No, they should contiune the strike. At the long run, it would remain only the chairman of ASUU on strike. They saw last man standing coming.

Ufot wrote

Now that the Academic Staff Union of Universities
(ASUU) has finally inflicted a mortal defeat on ALL its
opponents during the five month epic struggle, I hope
that the right lessons have been learnt by all of them.
It took five months of unsuccessful lies, blackmail and
pussyfooting by the Federal Government, as well as
ignorant, envy/inferiority complex induced and tribally
motivated attacks by sections of the populace
including 'students', and a corresponding resoluteness
from ASUU members for the Federal Government to
finally come round to doing precisely what ASUU
demanded all along. But a more fundamental result of
this strike is in the way in which it has exposed the
epidemic of ignorance that is prevalent among not just
most members of the Nigerian public but also
Government officials about the university system in
Nigeria. It is shocking. It is incredible. It is
unacceptable. First, many Nigerians do not know that
ASUU is not involved at all in the running of the
universities. ASUU is merely a trade union whose duty
is primarily to protect the interest of lecturers in public
universities. The universities are run by those referred
to as the Principal Officers consisting of the Vice
Chancellor, the Registrar, the Bursar and the Librarian,
who are appointed by Government/Council and
confirmed by the Government. Thus, they(Principal
Officers) hold their appointments at the mercy of
Government and Government alone. It is they who
receive, plan, disburse and execute all the funds the
universities receive from the Government including
even the earned allowances which are supposed to
come to academics. ASUU does NOT have any power
over the Principal Officers, and so cannot enquire into
the way in which university funds are managed by
them. In fact, in several cases, ASUU is involved in a
running battle against university authorities over the
way ASUU members are treated by them. Therefore,
when you hear such questions as: 'What has ASUU
done with all the previous funds they have received
from the Government?' you know without a doubt that
this is coming from an irredeemably ignorant coward.
Secondly, Nigerians do not know that, because the job
of a lecturer is, unfortunately, primarily and statutorily
about research rather than teaching (I say
'unfortunately' because I sincerely think that this
policy is wrong), lecturers are promoted mainly on the
basis of their scholarly publications in journals, rather
than classroom teaching. Thus, strike or no strike,
lecturers are still working. Indeed, it is the breather
often provided by these unfortunate strikes that
enables lecturers to vigorously pursue scholarly
publications and attendance at foreign conferences. I
have just concluded a very stressful but highly
cerebral publication procedure for a paper I began four
months ago in a journal in Canada for which the fee
cost me a total of N45,000 including the bank charges.
This, at a time when my salaries for four months have
been withheld by the Federal Government with the
support of some of the same students I am
researching to teach. It is therefore nothing else but
laughable ignorance which drives the Government to
withhold the salaries of academics during strikes even
when it is obvious that lecturers are working harder
than ever during such strikes. And it is ONLY pure and
inelegant malice which drives some members of the
public to support such needlessly iniquitous
Government policy. Finally, this victory by ASUU over
the forces of retrogression, cowardice and tribalism
among the populace must force the likes of the Abuja
'market women', Yinka Gbadebo and his 'students',
Senate President David Mark, Catholic Archbishop
Ignatius Kaigama of Jos Diocese and the rest of the
anti-ASUU tribal/regional warriors on social media to
bury their heads in shame. These people by their anti-
ASUU posturing demonstrated without a doubt that
they are totally ignorant of the critical issues in the
dialectics of struggle and governance as it relates to
ASUU. Henceforth, they should hold their peace
because all discourse about ASUU and the university
system is assuredly beyond them. Last week, at Festus
Iyayi's funeral service in UNIBEN, the officiating Priest
even had the effrontery to advise ASUU to call off the
strike without advising the Government to fulfil its
own responsibility on the matter, so that, according to
him, the Government would not defeat ASUU. Yet
these are the same people eulogising late Nelson
Mandela for his unswerving courage in the relentless
struggle against Apartheid. Fellow compatriots, recall
that virtually all my essays on this strike ended with
the maxim: 'THE HOTTER THE BATTLE, THE SWEETER
THE VICTORY!' Who can dispute this now?

^^^@ADUBA^^^. Your epistle just shows that there is hope for nigeria. Believe me sir, this is the most informative, unbiased and intellectually enlightening post i have come across since the begining of this strike. There is one great riveting read. I cannot begin to show how pleased i am to see that someone has been able to express so accurately what i could only conceived within my heart and not able to express it as prolific as you did. Thumbs up man. You are a genius.
And for the records, your post is the VERY FIRST I HAVE EVER LIKED ON NAIRALAND.

ADUBA1: Ufot wrote

Now that the Academic Staff Union of Universities
(ASUU) has finally inflicted a mortal defeat on ALL its
opponents during the five month epic struggle, I hope
that the right lessons have been learnt by all of them.
It took five months of unsuccessful lies, blackmail and
pussyfooting by the Federal Government, as well as
ignorant, envy/inferiority complex induced and tribally
motivated attacks by sections of the populace
including 'students', and a corresponding resoluteness
from ASUU members for the Federal Government to
finally come round to doing precisely what ASUU
demanded all along. But a more fundamental result of
this strike is in the way in which it has exposed the
epidemic of ignorance that is prevalent among not just
most members of the Nigerian public but also
Government officials about the university system in
Nigeria. It is shocking. It is incredible. It is
unacceptable. First, many Nigerians do not know that
ASUU is not involved at all in the running of the
universities. ASUU is merely a trade union whose duty
is primarily to protect the interest of lecturers in public
universities. The universities are run by those referred
to as the Principal Officers consisting of the Vice
Chancellor, the Registrar, the Bursar and the Librarian,
who are appointed by Government/Council and
confirmed by the Government. Thus, they(Principal
Officers) hold their appointments at the mercy of
Government and Government alone. It is they who
receive, plan, disburse and execute all the funds the
universities receive from the Government including
even the earned allowances which are supposed to
come to academics. ASUU does NOT have any power
over the Principal Officers, and so cannot enquire into
the way in which university funds are managed by
them. In fact, in several cases, ASUU is involved in a
running battle against university authorities over the
way ASUU members are treated by them. Therefore,
when you hear such questions as: 'What has ASUU
done with all the previous funds they have received
from the Government?' you know without a doubt that
this is coming from an irredeemably ignorant coward.
Secondly, Nigerians do not know that, because the job
of a lecturer is, unfortunately, primarily and statutorily
about research rather than teaching (I say
'unfortunately' because I sincerely think that this
policy is wrong), lecturers are promoted mainly on the
basis of their scholarly publications in journals, rather
than classroom teaching. Thus, strike or no strike,
lecturers are still working. Indeed, it is the breather
often provided by these unfortunate strikes that
enables lecturers to vigorously pursue scholarly
publications and attendance at foreign conferences. I
have just concluded a very stressful but highly
cerebral publication procedure for a paper I began four
months ago in a journal in Canada for which the fee
cost me a total of N45,000 including the bank charges.
This, at a time when my salaries for four months have
been withheld by the Federal Government with the
support of some of the same students I am
researching to teach. It is therefore nothing else but
laughable ignorance which drives the Government to
withhold the salaries of academics during strikes even
when it is obvious that lecturers are working harder
than ever during such strikes. And it is ONLY pure and
inelegant malice which drives some members of the
public to support such needlessly iniquitous
Government policy. Finally, this victory by ASUU over
the forces of retrogression, cowardice and tribalism
among the populace must force the likes of the Abuja
'market women', Yinka Gbadebo and his 'students',
Senate President David Mark, Catholic Archbishop
Ignatius Kaigama of Jos Diocese and the rest of the
anti-ASUU tribal/regional warriors on social media to
bury their heads in shame. These people by their anti-
ASUU posturing demonstrated without a doubt that
they are totally ignorant of the critical issues in the
dialectics of struggle and governance as it relates to
ASUU. Henceforth, they should hold their peace
because all discourse about ASUU and the university
system is assuredly beyond them. Last week, at Festus
Iyayi's funeral service in UNIBEN, the officiating Priest
even had the effrontery to advise ASUU to call off the
strike without advising the Government to fulfil its
own responsibility on the matter, so that, according to
him, the Government would not defeat ASUU. Yet
these are the same people eulogising late Nelson
Mandela for his unswerving courage in the relentless
struggle against Apartheid. Fellow compatriots, recall
that virtually all my essays on this strike ended with
the maxim: 'THE HOTTER THE BATTLE, THE SWEETER
THE VICTORY!' Who can dispute this now?

Rubbish, fg's threat to ASUU forced them to call of within a week. Or did CJN sign any document? Dont deceive anyone abeg, and if u say ASUU not interested in the money, why was d initial 100billion with Suswan commitee rejected and wat is ASUU HOLDINGS all about? i doubt u were even a lecturer.

shopisky: Rubbish, fg's threat to ASUU forced them to call of within a week. Or did CJN sign any document? Dont deceive anyone abeg, and if u say ASUU not interested in the money, why was d initial 100billion with Suswan commitee rejected and wat is ASUU HOLDINGS all about? i doubt u were even a lecturer.

Did u read dt write up at all? If u doubt d issues raise them do ur own research

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ADUBA1: Ufot wrote

Now that the Academic Staff Union of Universities
(ASUU) has finally inflicted a mortal defeat on ALL its
opponents during the five month epic struggle, I hope
that the right lessons have been learnt by all of them.
It took five months of unsuccessful lies, blackmail and
pussyfooting by the Federal Government, as well as
ignorant, envy/inferiority complex induced and tribally
motivated attacks by sections of the populace
including 'students', and a corresponding resoluteness
from ASUU members for the Federal Government to
finally come round to doing precisely what ASUU
demanded all along. But a more fundamental result of
this strike is in the way in which it has exposed the
epidemic of ignorance that is prevalent among not just
most members of the Nigerian public but also
Government officials about the university system in
Nigeria. It is shocking. It is incredible. It is
unacceptable. First, many Nigerians do not know that
ASUU is not involved at all in the running of the
universities. ASUU is merely a trade union whose duty
is primarily to protect the interest of lecturers in public
universities. The universities are run by those referred
to as the Principal Officers consisting of the Vice
Chancellor, the Registrar, the Bursar and the Librarian,
who are appointed by Government/Council and
confirmed by the Government. Thus, they(Principal
Officers) hold their appointments at the mercy of
Government and Government alone. It is they who
receive, plan, disburse and execute all the funds the
universities receive from the Government including
even the earned allowances which are supposed to
come to academics. ASUU does NOT have any power
over the Principal Officers, and so cannot enquire into
the way in which university funds are managed by
them. In fact, in several cases, ASUU is involved in a
running battle against university authorities over the
way ASUU members are treated by them. Therefore,
when you hear such questions as: 'What has ASUU
done with all the previous funds they have received
from the Government?' you know without a doubt that
this is coming from an irredeemably ignorant coward.
Secondly, Nigerians do not know that, because the job
of a lecturer is, unfortunately, primarily and statutorily
about research rather than teaching (I say
'unfortunately' because I sincerely think that this
policy is wrong), lecturers are promoted mainly on the
basis of their scholarly publications in journals, rather
than classroom teaching. Thus, strike or no strike,
lecturers are still working. Indeed, it is the breather
often provided by these unfortunate strikes that
enables lecturers to vigorously pursue scholarly
publications and attendance at foreign conferences. I
have just concluded a very stressful but highly
cerebral publication procedure for a paper I began four
months ago in a journal in Canada for which the fee
cost me a total of N45,000 including the bank charges.
This, at a time when my salaries for four months have
been withheld by the Federal Government with the
support of some of the same students I am
researching to teach. It is therefore nothing else but
laughable ignorance which drives the Government to
withhold the salaries of academics during strikes even
when it is obvious that lecturers are working harder
than ever during such strikes. And it is ONLY pure and
inelegant malice which drives some members of the
public to support such needlessly iniquitous
Government policy. Finally, this victory by ASUU over
the forces of retrogression, cowardice and tribalism
among the populace must force the likes of the Abuja
'market women', Yinka Gbadebo and his 'students',
Senate President David Mark, Catholic Archbishop
Ignatius Kaigama of Jos Diocese and the rest of the
anti-ASUU tribal/regional warriors on social media to
bury their heads in shame. These people by their anti-
ASUU posturing demonstrated without a doubt that
they are totally ignorant of the critical issues in the
dialectics of struggle and governance as it relates to
ASUU. Henceforth, they should hold their peace
because all discourse about ASUU and the university
system is assuredly beyond them. Last week, at Festus
Iyayi's funeral service in UNIBEN, the officiating Priest
even had the effrontery to advise ASUU to call off the
strike without advising the Government to fulfil its
own responsibility on the matter, so that, according to
him, the Government would not defeat ASUU. Yet
these are the same people eulogising late Nelson
Mandela for his unswerving courage in the relentless
struggle against Apartheid. Fellow compatriots, recall
that virtually all my essays on this strike ended with
the maxim: 'THE HOTTER THE BATTLE, THE SWEETER
THE VICTORY!' Who can dispute this now?

Fellow comrade, you have said it all. I would alwayz remeber our slogan which says: "united we bargain, divided we beg".

There is an adage that says "he who laugh last, laugh best". For Nairalanders who thought ASUU members would die of starvation as a result of the no work, no pay posture of government, you now know better.

paulostical2004: Fellow comrade, you have said it all. I would alwayz remeber our slogan which says: "united we bargain, divided we beg".

Thanks my fellow comrade. The battle had been won and the losers had been put to shame. We don't need public sympathy to make d change happen. Is only a matter of time dt d people will realise the relevance of our struggle.

ADUBA1:



Did u read dt write up at all? If u doubt d issues raise them do ur own research

I asked questions and i expect that as a more enlightened individual on d issue at hand, u give us more insight. Wat is ASUU holdings all about, and why was the initial N100billion plan jettisoned. Did CJN sign the agreement as ASUU ealier mandated? U said a lecturers job is reseach, so was it called ASUU strike. Pls check d meaning of strike in ur dictionary. Wat does the 'no work no pay rule' say about strikes exceeding 3 months. Pls inform us. Btw, if i had not made my research, how would i know about all this. The fact remains ASUU were forced to call off. Dont forget many schools had even pulled out and started lectures as a result of d govt order.

ASUU, who cares abt d suspension? U hav fulfilled ur of 6months old strike as planned. If u lik start exam tomorrow,u would'nt see anybody stil jan.

shopisky: I asked questions and i expect that as a more enlightened individual on d issue at hand, u give us more insight. Wat is ASUU holdings all about, and why was the initial N100billion plan jettisoned. Did CJN sign the agreement as ASUU ealier mandated? U said a lecturers job is reseach, so was it called ASUU strike. Pls check d meaning of strike in ur dictionary. Wat does the 'no work no pay rule' say about strikes exceeding 3 months. Pls inform us. Btw, if i had not made my research, how would i know about all this. The fact remains ASUU were forced to call off. Dont forget many schools had even pulled out and started lectures as a result of d govt order.

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Students living off-campus may have to sign MoU With their landlords over the payment of arrears of 5 months house rent incurred as a result of the Strike.

shopisky: I asked questions and i expect that as a more enlightened individual on d issue at hand, u give us more insight. Wat is ASUU holdings all about, and why was the initial N100billion plan jettisoned. Did CJN sign the agreement as ASUU ealier mandated? U said a lecturers job is reseach, so was it called ASUU strike. Pls check d meaning of strike in ur dictionary. Wat does the 'no work no pay rule' say about strikes exceeding 3 months. Pls inform us. Btw, if i had not made my research, how would i know about all this. The fact remains ASUU were forced to call off. Dont forget many schools had even pulled out and started lectures as a result of d govt order.

The initial essay aduba wrote answered some of your questions. btw, ASUU did not ask that only CJN must sign but "a high ranking officer, preferably him". Also several things your heardin the news actually misled you, I see. Majority of them weren't true.

THIS IS GREAT NEWS FOR THE EDUCATION SECTOR AND NIGERIA.

Is there something fishy with the dates on this calender?

UNIPORT staff n students should verify

...lemme check other school websites

My union has learnt some useful lessons in the just suspended industrial dispute with the Federal Government. “One lesson is that the union as a body of intellectuals has learnt to carry the public along in its struggles - Nasir Fagge - President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Hmmm! What do I say Congratulation first for ending the battle. I also have learnt the following lesson as I travel round. Today CNN is celebrating China for her sensitivities to the future of China as the X-ray the value in investing in the younger generation not minding the advantage they already have on the world economy strategically and technologically. We in Nigeria today celebrate 169 days of retrogression, 169 days of setback. How do we produce a future that compete with the West and Asian giants like China, Japan, South Korea.... Ghana is a pole away from Nigeria yet her educational system is not interfered with the polity so a stable educational system is the result. ASUP of the federal Polytechnics are numbering their days it is numbering a record time also, soon Colleges of education and other related institution will join bring to halt the future of Nigeria. What is it? I may ask demanding an answer! ASSU our Hero, Government our Boss yet the actual champion being the future of our great country Nigeria trampled on the battle ground of the war between ASUU and Government as the fight for the future of the country without the future with them. This is my lesson yours may be similar with my anyway share it! Long live ASUU! Long live Federal Republic of Nigeria ! Long live The Future of this Nation our patient and focused students community who waited for 169 days without Tahrir Square kind of Rally! I celebrate! with 100 Gbosssssaaaaa!!!!!!! Aluta continual......

Strike suspended to continue later in the next few months or years or so. Check my signature for a solution to the dilapidated nigerian education.