pays ASUU for d period they hav bn at home, who is going to pay the students for lost time and rent that have accrued on their apartments? Since ASUU is fighting for the students, let dem consider their salaries as part of d sacrifice just as d students have sacrificed time and rent on this strike.

4. Should any responsible govt sit down and watch the future of the youngsters truncated by any organisation?

5. When last I checked ASUU is a trade union that fights for the interest of the lecturers or has it become an arm of NANS? If not, then the ASUU that I know was set up to fight for lecturers interest.

6. Why is this strike about money and not forcing govt to erect d structures instead of asking to be handed d money?

scribble:
“Given the fact that government had reached agreement with ASUU to make available N100 billion for the provision of infrastructure on campuses of 61 universities covered in the needs assessment of universities, with a further commitment of another N200 billion over the next two years, and N40 billion of the N90 billion Earned Allowances demanded by the lecturers one would have expected them to reconsider their stand.

rman:

Exactly the way the military would have handled this situation.
Are you indirectly saying we are back in the military era?

Sir-Tunechi:

what is this one saying
Your mentor faggae is a big thief, he doesn't want fg to invest in education themselves but to hand over the money to him. When did our lecturers become contractors, abi na dem get university
Majority of the lecturers are not even aware of the activities of the ASUU nec.

alcuin:
Now, it is a different game. ASUU is disunited and losing support from Nigerians by the day.

alcuin:
ASUU has been sabotaged and hijacked, it doesn't take a PH.D in political science to see this.

alcuin:

The FG must sanitize this before it becomes a national disaster.

alcuin:
Desperate situations need desperate measures.

alcuin:
I support FG.

Demdem: Okupe the dog isn't making sense.
It's Jonathan and his govt that is being insincere.
Don't expect ASUU back in classes until retardeen signs his agreement with ASUU on paper.

texazzpete:

Yet another indication that the vast majority of Nigerians are gutless and cowardly.




No. ASUU was 'sabotaged and hijacked' when they would go on strike and resume lectures on the basis of empty promises with nothing signed on paper. Now, they are finally fighting for the right thing. It takes a mentally inept fellow to insinuate that the strike is 'political' or has been 'hijacked'.



It was a national disaster more than a decade ago when our universities started churning out unemployable graduates, when lecture halls had the shoddiest of equipment available, when the conditions of service of lecturers was so poor that only the poorest graduates wanted to stay back to lecture.



I don't get you...is it that you do not truly appreciate how terrible our Universities are now? Is it that you do not see how DESPERATELY our tertiary institutions needs revamping...our labs, hostels, lecture halls etc? Is it that you are blind to see that only a small fraction of the truly gifted graduates stay back to teach others and pass on their knowledge as lecturers?

Well, some of us aren't as blind as you are...and we see that truly, desperate times require desperate measures. Kudos to ASUU!




This is exactly what makes the FG happy. One ignorant fellow supporting an FEC that has ZERO of their nuclear family members studying in a Federal University. All their kids enjoy top-of-the line University education. It must tickle them pink when students in Federal Universities that make do with labs with defunct equipment are 'supporting them'.

You poor, naive fellow.

texazzpete:

Yet another indication that the vast majority of Nigerians are gutless and cowardly.




No. ASUU was 'sabotaged and hijacked' when they would go on strike and resume lectures on the basis of empty promises with nothing signed on paper. Now, they are finally fighting for the right thing. It takes a mentally inept fellow to insinuate that the strike is 'political' or has been 'hijacked'.



It was a national disaster more than a decade ago when our universities started churning out unemployable graduates, when lecture halls had the shoddiest of equipment available, when the conditions of service of lecturers was so poor that only the poorest graduates wanted to stay back to lecture.



I don't get you...is it that you do not truly appreciate how terrible our Universities are now? Is it that you do not see how DESPERATELY our tertiary institutions needs revamping...our labs, hostels, lecture halls etc? Is it that you are blind to see that only a small fraction of the truly gifted graduates stay back to teach others and pass on their knowledge as lecturers?

Well, some of us aren't as blind as you are...and we see that truly, desperate times require desperate measures. Kudos to ASUU!




This is exactly what makes the FG happy. One ignorant fellow supporting an FEC that has ZERO of their nuclear family members studying in a Federal University. All their kids enjoy top-of-the line University education. It must tickle them pink when students in Federal Universities that make do with labs with defunct equipment are 'supporting them'.

You poor, naive fellow.

texazzpete:

Yet another indication that the vast majority of Nigerians are gutless and cowardly.

texazzpete:
No. ASUU was 'sabotaged and hijacked' when they would go on strike and resume lectures on the basis of empty promises with nothing signed on paper. Now, they are finally fighting for the right thing. It takes a mentally inept fellow to insinuate that the strike is 'political' or has been 'hijacked'.

texazzpete:

It was a national disaster more than a decade ago when our universities started churning out unemployable graduates, when lecture halls had the shoddiest of equipment available, when the conditions of service of lecturers was so poor that only the poorest graduates wanted to stay back to lecture.

texazzpete:
I don't get you...is it that you do not truly appreciate how terrible our Universities are now? Is it that you do not see how DESPERATELY our tertiary institutions needs revamping...our labs, hostels, lecture halls etc? Is it that you are blind to see that only a small fraction of the truly gifted graduates stay back to teach others and pass on their knowledge as lecturers?

Well, some of us aren't as blind as you are...and we see that truly, desperate times require desperate measures. Kudos to ASUU!

texazzpete:
This is exactly what makes the FG happy. One ignorant fellow supporting an FEC that has ZERO of their nuclear family members studying in a Federal University. All their kids enjoy top-of-the line University education. It must tickle them pink when students in Federal Universities that make do with labs with defunct equipment are 'supporting them'.

texazzpete:
You poor, naive fellow.

Demdem: Okupe the dog isn't making sense.
It's Jonathan and his govt that is being insincere.
Don't expect ASUU back in classes until retardeen signs his agreement with ASUU on paper.

azeezhy: Men with determination dont make noise. They simply act. Our lecturers have shown that they are the real men in the game. Despite the presidency noise and all that. ASUU had kept silent and unresolved.
GEJ and co should learn from these men of character.

alcuin:

Never you classify Nigerians as such. In a time where you hear of MEND, NPDVF, Ombatse, Boko Haram etc, taking arms and fighting the government hands down for however frivolous their reasons may be. This is hardly the hallmarks of a gutless and cowardly people.

alcuin:

It takes the wise to know that ASUU have been shifting the goal post when the game is on ever since. First, it was earned allowances. In fact, that was the main reason the wise was declared. Consult July 1st 2013 newspapers for reference. Since, that didn't hold much sway, to gather sympathy, the issue of 2009 agreement and full implementation was brought on board, knowing fully well that FG cannot fully implement it. After much tussles, the president met with ASUU and new proposals came. Next, the unfortunate death of Prof Iyayi. ASUU blamed FG and says it will not call off strike until he is fully buried. However childish it may sound but this caused a real row in ASUU circles. In further to stall and sabotage the efforts, new demands on the president signature and co was brought up when a representative of the FG has signed the document. The most annoying of all, demanding that salaries must be paid and immediate disbursal of some billions.

alcuin:
Just one question, if graduates are unemployable and as it is popularly said "half-baked". Who are the chefs?

alcuin:
I see those things and I am a student too. But Rome wasn't built in a day, it is a gradual process. Come to think of it, ASUU played a great role in the decay via strikes and non-performance. Know the real enemy.
ASUU should cooperate with FG in tackling this mess and not arm-twisting the government.

alcuin:
It also makes ASUU happy to know the very students whose feelings were not considered when decisions that have a strong effect on their future negatively is made is supporting them on their selfish course and mission to dis-stabilize the already fragile nation.

alcuin:
Thanks, but the country comes first before any union.

texazzpete:


LMAO! Those are people fighting for their own self-fulfilment. Either monetary (like most of the ND militants) or religious (Ombatse, Boko Haram. Within the populace, there is no stomach for any struggle for their rights. Certainly, Nigerians will never do what the Egyptian masses did, or the tunisians, or the Yemenis, or the Turks...

texazzpete:
The strike has always been mainly about the 2009 agreement. The earned allowances are also part of the 2009 agreement.
I wish you would take time to listen to yourself. You insinuate that ASUU is mischievously bringing up the 2009 agreement because they 'know that the FG cannot fully implement it'. Are you saying that ASUU held a gun to the heads of the FG negotiation team back in 2009? Are you aware that GEJ was a part and parcel of that agreement? When you sign an agreement, you stand by it.

I wonder if you can tell your local bank that you will not honor your loan repayments that you signed because 'they know fully well you cannot implement it'.

texazzpete:
I'm going to put most of the blame on the FG, sorry to burst your bubble. The best of lecturers will be hamstrung by substandard equipment. Years of FG neglect has led to the inability of the Universities to attract/retain the best brains.

Of course there are some lecturers that are plain bad. Some are mediocre. Some have absolutely no business lecturing. But it is irresponsible to stereotype all lecturers as lazy, corrupt, perverted deviants. I see some students on Nairaland doing this and posting anecdotal evidence as support. This, of course, is as brainless as claiming that all students are cultists and killers because we all know some students that are cultists.

texazzpete:
Well, good for you, but I am not a student. In fact, I graduated about 10 years ago. This is why I can see the folly in your 'Rome was not built in a day' mantra. They were saying that in my days. If ASUU does not fight, they will be saying the same thing in your Children's time too.
Let me ask you: If ASUU does not fight, who will? NANS?
Let me tell you who will fight. Nobody. You'll all manage it and smile and graduate and go for NYSC and the next set will come to take their place in the decrepit universities.

ASUU 'co-operated with the FG' for 3 years by engaging in dialogue, hoping for implementation of the 2009 agreement. What did they gain? What did they gain?

texazzpete:
Again you show a critical lack of understanding that is unbecoming of an Undergraduate. 'Selfish course'? The 200b per year they've won from the FG as a minimum, is that going into ASUU coffers? Moneis distributed to Universities for CAPITAL PROJECTS are dispensed by the VC/Bursar with oversight from the Senate. Last I checked, the VC and Bursar aren't ASUU members.
Can you tell me how going on strike is 'destabilizing the already fragile nation'? You sound like someone reading from the FG/PDP manual

A delay of 6 months will unfortunately delay one set of students, but it is not a crippling setback. Failure to improve our Universities will see Nigeria doomed to being a second class Nation. Fixing our Universities will bring a drastic improvement in the lives of many more sets of students to come.

texazzpete:
I agree! The unholy Union of the FG, NANS and the horde of brainless students out there must be made to understand that the status quo they are so desperate to maintain will see Nigeria further slip down the dark path of failure!

texazzpete:

Yet another indication that the vast majority of Nigerians are gutless and cowardly.




No. ASUU was 'sabotaged and hijacked' when they would go on strike and resume lectures on the basis of empty promises with nothing signed on paper. Now, they are finally fighting for the right thing. It takes a mentally inept fellow to insinuate that the strike is 'political' or has been 'hijacked'.



It was a national disaster more than a decade ago when our universities started churning out unemployable graduates, when lecture halls had the shoddiest of equipment available, when the conditions of service of lecturers was so poor that only the poorest graduates wanted to stay back to lecture.



I don't get you...is it that you do not truly appreciate how terrible our Universities are now? Is it that you do not see how DESPERATELY our tertiary institutions needs revamping...our labs, hostels, lecture halls etc? Is it that you are blind to see that only a small fraction of the truly gifted graduates stay back to teach others and pass on their knowledge as lecturers?

Well, some of us aren't as blind as you are...and we see that truly, desperate times require desperate measures. Kudos to ASUU!




This is exactly what makes the FG happy. One ignorant fellow supporting an FEC that has ZERO of their nuclear family members studying in a Federal University. All their kids enjoy top-of-the line University education. It must tickle them pink when students in Federal Universities that make do with labs with defunct equipment are 'supporting them'.

You poor, naive fellow.

game_rod:

Sometimes I wonder what is the brain of people like you. You are just plain insensitive and a rabble rouser. Is that the only comment you could make on the whole issue. Na wa o. Some of you need to be in a mental asylum, honestly.

Goddex:

[size=16pt]Bros, this is the dumbasss situation we find ourselves in this country. Even the APC media and their e-rats here on nairaland opening their stinking mouths did everything to justify the action of Fashola when he sacked Lagos doctors for striking. All of them now suddenly support ASUU because they see it as an opportunity to run down the federal govt. And we expect Nigeria to progress with these tribal, religious, ethnic, political sentiments beclouding our sense of reasoning?[/size]

Never you classify Nigerians as such. In a time where you hear of MEND, NPDVF, Ombatse, Boko Haram etc, taking arms and fighting the government hands down for however frivolous their reasons may be. This is hardly the hallmarks of a gutless and cowardly people.

It takes the wise to know that ASUU have been shifting the goal post when the game is on ever since. First, it was earned allowances. In fact, that was the main reason the wise was declared. Consult July 1st 2013 newspapers for reference. Since, that didn't hold much sway, to gather sympathy, the issue of 2009 agreement and full implementation was brought on board, knowing fully well that FG cannot fully implement it. After much tussles, the president met with ASUU and new proposals came. Next, the unfortunate death of Prof Iyayi. ASUU blamed FG and says it will not call off strike until he is fully buried. However childish it may sound but this caused a real row in ASUU circles. In further to stall and sabotage the efforts, new demands on the president signature and co was brought up when a representative of the FG has signed the document. The most annoying of all, demanding that salaries must be paid and immediate disbursal of some billions.

Just one question, if graduates are unemployable and as it is popularly said "half-baked". Who are the chefs?




I see those things and I am a student too. But Rome wasn't built in a day, it is a gradual process. Come to think of it, ASUU played a great role in the decay via strikes and non-performance. Know the real enemy.
ASUU should cooperate with FG in tackling this mess and not arm-twisting the government.

It also makes ASUU happy to know the very students whose feelings were not considered when decisions that have a strong effect on their future negatively is made is supporting them on their selfish course and mission to dis-stabilize the already fragile nation.


Thanks, but the country comes first before any union.

Olril18:
foolish ASUU member,so wat are u trying to prove,dat even if ASUU are fighting for wat is right(according to themselves),that students,should be kept away for six months..common dts a joke....u failed to also answer why universities are now pulling out...doesnt.dat means something is going inside ASUU,dat d public can't understand?..
and finally conduct an opinion poll,ASUU has lost all public sympathy,not because people belive they are selfish like we students do,but because they have pushed their demands to d extreme....

Olril18:
you old fool!!!

Johnsinia: Are u a lecturer here or ur mama n papa are or maybe ur uncles, aunties or relations are? Are u still doubting Dec 4th? I sorri 4 u. Ok! Maybe, u r still wonderin hw possibl it will be since the military try it n fail. Or maybe u r one of those dat believe d president is soft n clueless. Or maybe u ve high confident dat d FG cant replace a lecturer or prof as u or maybe u r still decieving urself dat the FG cant get dat much needed lecturers or prof if they sack. O, u r still here enjoying e-backup frm the bittered and aggrieved oppositn party and u r adamant frm resuming Dec 4th. I pity u bc come Dec 4th, e go be like India film 4 ur eyes. U betta resume nw or latest 4th Dec bc there wont be mercy 4 u, neither will there be a 2nd chance. As it was in the days of Sodom and Gomorrah, and in the days of naoh, where people were stuborn and did nt believe, so shall it be on Dec 4th. E go be like India film 4 ur eyes.

texazzpete:

1. I'm not an ASUU member, and I most likely never will lecture. (unless after I retire I decide to give something back)

2. I don't care about public opinion polls. It lines up perfectly with my summation of the vast majority of Nigerians a 'gutless cowards'. I have lived through tons of NLC strikes over minimum wage, fuel price increase etc. Public opinion ALWAYS swings against strike continuation after just a few days. Look, the FG can make fuel N200 per litre tomorrow and within 2 weeks, people like you will start begging NLC to call off the strike. Happens every time.

Some of us support ASUU in this matter because we have functional brains, and because we love our country. If it means some of you have to sit at home for 6 months so that the Universities will see some improvement, I'm all for it.



I'm flattered! I had thought you only reserved this
greeting for your close family members