A reliable source, who made this known, also hinted that the strike would be called off anytime next week.
He said the government team which was led by President Goodluck Jonathan would release N220bn yearly into the sector beginning from 2014.
The source added, “The meeting should be the longest that we have ever had on this crisis but I can tell you that both parties were frank all through the discussions.
“The parties also showed commitment towards ending the crisis. The President in particular showed that he was serious about ending the strike and that was why he offered to release over N1tn to the universities in the next five years.
“The money will be released on a yearly basis at N220bn per annum beginning from 2014. For the outgoing year, the government will only release N100bn and this has been processed.”
He said that the government, in order to show its commitment to a fresh pact, accepted that “the fund(N1.1tn) should domiciled at the Central Bank of Nigeria”
“The money will be released on a quarterly basis to the universities. So, there won’t be any problem about funding the deal,” the source said.
The National Universities Commission and the Trade Union Congress, according to him, will be the joint guarantors of the agreement while the Minister of Education will be the implementation officer.
The source also said that the government agreed among other things, to revamp the public universities by ensuring that all those issues that always led to strike were dealt with once and for all.
It was learnt that the negotiating team of ASUU led by Dr. Nassir Faggae met on Tuesday night to further deliberate on the deal.
Though the details of the meeting were not known as of 11.22pm on Tuesday, it was gathered that ASUU might call a National Executive Council meeting on or before Saturday where the deal would be tabled before all its branch executives.
Jonathan had while shaking hands with Fagge after the marathon meeting in the Presidential Villa, Abuja said, “My President, I hope it (strike) will end today(Tuesday). Our children have suffered enough. We must find a solution.”
All those in attendance responded with a loud “Amen.”
When greeting Omar, he said, “My President with you around, there will be no problem; our agreement is signed, sealed and delivered.”.
Faggae told State House correspondent on his way out of the Villa, that his team would take back a message to varsity teachers before a decision would be taken on the next line of action.
“We had a lengthy meeting with Mr. President, and we looked into how best to address the problem of university education in this country. We now have a message from Mr. President that we are going to take to our members and we are expecting that our members will respond appropriately to his message,” he said.
Fagge added that since the message was meant for members, he would not divulge it to the press.
When asked whether university teachers would be called upon to return to the classrooms, he said that the decision was left for them to take.
When further asked if he was impressed by the President’s message, Faggae cautioned journalists against putting words in his mouth, insisting that only ASUU members would determine that.
The Minister of Labour, Chief Emeka Wogu, who listened to Faggae’s encounter with journalists, later said progress was made during the discussion.
He said, “We made progress. The President of ASUU told you that they are going back with a message from the Federal Government back to their members and the message is full of high expectation and hope.”
When asked whether ASUU would call off the strike, Wogu said that was why he described the message as full of expectation.
“Our prayer is that they will come back with positive outcome. They might even not come back to meet us. They might take decision there that will meet your expectations “ he said.
He added that the offers made by the government during the meeting were those that were in line with the contentious 2009 agreement.
He said since the issues that led to the strike bordered on the 2009 agreement, the government did not go beyond the pact.
The President was joined at the meeting that started at 2.40pm on Monday by Vice-President Namadi Sambo; Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius Anyim; the Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike; Wogu among others.
Faggae led the union team which included past presidents such as Prof. Abdulahi Sule-Kano, Prof. Dipo Fashina and Prof. Festus Iyayi.
President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, Abdulawahid Omar and his Trade Union Congress counterpart, Bobboi Kaigama, also attended.
Other members of the delegation were Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, Prof. Victor Osodeke, Prof. Suleiman Abdul, Dr. Victor Igbum and Mr. Michael Odunmoraye.
The marathon meeting was the first between ASUU and Jonathan since the strike started. The Presidency took over the negotiations with ASUU on September 19 with Sambo in charge.

http://campusportal.com.ng/education/ASUU-strike-called-soon-fg-ASUU-shifts-ground/7244/
http://www.punchng.com/news/fg-to-give-varsities-n1-1tn-in-five-years/

Enoeasy: I also tried to login last night but saw that message.At first I thought it was the wrong url.I think ASUU chairman is from same university,so they choose to start from there.But if this will end the on-going strike,I will urge them to do same to other portals too

U wish, lol

[center]Bayero University official Website hacked in protest of ASUU Strike[/center][b][/b]

The ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities has began to take its toll as the official website of Bayero University Kano (www.buk.edu.ng) has been hacked by a group called the "Nigerian Cyber Army".
The message posted by the group on the defaced website in protest of the ongoing strike read thus;

"We are Here to deliever a Simple Message to Nigerian Government "Nigeria students have been on Strike for more than 100days now and The f****** Nigerian Government Does not want to do anything to stop this Crisis| W hy because their own students does not School in Nigeria | Now ok yourself a Question How would u feel, To be at Home for 100days if u were a student"

The group went ahead to issue a threat of doing more harm;

"Now we Argue you to fix this issus or else We would Stamp on Your Gov shits Next If you Doubts us WaTch Out" xD "

The choice of Bayero University as primary target for the attack might not be unconnected to the announcement by the recently sacked Minister of Education, Ruqqayatu Rufai, of her intention to return to Bayero University Kano where she was formerly a lecturer.

It will be recalled that the current industrial action embarked on by the Academic Staff Union of Universities has lasted over 100 days.

Who will be next? I hope the webmasters/ICT team of various Nigerian Universities are not also on Strike. Watch Out!!

http://campusportal.com.ng/education/ASUU-strike-2013-bayero-university-official-website-hacked/6467/

[OFFICIAL] The result is finally out; http://campusportal.com.ng/imsu/imsu-post-utme-result-2013-check-imsu-post-ume-result/5116/

Authorities of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka has threatened to publish the names of Students owing Fees for the 2012/2013 Academic Session on the University's website.

According to the notice on the University's website, the students may also not be allowed to take any school exam in the current session or have the results of the ones they may have written withdrawn.

The full Notice below;



[center]UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA

Office of the Vice-Chancellor

(Information and Public Relations)[/center]



Our Ref.: UNN/VC/PR/155 Date: February 18, 2013

To: The University Community

Subject: Students owing Fees for the 2012/2013 Academic Session



The attention of the University Administration has been drawn to non-payment of fees by a number of students from various faculties of the University. According to a statement signed by the chairman of Fee Verification and Payment Committee, the breakdown of the figures is as follows:

Faculty No of Students

Agriculture 95

Arts 270

Biological Sciences 272

Business Administration 78

Dentistry 22

Education 173

Engineering 262

Environmental Studies 84

Health Sciences and Technology 120

Law 50

Medical Sciences 173

Pharmaceutical Sciences 92

Physical Sciences 237

Social Sciences 494

Vet. Medicine 44



The concerned students are advised in their own interest to arrange to pay their fees and ensure registration ONLINE on or before February 28, 2013. Defaulters will not have result of any examination they may have taken this session. The list of defaulters shall be published on the University website.

Secondly, students who have not registered ONLINE should do so immediately before the portal closes on February 28, 2013.

Gabriel C. Ndu

Communication Secretary to the Vice-Chancellor.



http://campusportal.com.ng/unn/university-of-nigeria-to-publish-names-of-school-fees-defaulters-online/1550/