Kasssandra:
The thing is 23 million dollars won't meet ASUU demands.

The universities need far far more than that. 23 million would just buy another few years free from strikes

07kjb:



NIGERIA is not bankrupt our major problem is corrupt Leadership

NIGERIAN ports authority generates up to #50b monthly, but how much do they remit

Until we shun bigotry and tribalism nothing is gonna work still

Miroslavv:
To become a Proffesor is not easy. FG should respect Nigerian Scholars more.

rippa:

Just imagine what this one typing
How much are dey demanding that the federal govt can't meet ?
What is wrong in demanding for their rights and for govt to honour agreement?
Nawa o

rippa:

Just imagine what this one typing
How much are dey demanding that the federal govt can't meet ?
What is wrong in demanding for their rights and for govt to honour agreement?
Nawa o

Emmamay10:
This is more reason why ASUU will never back down until they received their share of the national cake. ASUU are only interested in more money and nothing else. Perhaps someone should tell ASUU that there are signed conditions/agreement with the US on what the recovered Abacha loot should be used for. Even if ASUU want more money, should they hold everyone to ransom? Their struggles could still be achieved while they continue working.

asanausana91:
convert it to naira

Akhee:
Yeahh. If FG paid them such kind of Money. Medical practitioners, NUT, NASU and other Professional bodies will embark on strike too.

life2017:
Thieves
University is not basic Education.
Infrastructure more important.
The govt is doing right thing by putting the money in 2nd Niger Bridge and Lagos Ibadan express way

othermen:
What ASUU struggle for is that you or yours or majority of Nigerians get a worthy education. The FG rather is willing to invest Nigeria resource in ranches. In Katsina alone #6.2 billion has been released by FG to establish cattle ranches. This is what the federal government is passionate about, not the universities or the state of the universities.

Some say ASUU’s demand is purely self interest. That is purely a misleading assertion.

It’s part of ASUU's demand, a better welfare for its members; but you should know that you'd get better value from a lecturer who can meet his daily needs.

Granting the request to ASUU’s welfare demand will not afford its members a luxury life. Rather, the new demand of ASUU that relates to welfare will still put a professor’s salary in Nigeria federal university at about the same amount of a graduate assistant in any top or middle tier university abroad.

All is for the students- to have good facilities & dedicated lecturers & reduce the insane brain drain we are suffered.

ASUU could have an agreement with the government, and request that federal universities become autonomous and so the Federal government don’t have to fund the universities; the running cost of the universities, the salaries of its members will be generated from the school fees of the students. Then in that case, most students would have to pay what is equivalent in private universities. ASUU understands that education still needs to be subsidized, because the masses may not be able to afford it and yet the people will take in hook, line and sinker the narrative that the union is a bunch of unpatriotic lots.

Some argue that the government have shown good faith and committed to some of ASUU’s demand. Again, this is a purely technical lie intended to detract and distract and we have a shameful media willing to peddle and drive the propaganda home so that the derision of ASUU can increase, so that they can be perceived as unpatriotic; when in reality, the whole struggle is to help the nation better equipped with its human resource. The media will do well to be critical about what the posture of FG concerning the issue. FG hard stance has shown it has no integrity, their refusal to implement past agreements or to comply with collective agreement born as a result of renegotiation with different parties they did set up- such as the FG Briggs led renegotiation committee or before then the FG Munzali led renegotiation committee… all of which further shows their lack of integrity and the news media in Nigeria is mostly complicit in this muddling and putting an axe when the issue should have long be done and resolved. Rather, they would find in the character of this government a bunch of people who align with the dangerous ideology that western education is Haram except for their children. Why are their children studying abroad? Of coz, ours are in shambolic state.

The media has access to what ASUU’s demand actually entails. The FG claims to have met 80% of the demands. ASUU says the FG claim is blatant falsehood. The media then should demand for FG resolutions or actions and compare with ASUU’s demand are to know who is perpetuating or perpetrating falsehood.

divinehand2003:
ASUU is behaving like a 2nd side chick with entitlement mentality. Don't worry, the 11 trillion FG is trying to raise for 2023 budget will be given to ASUU to make her members happy. Nonsense.

rippa:

Just imagine what this one typing
How much are dey demanding that the federal govt can't meet ?
What is wrong in demanding for their rights and for govt to honour agreement?
Nawa o

shortIGBOman:
So, FG should give ASUU the whole 50b generated by Nigerian Port Authority? Do you know how many ministries, parestatals, Agencies who are under FG pay roll? Are ASUU the only Government workers?

Fvck ASUU. Their Nyash don finally open. Nigerians will no longer support them, since they are just after their pockets. Greedy fools.

rippa:

No sir
ASUU is the only one on strike now
How do u people support evil comfortably?

God1000:
Education isn't one of the priorities of this government

Slurity:
Keep making yourself to believe nonsense. No democratic president can loot like military. Buhari failed Nigeria truly but believe this, he is far less corrupt than other democratic leader in the past. Jonathan and Obasanjo are more thieves than him.

othermen:
What ASUU struggle for is that you or yours or majority of Nigerians get a worthy education. The FG rather is willing to invest Nigeria resource in ranches. In Katsina alone #6.2 billion has been released by FG to establish cattle ranches. This is what the federal government is passionate about, not the universities or the state of the universities.

Some say ASUU’s demand is purely self interest. That is purely a misleading assertion.

It’s part of ASUU's demand, a better welfare for its members; but you should know that you'd get better value from a lecturer who can meet his daily needs.

Granting the request to ASUU’s welfare demand will not afford its members a luxury life. Rather, the new demand of ASUU that relates to welfare will still put a professor’s salary in Nigeria federal university at about the same amount of a graduate assistant in any top or middle tier university abroad.

All is for the students- to have good facilities & dedicated lecturers & reduce the insane brain drain we are suffered.

ASUU could have an agreement with the government, and request that federal universities become autonomous and so the Federal government don’t have to fund the universities; the running cost of the universities, the salaries of its members will be generated from the school fees of the students. Then in that case, most students would have to pay what is equivalent in private universities. ASUU understands that education still needs to be subsidized, because the masses may not be able to afford it and yet the people will take in hook, line and sinker the narrative that the union is a bunch of unpatriotic lots.

Some argue that the government have shown good faith and committed to some of ASUU’s demand. Again, this is a purely technical lie intended to detract and distract and we have a shameful media willing to peddle and drive the propaganda home so that the derision of ASUU can increase, so that they can be perceived as unpatriotic; when in reality, the whole struggle is to help the nation better equipped with its human resource. The media will do well to be critical about what the posture of FG concerning the issue. FG hard stance has shown it has no integrity, their refusal to implement past agreements or to comply with collective agreement born as a result of renegotiation with different parties they did set up- such as the FG Briggs led renegotiation committee or before then the FG Munzali led renegotiation committee… all of which further shows their lack of integrity and the news media in Nigeria is mostly complicit in this muddling and putting an axe when the issue should have long be done and resolved. Rather, they would find in the character of this government a bunch of people who align with the dangerous ideology that western education is Haram except for their children. The media rather would perpetuate the lies when they truly know that the strike is not conditioned on payment of withheld salaries. Why are their children studying abroad? Of coz, ours are in shambolic state and can continue to be.

The media has access to what ASUU’s demand actually entails. The FG claims to have met 80% of the demands. ASUU says the FG claim is blatant falsehood. The media then should demand for FG resolutions or actions and compare with ASUU’s demand are to know who is perpetuating or perpetrating falsehood.

geedot:
It's like some people still don't get the memo yet. Nigeria is bankrupt! It's still just unofficial. A country that's planning on borrowing to finance 2023 budget.

Even if FG paid ASUN the $23m returned loot, it's still not even up to 5% of what ASUN is demanding. So tell me how that would have changed anything. My only regret is how I wish I knew earlier how bad the country has decayed.

Viz007:

https://dailypost.ng/2022/08/31/ASUU-strike-fg-should-have-used-23m-abacha-loot-to-meet-our-demands-lecturers/

chukel:
he is wrong as he is very ignorant. There are conditions attached to the repatriation of that money. So it couldn't have been used for ASUU. It's in public domain. U.S literally direction how the repatriated fund would be used.

divinehand2003:
ASUU is behaving like a 2nd side chick with entitlement mentality. Don't worry, the 11 trillion FG is trying to raise for 2023 budget will be given to ASUU to make her members happy. Nonsense.