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President Muhammadu Buhari has indicted the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of corrupt practices.


The union has been on strike since February 14 over demands bordering on allowances and salaries of lecturers.


The president has pleaded severally with the union to call off the strike but the lecturers have stood their ground.

While declaring open the Fourth National Summit on Diminishing Corruption organised by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Office of Secretary to Government of the Federation (OSGF) and Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Buhari said ASUU is no less complicit in the corruption in tertiary education.

He said corruption in the education sector continues to undermine investments, while critics downplay funding by focusing only on budgetary allocations, urging a more comprehensive re-evaluation of expenditure.


The president said: “This year’s summit will mirror how corruption undermines educational policies, investments and create an unfriendly learning environment for our youths.

“Incessant strikes especially by unions in the tertiary education often imply that government is grossly underfunding education, but I must say that corruption in the education system from basic level to the tertiary level has been undermining our investment in the sector and those who go on prolonged strikes on flimsy reasons are no less complicit.

“The 1999 Constitution places a premium on education by placing it on the Concurrent List, thereby laying the responsibilities of budgeting and underwriting qualitative education on both the Federal and State Governments.

“The total education budget for each year is therefore a reflection of both federal and state budgets and should be viewed as other financial commitments in their totality.

“The allocation to education in the federal budget should not be considered via allocation to the Federal Ministry of Education and also academic institutions alone, but should include allocation to the Universal Basic Education, transfers to TETFUND and refund from the Education Tax Pool Account to TETFUND.


“Corruption in the expenditure of internally generated revenue of tertiary institutions is a matter that has strangely not received the attention of stakeholders in tertiary education, including unions.

“I call on stakeholders to demand accountability in the administration of academic institutions and for unions to interrogate the bloated personnel and recurrent expenditure of their institutions. Let me also implore the Unions to work with the government to put faces and identities to names on the payroll.

“Due to declining resources, the government cannot bear the cost of funding education alone. I task our academics to attract endowments, research and other grants to universities, polytechnics and colleges of education similar to what obtains in other countries.”

https://dailytrust.com/buhari-accuses-ASUU-of-corruption

seunayantokun:
Those just commenting anyhow, understand that is a planned way to destroy you via your education cum economy and promote the Fulani lordship. Everything is working fine according to plan. It is not clear to you now, it will be tomorrow. You and your people become tools in their hand due to ignorance. That's it. Yoruba people, let's go back to our land.

CheapHomes1:
You haven't answered the questions.

Why can't ASUU 'win that sue"?

By the way, is there anything like winning a sue?

CheapHomes1:
Why can't ASUU 'win that sue"?

By the way, is there anything like winning a sue?

Msmither:
You haven't met my wife, despite all the things I did for her, her mother was telling me MY BEST IS NOT ENOUGH

This is a woman that has never worked for a penny in her life, I opened a boutique for her, made us landlords before 30 and we are doing fine. She still complains and monitors me like I be baby, person no fit call me for phone na wahala.

I've been seriously thinking about getting a side chick, if I see one that's serious I will marry and go hide her in my second house.

sultan003:
Read it carefully again... especially to that "however" part..

Anyway it is subject to the interpretation of the court of law

baretalk:
Very good, no one or body, organisation can hold the nation to ransom. ASUU exco is corrupt, EFCC must probe them.

Headachetoigboh:
Yoruba and betrayal is like 5 & 6

atimadesign:
Chai,Hungry bad ooo

CheapHomes1:
Am not too sure why a simple question is making you spill your emotions like a burst crude oil pipeline in ogoni land.

If you say judiciary is an arm of government, why should it be a problem for ASUU to sue the FG?

aspabay:
I bet this is the best solution, Let ASUU know they are irrelevant.

How could you always go on strike since 1980? The problem is not successive government but ASUU itself.

Msmither:
I am ashamed of my people, Yoruba are always the Judas in almost every organisation.

Slynation:
But ASUU own don too much self...Even If the government ain't willing to compromise, why not go back to classroom and go on strike when a new administration comes into power instead of wasting the time of students for nothing when they knew fully well an influential Almajiri with NEPA bill cert is the President of Nigeria...

Infact, I stand with FG on this one, ASUU should get the Bleep off

9jatriot:
This association will be loyal for a few years and before you know it they will be another ASUU with a new name.

I support calling the bluff of ASUU but not with a new organisation. As far as I am concerned, FG employed lecturers individually, that they decided to join a group either SU, Muric or ASUU is their rights, but any issue has to be between employer and employee, not this one FG is allowing ASUU hold them to ransome

FixNigeria2023:
Yorubas will never seize to Amaze me... Bloody betrayals...TUEH

frank14011991:
did ASUU obey court order?

GloriousGbola:
This is not right and this is setting a dangerous precedent if this goes through.

Abujaexpress:
You don't know if they have done that already behind the scenes

Prinzzy5:
After registering the new Union, the same problems would continue.
APC always run from the problem, never taking responsibility and always chasing shadows. Yet, they ask that we retain them in power.
C'mon na.

hotseat:
Divide and rule tactics on the beat!




CUNTUA, sorry, CONUA is a rogue Union sponsored by Ngige and the FG to destabilize the indefatigable ASUU, but they would fail eventually.




They would be acting the script of the failed government to sabotage the efforts of ASUU in which they too stand to benefit all things being equal!




Alas, the lust for power and filthy lucre has turned the CUNNY so-called Union into blacklegs!




Even in the so-called ivory towers, there are willing tools at the hands of this failed government.



Man Must Wack Union!




IDIOTAS!

Lawl:
I don't understand someone should help me explain this news what's the central message here

GENES11S:
It's true. The government is very powerful.

But this is more problem. It's not a solution at all.

If you don't pay this people tomorrow, or start cutting their salaries, what stop them from going on strike too.

It's enough that we have ASUU and NASU. Adding another striking party mean more future strikes than ever.

Kog45:
Arthur Nzeribe must be a Yoruba man for betrayed Nigerians during 1993 elections.

I remember a yoruba man was killed for supporting Aguiyi Ironsi,Wole Soyinka stood with Ojukwu during Biafra....Pls let's stop this tribal jagbajantis.

Mccullum:
And Ngige that's rushing to recognize the newly formed union is Igbo Christian

CheapHomes1:
Which nigerian govt owns court?

Msmither:
Good luck to you, I just don't want to see you complaining when they introduce extravagant reading material fees that you must buy or fail.

adee17:
It will still be deemed unconstitutional because ASUU is in existence in the eyes of the law when this new union is purportedly registered. This union,CONUAS,or what's it called, will be deregistered if ASUU should challenge it in court.

Msmither:
What is the essence of the crappy education you are trying to get, you should go to different universities and polytechnics, the standard of education is very poor.
I think these are the things ASUU is fighting for.
It's not all about going to school, it's going to school to get quality education not just going to school for whatever sake.

OniyideAmplify:
ASUU have to stand strong on this one, this useless government is about to sideline them.

aklion:
Instead of solving issues you are creating more issues. The factions they wan bride comot from ASUU... What made you think FG won't tomorrow Bleep u up. ASUU body has been there from onset fighting for both lecturers. Students. The educational foundation of Nigeria to be better improved. Una wan side with fg to sign registration to cut off from ASUU... Instead of solving una de create more issues. Clueless set of politicians

GENES11S:
Creating future problem


By this, we might be having two separate ASUU strikes in the future.

Ngige abeg sit down and settled the issue with ASUU or resign. Stop creating confusion here and there.

othermen:
The registration is unconstitutional.

Section 3(2) of the trade union act provides that no union shall be registered to represent workers in a place where there already exists a trade union.

Ngige would orchestrate the withdrawal of ASUU’s certificate, once the Union(ASUU) is deregistered (the issue of not submitting financial statements, contempt of the court could serve as the basis) , this registration of this illegal congress body would then be used as encumbrance to forbid a re-registration of the ASUU.

To Ngige, this is all a power game. He doesn’t care about the lives involved.