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ferdimako: The site is down because fire gutted the server room.

u most b jokin, infact u ar neva serious

God leads: Can the admission list be release with the strike on?

hmm wel i dont realy no, bt i hear 4rom a realiable source dat d merit list is been uploaded on net, n i tink i hav a gud reson 2 beliv him becus 4 d past weeks unijos sit wa down

Chelcy10: Is the admision list @ hand? For over a week now, Unijos website has not been opening on phone, anybody experiencing thesame thing?

dat is dsame here, i tink dere ar uploadin d merit list, becus d list wil b out anytim 4rom nw

1martinez: Guys pls i choose unijos as my second choice is there any hope for registration?

guy y worry urself on unijos? If u realy want 2 go 2 unijos y den did u choose dem as ur second choice? I wil advice u 2 just focus on ur first schul of choice, 4 unijos i tink dere merit list wil b out anytime 4rom nw, best wish 2 al of us

ASUU Strike: Negotiations Deadlocked As FG Releases N130bn



on August 20, 2013



Negotiations between the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to resolve the lingering strike by the university lecturers has again reached a dead end as both parties differed on crucial issues bordering on funding.

Chairman of the Presidential Universities’ NEEDS Assessment Committee and Governor of Benue State, Gabriel Suswam, who spoke immediately after about four hours of deliberations between the union and the government team at the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF), said negotiations would continue.

He said progress was made in the area of addressing the infrastructural deficit in the universities with the release of N100 billion, which would be distributed next month.

“The federal government has been able to harness about N100 billion, which Mr. President has agreed. And that will begin the project and starting from the first week of September in virtually all the universities. The process of achieving that is ongoing at the centre and due process for it at various universities,” Suswam said.

“The infrastructure deficit like hostels, laboratories and libraries will be addressed. Some will be renovated while others will be brand new. Every university will be affected and each of the hostels will accommodate 1,200 students.

Despite the efforts announced by the FG, ASUU has refused to shift ground on the two outstanding issues of infrastructure funding and pending arrears.

ASUU President, Nasir Isa Fagge, told journalists after the meeting that they would meet with their National Executive Council (NEC) to decide the appropriate response to the federal government.

That said, Fagge made it clear that ASUU’s position had not shifted from the 2009 agreement. “The union is talking about the implementation of 2009 agreement and not renegotiation.”

“If you remember, the objective of going on strike is to get government to implement the 2009 ASUU and federal government agreement particularly to implement the provisions of the memorandum of understanding we reached with the government in 2012.

“I want to say that at today’s meeting, we looked at all the issues and it is clear to us that the Suswam Committee that is working on the funding requirement for revitalising the university system particularly on the implementation of the NEEDS assessment report… its clear to us that we have not really gone far in that aspect.”

“So, on the basis of that, we will also go back and inform our principals on the development. I think it is important to clarify that at this point that we are not making a demand, there was an agreement with government, and even that aspect that government is talking about, the entitlement of earned staff of then university, that includes the technical staff, members of the senior staff association and members of the non academic staff.

“So, I think at this point, what the union is talking about is the implementation of 2009 agreement not the renegotiation of the agreement.

“Well, we will wait to hear from government after the consultation with the councils. Whatever they place on the table, we will look at it. But for now, we will also go back and report to our principals,” Fagge stated.

Also speaking after the meeting, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, said all the issues had been resolved except the unpaid allowances.

Anyim said the federal government had agreed to release the sum of N30 billion in that regard, which must be paid according to the verifiable claims by each university councils, adding that the sum of N92 billion being demanded by ASUU could not be met as the claims upon, which fund were to be released could be faulty using the initial criteria being proposed by the academic union.

He said they had shifted the responsibility of settling the pending arrears to the university councils, who will be supported with the N30 billion.

“ASUU is asking for the N92 billion and we felt that the way the whole process is being done, there would be discrepancies and we want things to be done according to due process.

“We know that it is the responsibility of the university councils to take care of the issue of unclaimed allowances. So the actual figures will be verified by the council and we will be supporting them with N30 billion,” he said.

Also speaking on the funding of the universities’ infrastructure, Anyim said federal government would start with the sum of N100 billion.

He said the federal government would release funds in a progressive manner over a period of three years to meet up with the sum of N400 billion being demanded by ASUU.

Breaking: ASUU strike continues as FG, lecturers meeting deadlocked!!

The Monday meeting between striking university lecturers and the federal government ended without a resolution of the crisis. The meeting, which held at the office of the Secretary to the Government of

the Federation, was attended by the Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala; Minister of Labour, Emeka Nwogwu; Minister of Education, Rukayyatu Rufai; and the Benue State Governor and head of the government's delegation, Gabriel Suswam.

The lecturers' union, ASUU, was led by the President of the union, Nasiru Fagge.

The meeting lasted for over four hours (from 3:p.m. to about 7:15p.m).
More details later...

ASUU strike: Jonathan
approves N400bn lifeline –
SSANU
The end to the present
strike by the Academic
Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may be in sight as
President Goodluck
Jonathan has approved
N400 billion for the
infrastructural
development of Nigerian universities.
The document to this
effect is expected to be
made available today at
the meeting of the
presidential committee on implementation of the
NEEDS assessment in the
universities with the
leaders of the four
university-based unions –
the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian
Universities (SSANU), the
Non-Academic Staff Union
of Educational and
Associated Institutions
(NASU), the National Association of Academic
Technologists (NAAT) and
the Academic Staff Union
of Universities (ASUU).
The President of SSANU,
Samson Ugwoke, made the revelation while
addressing his union
members at the SSANU
National Executive
Committee (NEC) meeting
held at the weekend at the University of Abuja.
Ugwoke, briefing the
SSANU members on the
activities of the NEEDS
assesment implementation
committee, led by Benue State Governor, Gabriel
Suswam. He noted that the
fund was different from
the N100 billion Governor
Suswam had raised from
donor agencies and big companies to tackle the
problems of Nigerian
universities in 2013.
The labour leader said:
“Let me give you a tip on
what the NEEDS assessment committee is
doing. The president has
approved that within the
next four years; N400
billion would be expended
in infrastructural development of Nigerian
universities, to transform
the universities to
international standard.
“N100 billion has already
been raised by Suswam committee out of which 61
universities have been
pencilled down, as
contained in the NEEDS
assessement committee.
The N100 billion is expected to address needs
of the universities in the
areas which include re-
furbishing and renovation
of lecture theatres and
lecture halls, re-furbishing and renovation of
laboratories/libraries and
the renovation of hostels.
“The second category is
building of new hostels of
international standard, self-contained rooms, the
latest model in the world.
That is the standard to be
built in every university,
and also the state-of-the-
art laboratories as well as classrooms, lecture
theatres and the halls.”
Ugwoke pointed out that
the money had been
shared and out of the
N100 billion, N96 billion had been sent to
universities.
He added: “The committee
is meeting again on
Monday, and by Monday
(today), the document will be out. This time around, it
is not only by giving
university money, but it
will be monitored to
ensure that the money is
used to transform the universities, to bail
universities out of the
present situation and
developed to an
international recognized
university standard.” http://[/quote]

Dannyxy: point of correction,that wz nt a post ume,that wz summission of paper

hahahahaha exactly bro

I went 4 d screenin 2da n my ssce, a copy of my jamb result n 2 passport wa d only tin asked n i wa also asked 2 write my name n jamb reg number on a book dat wa on dere table no qustion wa asked

God leads: God help me and others as we put our trust in u on dis admsn issue. Amen!

amen o my sister

Helo wht is realy happenin? Y d silent? Any current development 4rom unijos? 4 weeks now dere sit is nt goin thru pls wht is d problem wit d sit?

Pls has anybody gotten his or her bank draft?

Pls i aplied public admin, wht date am i Goin 2 take mine? N pls can d bank draft by bought in any bank within d country?

Ar u guys sure of dis? Bt dere ar nt thru wit d 2012/2013

Andrewakor: Gudmrning buddies,it is another week.let keep our finger cross as we await the call off of the strike and most importantly the admission list.we shall be at the matric ground in jesus name.pls inrespective of ur jamb and post ume score,dont forget that without God everything is completely meaningless.pls endeavour to pray fervently because war with God is majority.May God grant us our heart desires.

ho yes my bro one with God is majority, by d power n grace of God thru our lord Jesus we shal al meet at d matric,

nyles: this is the translation, my english is still a bit ok after suffering from JAMB HERE GOES:

The ASUU strike is a bad atmosphere and SHOWS the perfect example of an internally wounded democracy (in Nigeria), the evil is seriously pouring fast and transforming it (Nigeria) into a stinking place where mobs and madmen are in control. With all the disgragefully shameful habits and hardening/increase in evil tendencies of a bad government where only the rich prospers and rules , our collective sense of reasoning has been caged in a paralysed state. Therefore ASUU should remember, remember vivdly how boring the government is, how it repeats it bad actions, ASUU must not forget how government treated it in the past....the peret ologomabia is old italian language, i think it is old Latin and i am not sure of its meaning!

wonderful translation i most say

nyles: Yes it is possible. Especially when the school administration and ASUU are not on the same page. Sometimes, after ASUU has called off the strike, some schools admin usually make peace with ASUU to accept the admission list so in some cases, it is possible. The school admistration just needs to be wise about how they handle their ASUU branch, if not, then there is usually a disruption in the academic calendar. IT HAPPENED in Unilorin in 2001 and i think UDUSOK sometime ago too.Yes, UDUSOK. Let's see what unfolds.

hmm, ok dat wil b ok, i just pray it al work in our favour

pretihilda: nt true,my kid sis had 72%.she applied 4 law

yes i hav seen som1 wit 80%, bt stil dere ar some wit lower score

Bussyy1: Xpect d list as soon as possible

wht did u mean by dat? Wht of d strike? Wil d list b realis whn ASUU strike is stil ongoin?

Bussyy1: Gooooooood news. Guess wot?

wht is d nems?

Bussyy1: no one really knows.but i checked for like 8 people and none of scored up to 50. The highest is 44

na wa o 44 highest? Out of 8? Hmm God da sha, it shal b wel admision b ours by d power n Grace of God

Andrewakor: by the grace of God we shall all give testimony because if the almighty one is for us who then will be against us? Our names are there in jesus name.amen.what is the post ume performance statistics?

amen o my guy, wel 4 d performance state i dont realy no

Joeprince2nd: Come on guys we are just posting and commenting this and that, but have we sit down an meditate on what other peoples testimonies are about unijos, i have heard of some 2 pple a girl and a guy, d girl applied unijos for medicine with jamb & post jamb score of 183 & 38 respectively, d guy applied unijos for pharmacy with jamb & post jamb score of 193 & 52 respectively, if any of them would be given admission i knw most of us if not all of us will say "it should b d guy dat went 4 pharmacy" but 2 tell u d fact d girl was given d admission 2 study medicind and surgery while d guy wasn't given, dis happend last year. So brother and sister do give up hope no matter how low ur jamb score and post jamb score may just keep on keeping on 4 d God u serve is watching u & will deliver u, and 4 my brothers and sisters dat scored high don't just hold on 2 dat u have 2 couple it with God.
4 now i'm just praying dat ASUU call off dis strike so dat unijos can write their exams and release admission list.
GOD HELP US ALL.

amen my guy

Bussyy1: Woooooooooow. Gud news. Am very api 2 inform my fellow aspirant of unijos dat hv been offered provisional admission in dis uni to study PHARMACY. With just 231 in jamb 55 in pume. FELICITATION!!!!!

pls wht do u mean?

Ruthia: My admission is 99.9% sure, weda devil likes it or not! God has place my :............ @ d top

amen i hope 2 meet wit u on our matriculation

Na wa o, if dat is it den it is realy a serious tin bt sha i trust in God i 40% in post ume n 193 in jamb goin 4 po sci

Bussyy1: Y is dis trend dull like dis?:> . U guys should keep giving info nw. Any PHARMACY aspirant in d aos

i just wonder o, am a po sci aspirant, i wonder d number of po sci aspirant dat sat 4 dis post ume, in al d site i hav been visitin only 1 guy i saw dat wa a po sci aspirant in unijos, wit d jamb stat we hav about 2 to 3 thousand aspirant 4 first choice so we ar al of dem?

Bussyy1: pls an ugent answer t dis question

everybody is hearin 4rom reailable source i wil advice everybody 2 just pray 4 d admision list n 4get wht u hear, wht i knw is dat d post ume test we went 4 was nt welcum by ASUU, ASUU said any studend admited by dat post ume result wil nt b recorgnis as a student by d ASUU lecturers

sakaguchi: @Nyles and @Wittywizard I pray both of you school/schooled in Uniabuja, because that would torpedo a lot of impression I have formed while following this thread ever since the OP opened it. The write-ups and grammar I have seen here are just terrible, the only time you get to see articulate grammar that makes sense on this thread is when a certain dude Mrpresido and Richiez (I guess) COPY AND PASTE newspaper publication (apart from the copy and paste, even these duo are nothing commendable), every other thing here are eyesores and it is betoken of the fact that Uniabuja is gliding down the ramp to hit rock-bottom when other schools are soaring. Our school can no longer lure bright minds to it, I must say that the applicants here do not give me any reason to cheer and this malignant problem plaguing uniabuja is not the fault of the Government, why is it that the best of best of applicants would rather fill in Unilag, OAU, UI, UNN, Unilorin and leave uniabuja with the least of applicants in all federal universities, that means that our lecturers are also to be blamed in the collapse of education structure here and nationwide, afterall, no Nigerian University is among the elite institutions in Africa, Government and ASUU together with its affiliates (NASU, SSANU) are to be blamed.
January 2012 when ASUU
was on one of their many
strikes, there was this joke
circulating on twitter that
between (ASUU), matchstick
and thunder, who strikes
more? Funny as it sounded, it
only brought humour to an
issue that should be looked
into by our lecturers with a
sombre introspection. ASUU
formed since 1978 are yet to
learn how to combat the
Govt. over its insouciance on
Nigeria's education, in its 35
years of existence, it is yet
to come out with measures
that speaks to the Govt. in
the language they
understand while leaving the
innocent Nigerian students in
schools and in classes
learning the art of life.
Funny how all their industrial
actions are centered on #
MONEY with every other
issues being relegated to the
back-burner. ASUU cannot
claim to have the interest of
the Nigerian students at
heart while they are directly
culpable in adding additional
years to their stint in school.
Even if ASUU were to speak
on the quality of education
and infrastructures available
in our ivory towers, they
consciously avoid mentioning
those far more important
issues in the same breath as
their #MONEY.
Come to think of it, it is not
as if they are not partners in
crime in the deplorable state
of our educational centres
today. Our truculent
erudites are ever willing to
down-tool, a practice that
has seemingly become an
annual event.
Who for God-sake will go on
strike over the poor
knowledge delivery from our
lecturers, it is not new that
harassment of female
students have become a
perennial practice in our
institutions, just last month, a
scapegoat was caught by the
horn in ABU, but these are
practices that occur
everyday in every Nigerian
University.
Who will strike on these crimes committed by ASUU members?
Or that handouts are still
being traded in our schools
and lecturers miss lectures
with impunity.
Who will strike on this?
They talk of salaries and
allowances and yet some are
(unfortunately) barely
qualified to lecture on the
courses they teach.
Back then when I was in
100L, I was lectured in
physics and chemistry as do
many of my colleagues, I can
bet that we could easily swap
position with our lecturers so
that they sit and listen while
we do the talking.
Annoyingly, our knowledge of
physics came entirely from
reading textbooks in that our small library in gwagwalada are not from
our strike-happy lecturers
who with due respect could
do with some lectures
themselves.
So the question still
surface for the umpteenth
time,
who will strike over all
these impropriety by ASUU members?
That being said, it is an
embarrassment that we have
a president who is suppose to
have passed through a
university, if this assertion
is true, it is inexcusable that
he treats education with
such levity. Words on the
street is that he was once a
lecturer,meaning that he too
would have, like his peers,
down-tool severally over this
perennial quagmire, then why
would he display this boorish
actions over legitimate
demands from our teachers?
Ofcourse an easy-to-bring
answer to this last question
is that our leaders have sent
out their wards outside the
shores of this country while
leaving our barely surviving
institutions to plunge into
decrepitude.
So the ultimate question still
remain unanswered,
Who suffers in these
frequent and incessant
strikes ASUU embark on?... #
The Nigerian students
ofcourse...
ThankGod its only ASUU
that is embarking on strike,
not the #INTERNET, that
means our main and primary
source of learning is still
working.
When next ASUU decides to
downtool, they should spare
us the long rhetoric and
state the obvious, their
strike centres on their
already tumescent pockets
not on our best interest. Let
us graduate in peace and in
time and leave our fight for
us to take.
If GEJ who was once a lecturer acts this way, it
brings into askance if your
reason(s) for striking is
internecine among ASUU
members, don't be surprise if the current ASUU chairman (Faggae) becomes a governor and personally see to the death of his state university. @Wittywizard, these people are not sincere jaare,
one thing still stands out as
TRUTH, the Govt officials
are overpaid...
ASUU are (supposedly/
controvertibly) underpaid, so
too is the Military, Police,
Teachers, Nurses etc, if all
these are to down-tool
annually as ASUU is incline
to, I wonder what will be of
our country.
This same ASUU were in
UniAbuja while
administrative incompetence
which led to horrendous
hardship of Medical, Vet and Engineering students
festered right under their
noses while they carried out
their ASUU meetings
unperturbed.
Sha! They should Keep it up!!!
Federal Govt and its
partners in crime (ASUU,
Police and co) are steadily
fanning the flame and Embers of
revolution in this country.
.......Emmanuel.

hmm, ur writ up is highly commendably bt dont u tink u ar a bit hard on us d aspirant? Wel on ur agrument i agree wit u in totality, d ASUU lecturers by now shuld hav come up wit somtin 2 engage d gov wit rather dan strike, if country lik ghana spend up 2 30% or more of dere total budget on education i c no reason y nigeria shuld b spendin just 8 or 9% at most of it budget. Nt withstandin dat fact d management of our university also hav dere own side of d blame dere complain of fundni, bt hw ar dere managin d little fund at dere disposal, uniabuja 4 examply til date can nt acount 4 millions if nt billion of naira, my guy d problem is in al sector corruption is d problem we must fight

OJABS_: Hello guys.. it's been a while
Hw was d putme and d results. Let try and cheer up irrespective of d score cos God is in control.
The thread looks

guy wht up? D result of d test wa nt wht i wa expectin sha, i wa expectin 80% bt guy i wa suprise 2 c 40%, i also hav 193 in my jamb goin 4 po sci, wht do u tink about my chance 4 admision?

Wittywizard: mr Goddon. I want to use dis medium to shawn u, pls no1 s a kid here... If UniAbuja didn't give u admission, dont come here & start being too aggressive on any1, its nobody fault & moreova, d list is not fully out... Am highly battered wit ur unusuall comment nowadays... Pls, u just av to calm down in life...thank u.
Witty cares.
Phone: 07037169000
2go: francis6781

i dont realy get u, did i sa somtin? Wel In my case God as already taken charge of it, God is presently fightin 4 my admision bt nt in uniabuja bt in jos, i beliv dat at d end victory shal n wil b ours

Joeprince2nd: what looks like punishment for the poor faculty staff? If u are 2 convert that average % into jamb standard it will be 55.8*4= 223.2, but if d % is approximated to 56 it will be 224.
I gat this from a unijos staf, i don't what department he is specifically but i over heard him telling a lady on phone that, that's how unijos give admission.

na wa na God hand i da o, if na so den me dat hav 193 in jamb n 40% wil be 44.97% which if aproxmated wil b 45 dat is 180, na wa God abeg make u help me o