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THE GAINS AND THE LOSSES TO COME

( This is an unbiased piece with NO political
undertone, so PLEASE read dispassionately,
Thanks.)
It is no longer news that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been on strike for almost four months now. I have done an empirical analysis of what Nigerian students as well as lecturers will gain and lose as a result of the current struggle. Read,digest and see if we need to support them any longer or not.

GAIN OF LECTURERS
1. Increased allowances for project
supervision, call duty, extra hours worked,hazards, etc.
2. Payment of salaries and entitlements for the several months in which they didn’t work!
3. Those schools that did not partake in the struggle e.g UNILORIN and RSUST will also benefit from the infrastructure funds and the earned allowances (needless to say UNILORIN almost began sharing the almost one (1) billion they got for earned allowances last week)


NEGATIVE EFFECT OF THE STRIKE ON LECTURERS
1. Delay in obtaining Masters and PhD’s for those still doing their postgraduate studies.
2. I cant fathom out any. Please, help me if you have been able to think of any other one.

GAINS OF THE STRUGGLE FOR STUDENTS
1. The funds released for infrastructure will be used to meet the immediate needs of our schools. Some will use the funds to construct more hostels, some will use it to equip libraries, provide internet connectivity,build laboratories and furnish them,amongst others. These are projects that will aid learning and ultimately benefit students.
2. Those that will later join the academia and become Professors among us will also have the benefit of retiring at 70 years.
3. Those that will join the academia among us will also enjoy the special allowances that the current struggle will benefit lecturers in the years to come.

NEGATIVE EFFECT OF THIS STRUGGLE FOR STUDENTS.
1. BATTERED ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Our Schools have lost a semester which
cannot be made up for. Most schools were either in their second semester of the 2012/2013 session or were rounding up their first semester exams when the strike began.
This will result in an abridged semester and most schools will finish their 2012/2013 session in 2014.
What this implies is that those that wrote the 2013 UTME and will be offered admission (most schools have not released their admission list) might not resume until probably March next year (when another UTME will be on the way)
This will inadvertently result in late
resumption of the 2013/2014 academic
session which is likely to finish early 2015 (provided ASUU does not embark on another strike action before then). Academic calendar is thus in tatters!

2. DELAY IN THE RELEASE OF ADMISSION LIST.
It is pertinent to note that a lot of
prospective University students do not know their fate regarding admission as a result of the strike action.

3. LAW STUDENTS CANNOT GO TO LAW SCHOOL TILL NEXT YEAR OCTOBER.
2012/2013 Final year Law students must be cursing down their throats as the strike has barred them from progressing to the Law school this year. When the dust of this strike settles, they will have to wait till next year October before they can go to the Law school. This is not the only problem because Law graduate of next year 2014 might not be able to go to the Law school till 2015. One year wasted!.
One might say two (2) sets will be merged but those in the know-how will tell you that the Law school has a quota for each school.
Are we seeing the imminent crises?

4. FIERCE COMPETITION FOR 2014 NYSC BATCH ‘B’.
As a result of this strike action, most public Universities (except probably UNILORIN)cannot present Students for November 2013,BATCH ‘C’ service year and with the look of things, public Universities might not be able to meet up with February 2014 BATCH ‘A’ Service year thus resulting in a fierce competition by students to be mobilised for service next year June BATCH ‘B’. What this means is that some students who were supposed to go for service in 2013 will be deferred to November, 2014 and some till February 2015. Are you calculating the time wasted?

5. SOME PROJECT STUDENTS MIGHT HAVE TO START ALL OVER
2012/2013 Final year students of most
schools who were working on their projects (Science-related) when the strike action began might have to start again because the results obtained then might not be tenable again. This results in waste of scarce resources, time and energy.
Having considered the gains and pains of the current struggle, Nigerian Students can now decide if they wish to continue supporting ASUU or reconsider their support. We can decide if the gain of the struggle outweighs the sacrifice we are paying or otherwise.
If strikes could rescue the Nigerian
Education system, then our Institutions
should by now be one of the best in the
world. If ASUU has been on strike for 30
months in the past 10 years and we are still where we are today, then it means No weapon of strike fashioned against the Pharoahs in Abuja can work.

Government has made concessions, we will only be deceiving ourselves if we think Jonathan will implement every bit of that agreement. Its not realistic!..let us be factual and move forward. When ASUU started this struggle, they had popular support not just because it was a Tradition for them to garner sympathy of Nigerians but because we felt it was an aberration for them to still be on an agreement that Government signed in 2009 after an almost four months strike action. But if after a Hundred days of protests, demonstration, rallies and negotiations, we are still at this stage, then it doesnt look like its going to get better. The Truth is ASUU is already losing public sympathy because the collateral effect of their strike is so harsh on students.

Remember, in an industrial dispute, you dont win 100%, you win some and concede some ( as corroborated by Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, Archbishop Kaigama, Tolu Ogunlesi and a host of others).
In my own Opinion, the strike doesnt makes sense any longer and ASUU should just call it off to avoid being termed 'stubborn fellows' in the face of the Nigerian Public.

Compiled by ABIOLA SOLANKE
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Federal University of Agriculture,Abeokuta.

creativity29: Plz guys help me out. I've bin give Eve hostel wht are my expectations plz?

I"m also posted there oo

patrickdarlins: are dey realy more dan ready to run dis service?hmmmm...

It depends on them

midnitestar: @udilson, U are truly drunk.

Abi ooo

Congratz UNIABUJA


The National Universities Commission
(NUC) announced the
accreditation of Medicine, Veterinary
Medicine, and Agriculture. The commission
also announced the approval for
engineering courses for the University of
Abuja.
The Chairman of the Task Team on the
accreditation of the College of Medicine
and Visiting Professor to NUC, Eugene
Okpere, made this known when the team
for the accreditation of the four courses
that were suspended did a tour of facilities
at the university.
Mr Okpere said that with the full
accreditation for medical and agricultural
courses and interim accreditation for
veterinary medicine, all was now set for the
take-off of the programme.
Explaining the status of engineering, the
don said even though the programme had
been in existence for several years, it had
only just been approved by the NUC and
should now start the process of gaining
accreditation.
He said NUC was now convinced that the
university had the capacity to run the
courses.
“We are happy to say that University of
Abuja is more than ready to run these
courses and the facilities we see here are
even superior to those in other teaching
hospitals,” he said.
The Minister of Education, Professor
Ruqayyatu Rufa’i, had in April 2012
announced the suspension of the four
courses after the Needs Assessment (the
panel set up to assess needs of
universities) visited the university.
Students of the university, led by the
Engineering students, had protested the
non-accreditation of courses in the
university leading to violence and closure of
the institution for several months. When
the school was eventually re-opened, the
Engineering students were transferred to
other nearby public universities.
The vice chancellor of the university, James
Adelabu, said management had to put in
place all the necessary facilities for
accreditation with the full cooperation of
NUC because it became a subject of
national importance.
Mr. Adelabu said that aside gaining
accreditation, the university was also
working with professional bodies, adding
that the Medical and Dental Council of
Nigeria had visited the university for
verification, and expressed satisfaction with
what was on ground.
Explaining the fate of engineering students
transferred to other universities, Mr.
Adelabu said some of them had yet to
resume academic work due to time
difference in sessions.
“Those that have not been accepted in
those universities will come back to
University of Abuja and we will see what
courses they can fit into.
“The journey to get to where we are today
has not been easy, but we thank God that
all is now over,” the Vice Chancellor said.
Also speaking after the inspection of
facilities at the University Teaching Hospital,
Gwagwalada, the Chief Medical Director,
Peter Alabi, said there were currently more
than 120 consultants ready for academic
activities at the Medical College.

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druid06: It's next time converse with good grammar.

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Then next time speak Good English

udilson: An trying 2 crave my anger

udilson: Nairaland don become home of all tribalistc regoinalist i don see y on your post u dnt use 2 erase dose dt comment infavour of d south bt all u see northerners is as terrorist illetrate go nd ask ur fathers during 1900 we hav our economic system;method of ruling nd all sort we u scum we wering leaves

What are u saying sef

Super Eagles Bleep up seriously,They won tho,they are jst playing @slow pace,Imagine Mikel Trying 2 Dribble 3 playerz

Chiamaka01:

Av u paid

Chiamaka01: Please, i'm paying today. Can anyone who has paid explain how he paid and how a hostel was allocated to him? Pretty, please.

I paid mine @First Bank,when u get there,
1.Obtain 2 deposit slipz
2.Fill them,one as Academic fees i.e 105400(400 is d bank charges)
the second one will av d miscalleneous fees(57900)
N.B U are 2pay 400 each 4 each slip
u are 2 write ur pd reg no on top of d slipz
3.Ask where d bank do e-tranzact
4.Give them ur money
5.u r 2 collect 2 receipts containing PINS 4 d two fees
6.Then go to cafe 2 login ur acct
7.click on confirm payment
8.confirm by using those pinz given @bank
N.B.you r 2 confirm d 2 fees
9.Click on update profile to fill ur course choices
10.After all u will see ur Hostel slip
All d best

theanonymous: Have u been allocated to an Hostel?

Yes

plz who lived in Eve hostel oooo

any Vet Student here

armadeo: . Your new subscription will be N11,650 per month.

Dat'z some1 salary ooo

Sbrainy: @whale weldone.....@anonymous and odas weldone too
From My Previous Predegree Posts
hostel varies in terms of facilities and d type of landlords dat own dose houses. places like gbemisola, crown, oyebamiji 1 & 2 , temilade, alaafia to mention but a few ar very ok and varies in distance frm d pd campus. cos dias water etc For CMP buy lamlard chemistry, maths, and physics especially chem and physics. I plead dat u knw d son of whom u are wen u get dia. Dia r always issues of molestation, Read wen its time....u find guys and girls that ar DESTINY DESTROYER, please flee frm dem. LOVE GOD, SERVE HIM, FLEE FROM SIN
not all hostel av bunks no of occupants per room id dependent on how large d room is. moro, ipetu, asipa, ayepe, edun abon (origbo mejeeje) are different locations in Ife North but these areas are close to themselves. I have reason why I dont want to drop my phone numbers, so pls bear with me. HEAVEN IS GEETING CLOSER DAY BY DAY....AR U BORN AGAIN? IF NOT, SUBMIT TO HIM NOW NOW!
If questions persists?? Ask dem??

MOLESTATION IN WHAT WAT PLZ

Have you experienced it b4
How did you solve The problem ?
Let us share it here

The major aim of this thread is for all
of Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta here on
nairaland, outside nairaland to meet
and discuss happenings in the school,
gists, updates etc and also get to know
each other......

O ga ooooo

kolidave: Is This what this thread is for? Instead of you guys that have written to share your experience,ur talking trash and Wats not ur business.

Abi oooooo,Wetin concern us with smooching