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 Education › Re: Time To End ASUU’s Fraud – By Abiodun Awolaja by HaryaorGirl(op): 10:21pm On Aug 07, 2022*. Modified: 11:23pm On Aug 07, 2022 |
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| Education › Time To End ASUU’s Fraud – By Abiodun Awolaja by HaryaorGirl(op): 10:20pm On Aug 07, 2022*. Modified: 11:09pm On Aug 07, 2022 |
A caveat: this intervention is not about Nigeria’s university lecturers as individuals. As a product of the system, I am immensely grateful for the part Nigerian academics have played in my life. However, I must look the outfit called Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in the face and express my reservations about its extortionate, diversionary and incendiary tactics. ASUU, the main academic union in the country, is no longer an outfit associated with sound logic and patriotism: it has become an arrogant, ignorant, mean and decidedly insidious organisation that studiously ignores the pains of even its own members, many of whom have been bullied into silence, while pontificating on a socialist Utopia. As an organization, ASUU has a sense of entitlement that borders on criminality. That’s why, this week, its president lamented that none of its members currently on strike had been paid since February. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television, ASUU’s president, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, accused the Federal Government of using hunger as a tool to end the ongoing strike. Hear him: “This is the sixth month our salaries have been held. They thought that if they held our salaries for two or three months we would come begging and say ‘please allow us to go back to work.’ But we as a union of intellectuals, we have grown beyond that. You can’t use the force of hunger to pull our members back.” ASUU’s lamentation about payment for work not done captures the behemoth that it has become following years of pampering by corrupt politicians. The current strike, like the others before it, is not about the mythical education sector and certainly not about students; it is about money and more money for ASUU members, which is a legitimate quest. But ASUU just cannot avoid couching its demands in grandiloquent terms. On the question of increased pay, a committee headed by Professor Nimi Briggs reportedly recommended a 180 per cent pay rise for lecturers, but the government favoured 100 per cent. But what did ASUU do? It insisted that any agreement reached with the Federal Government must be binding on state governments! ASUU only mouths federalism only when it suits its whims. Just how do you force federal and state governments to pay the same rates in a federation when the purse is not the same? Expounding tired and over-flogged arguments, ASUU suggests, fraudulently, that all the problems in the university system are caused by the government. ASUU lacks reflectivity; its intellectualism is fickle and bogus. That’s why it can bellyache over payment for work not done. A university is supposed to be centred around students, but ASUU as a murderous tyrant continually messes up the lives of generations of students with its endless strikes. It claims to be fighting for education in the country while being completely silent on primary school education. It hardly joins students’ struggles but feeds off the adulation and support of the Organised Labour. ASUU has become a pharaoh in the university system and must be unbundled. If Nigeria is too bad for you, resign and go abroad: stop fouling the system with Animal Farm charade. ASUU stinks very badly with its annual ritual of “mother of all strikes.” Many lecturers, riding the high horse of ASUU arrogance, are morally bankrupt, criminally oppressive, intolerant of dissenting opinion, and given to Bolshevik verbiage. Just consider the ASUU president, who does not realize how horrendous he sounds. Only recently, ASUU wasted an entire academic session on an unproductive strike. This year, it’s been on strike for six months and decreed yet another month of idleness, making students’ lives a misery while pretending to fight for them. ASUU is mentally retarded: the only language it understands is habitual strikes with pay, an infernal tactic. If the university system is broken, ASUU with its underhand tactics played a big part in that sorry outcome. I am a Christian and I frown on collecting payment for work not done. It is evil, maniacal and Machiavellian. ASUU has never done anything reasonable for students in decades. To ASUU, Obasanjo was bad, Yar’Adua was unserious, Jonathan was useless and Buhari is irresponsible. So who can ASUU work with? If ASUU doesn’t change its ways, the day will come when its own students will launch an #EndASUU movement that will rock the universities to their foundations. Whenever ASUU goes on strike, students’ lives are jeopardised and the government’s reputation lost. ASUU members, on the other hand, simply face their other jobs, teaching in the private universities and engaging in other “side hustles.” Then at the end of the day, they get paid, teach for only a few months, then embark on another round of strike. Whoever wins the presidential election in 2023 will be derided by ASUU as an anti-education demon. ASUU thinks itself, without any evidence, to be superior to the rest of society. How can a union be more powerful than its employers and the government and hold the society down perpetually? It is a fact that ASUU members are far more dictatorial than the politicians they habitually harangue. Give ASUU all the billions in the budget: it will never be satisfied. It is permanently lodged in the clouds, scoffing at reality. I have considered ASUU’s case for years and thrown out its arguments for lack of merit. Do not just tell me how much lecturers are paid abroad; tell me the size of the economy and the academia, the population and the rules of engagement. No one in the USA gets paid for classes not taught. If you are bold and principled enough to stay off work, you should be bold and principled enough to stay off pay. ASUU strikes are no longer funny. ASUU is a present and abiding danger to this republic. Many lecturers are hungry, ill and tired of the ongoing strike, but the bloody union does not care. It is only a devil that would avoid work for a year, then gladly collect wages for doing nothing. What is pay without work if not fraud  For years through trickery and pretended patriotism, ASUU has made students’ lives miserable. It has hobbled their progress and attacked dissenters with venom. It must be denounced by right-thinking members of the Nigerian society. The Federal Government should stop being an accomplice in ASUU’s crime by paying it for work not done. The nation cannot afford to perpetually nurture ASUU’s expansive heart of darkness. My advice to the government: change your poor attitude to education, proscribe ASUU, and commit more money to the varsities. Let Governing Councils do their jobs and hold their employees accountable. Enforce no-work-no-pay to the letter. Journalists are never paid for work not done, and neither are soldiers and doctors. Why should varsity teachers?” Source: studentsmirror.com.ng 4 Likes 1 Share
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| Education › Re: Who Is ASUU Really Fighting For? by HaryaorGirl(f): 12:04am On Jul 28, 2022 |
Nazgul:GOD BLESS YOU FOR THIS PIECE.... 2 Likes |
| Education › Re: ASUU Strike: Northern Students Protest In Jalingo, Ask FG To Meet ASUU’s Demands by HaryaorGirl(op): 8:19am On Jul 07, 2022*. Modified: 7:41pm On Aug 16, 2022 |
JASONjnr:The annoying thing is that; ASUU knows this and they are still insisting on this endless strike. Foolishness in its highest order What's more frustrating is that my fellow UniJos student will not follow with this ongoing trend |
| Education › Re: ASUU Strike: Unions Should Change Approach In Pressing Home Their Demands — Vars by HaryaorGirl(op): 8:17am On Jul 07, 2022 |
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| Education › ASUU Strike: Unions Should Change Approach In Pressing Home Their Demands — Vars by HaryaorGirl(op): 8:08am On Jul 07, 2022 |
ASUU Strike: FG says Say prolonged strikes have grave consequences on students, nation’s economy As Wabba wades into rivalry among varsity unions By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja Registrars of Universities in Nigeria, Thursday asked the striking four university based unions in the country to change their approach when pressing home their demands instead of shutting down institutions. The Registrars lamented that the incessant closures of public universities due to strikes by teaching and non-teaching staff have grave consequences on the students, quality of education and the nation’s economy. But the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Ayuba Wabba has described strike as a matter of last resort. Recall that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, the Non-Academic Staff of Education and Allied Institutions, NASU, and the National Association of Academic Technologists, NAAT, have been on strike over the alleged inability of the Federal Governmentto attend to some of their concerns. Speaking at the 71st Business meeting in Abuja, Chairman of the Association of Registrars of Nigerian Universities, ARNU, Dr Abubakar Mamuda, said though the struggles of the unions have brought significant benefits to the Nigeria University System, it has become imperative for the unions to change tactics in pressing home their demands due to the negative effect of the strike on the education sector. Mamuda expressed concerns that the devastating effects the current development would have on students, quality of education as well as the registrars themselves may be hard to resolve on the long run. According to him, ”It is true that the struggles of the unions have brought about significant benefits to the Nigeria University System (NUS), however, in view of its negative effects to the NUS there is the need for change in the approach of the unions in pressing home their demands.” Asked to suggest alternative approach for aggrieved unions and striking workers to press home their demands, the ARNU boss said, ”Some have suggested that we should go the way of Germany, that a co-determination approach be adopted where work councils would be established for NUS. ”The work Councils will comprise representatives of employees and Government then issues of conditions of services and renumeration will be tackled without obstruction to academic activities.” ARNU, which is a member of SSANU, maintained that it is imperative its union, ASUU, NASU and NAAT bring every stakeholder on board and ensure to find a lasting solution to the ongoing protracted issues within the university systems. The ARNU chairman said, ”In recent years, we have witnessed a significant increase in the closures of public universities due to strikes either by the academic staff union or the other unions in the university system. ”These strikes have grave consequences on the students, quality of education and the economy of the country as well as the Registrar, who sits at the cross-roads of university administration and who is always on his desk to respond to the demands of university management and government.” However, the NLC President, who was the keynote speaker, argued that no union was interested in going on strike, insisting that lack of honouring agreements on the parts of government made unions and workers to resort to strike. Speaking on the theme, ”Managing Trade Unions and University Administration in an era of uncertainty”, Wabba insisted that the government officials are not truthful for saying Nigeria lacks resources to fund education. He said, ”Nigeria is one of the countries that is very rich in terms of human and mineral resources. If anyone says we don’t have resources to fund education, the person is not truth,” Wabba said adding no registrar’s salary is up to $800.” He also lamented the rivalry among the four university based unions which he said had compounded their problems, stressing that he was making efforts to ensure that the unions are under one umbrella and speak with one voice when engaging government officials on their demands.
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| Education › Re: ASUU Strike: Northern Students Protest In Jalingo, Ask FG To Meet ASUU’s Demands by HaryaorGirl(op): 5:16am On Jul 04, 2022 |
ASUU Vs FG ABEG NA 2 Likes
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| Education › ASUU Strike: Northern Students Protest In Jalingo, Ask FG To Meet ASUU’s Demands by HaryaorGirl(op): 5:14am On Jul 04, 2022*. Modified: 7:39pm On Aug 16, 2022 |
Students from the nineteen northern states of Nigeria, on Friday, protested the lingering ASUU strike in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital. Under the auspices of the Coalition of Northern Groups’ Students, the undergraduates are asking traditional rulers, civil society organisations, and government at all levels to urgently intervene and end the strike. The protest followed the inability of the Federal Government to resolve the ongoing strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which has entered its fifth month. Northern students protest against the lingering ASUU strike in Taraba on July 1, 2022. To air their grievances, they carried placards bearing several inscriptions like ‘FG, end ASUU strike now’, ‘Incessant ASUU/FG face-off, a demonstration of craziness,’ etc. The exasperated students while rallying for their cause barricaded the ever-busy Jalingo Expressway, a situation that caused gridlock for motorists. Speaking to journalists, the National Secretary-General of the Coalition, Emuseh Gimba, accused the Federal Government of meeting the demands of the striking lecturers. “The Federal Government has refused to listen to ASUU or even consider their plea. This is something we are supposed to be responsible for,” she said. “These same people in government have once been students. These people have enjoyed free education in the past. They are the same people that call themselves our parents. If they will not listen to the plea of our lecturers, why won’t they listen to the plea of the Nigerian students? “Why won’t they consider the fact that they enjoyed free education and the students in this time are not enjoying free education they enjoyed?” According to her, students schooling in Kaduna, Katsina, and other northern states are worried by the worsening state of insecurity. Gimba further bemoaned the high spate of kidnapping and banditry activities in the region, accusing the government of making life miserable for students by compounding their woes with the lingering ASUU strike. She further asked the authorities to resolve the impasse with the striking lecturers so that students’ welfare can be prioritised. Source: https://www.channelstv.com/2022/07/02/northern-students-protest-lingering-ASUU-strike-in-jalingo/amp/ Meanwhile, Unijos are acting less concerned about the whole thing.
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| Education › JAMB Registrar Condemns ASUU Strike, Donates Medical Equipment’s To UITH, 11 Oth by HaryaorGirl(op): 9:24am On Jun 30, 2022 |
Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Ishaq Oloyede, has condemned the ongoing industrial strike action by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU),describing it as unnecessary. Professor Oloyede, former Vice Chancellor of University of Ilorin, said this when the university admission regulatory agency presented multi-billion naira medical equipments to the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) for improved health care delivery in the country, in collaboration with a US based agency, Project Cure. The JAMB registrar, who said that incessant strike action by unions in the nation’s tertiary institution was capable of causing irreparable damage on not just the students but also the nation, tasked both the government and the unions to find a way of putting an end to the “unnecessary strike action”. “While acknowledging the fact that the primary responsibility of reasonable (even if not adequate) funding of public health and education institutions lies on the proprietors-the Government, may I seize this opportunity to call on the employers, university-based labour unions to appreciate the irreparable damage of incessant strikes on not just the students but also the nation”, he stressed Professor Oloyede, who said that the intervention of the Board in the area of health care delivery was to support government’s efforts aimed at addressing the huge medical infrastructural gap, added that JAMB would continue to prune down its expenses through prudent management, adoption of relevant cost-saving technology, and other efficiency-strategies to free up resources to support major stakeholders such as the tertiary health and educational institutions in order to uplift the health and educational institutions. He said that the tertiary health institutions’ hospital equipment intervention was for 12 benefiting health facilities in all the six geopolitical zones in the country, for the benefit of the Nigerian people. The equipment include angle poise lamp, Ventilator, consumables, Mattress, OG couch, gynecology chair, treatment table, treadmill machine, crutches, ICU beds, urinary catheters, defibrillator machines, laparoscopy machines, needle and syringes, wheel chairs, Oxygen concentrator, suction machines, endoscopy machines, among others. Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/06/jamb-registrar-condemns-ASUU-strike-donates-medical-equipments-to-uith-11-others/
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| Education › Re: Ban ASUU Now For Shutting Down Universities, FG Told by HaryaorGirl(op): 12:31am On Jun 26, 2022 |
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| Education › Re: Ban ASUU Now For Shutting Down Universities, FG Told by HaryaorGirl(op): 12:28am On Jun 26, 2022 |
In other news... The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has observed that resolving its ongoing strike action could be done by the adoption of the transparent payment platform, University Transparency and Accountability Solutions (UTAS). So far so good, the only reason why we have been at home for the past 4 months is not because of salary arrears or revisitation funds. The strike has always been because OF UTAS-A payment platform which ASUU designed to suit their own taste. Meanwhile the army, doctors, police, etc are not complaining about IPPIS. ASUU ARE JUST BEEN WICKED and they don't give a damn about we students. They should be banned #ENDASUU #ENDUTAS |
| Education › Ban ASUU Now For Shutting Down Universities, FG Told by HaryaorGirl(op): 12:22am On Jun 26, 2022 |
A member of the National Caucus of the All Progressives Congress APC, Chief Sam Nkire has called on the Federal Government to consider banning the Academic Staff Union of Universities, saying it was hampering clog the development of university education in Nigeria. In a statement made available to Vanguard on Wednesday in Abuja, Nkire said for many decades, ASUU had turned itself into a tool for destruction by its frequent strikes which have become a habit, rather than a development partner to the Nigerian university system. The APC Chieftain said[b] “I believe our university system can run better without the disruption from ASUU[/b] which has turned itself into an employee intent on destroying the company”. He added that all university staff came to work from various locations as individuals, adding that, “it is unacceptable for a group of individuals to gang up to determine whether and when Nigerians go to the university or not. According to him, “it is the duty of the Federal Government not to allow ASUU or any other workers’ union to bring the government to it’s knees, cripple the economy and shut down the society.” However, Nkire said he was not oblivious of most of the problems being encountered by the Universities and their teachers, but urged ASUU to put into account the challenges and numerous problems facing Nigeria and most countries in the world. He advised ASUU and all other institutions which have embarked on any form of industrial action to consider the plight of their students and members and go back to work, adding, “ASUU has made it’s point and government and the people have heard them”. Source https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/06/ban-ASUU-now-for-shutting-down-universities-fg-told/amp/ 1 Like
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| Education › Re: ASUU Proffers Solution To Ongoing Strike by HaryaorGirl(f): 12:15am On Jun 26, 2022 |
Jman06:It is always NO UTAS, NO RESUMPTION! They want this UTAS by fire by force. Something is really not right. |
| Education › Re: Why FG Should Not Consider Approving UTAS- A Nairalander by HaryaorGirl(op): 12:11am On Jun 26, 2022*. Modified: 12:17pm On Aug 20, 2022 |
bahaushe1:ASUU should fight for this, and not clamouring for UTAS every now and then. |
| Education › Re: Why FG Should Not Consider Approving UTAS- A Nairalander by HaryaorGirl(op): 12:07am On Jun 26, 2022 |
bahaushe1:I agree with the no 2-5. Meanwhile UTAS has always been on every news headline, yet it's not the cause of the strike. ASUU chairman has repeated the statement overtime[b] "NO UTAS, NO RESUMPTION!!!"[/b] The fact that the strike is not about UTAS is a fallacy. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has observed that resolving its ongoing strike action could be done by the adoption of the transparent payment platform, University Transparency and Accountability Solutions (UTAS). You people should enjoy the vacation We will see you guys in class next year. Selfishness at it's peak |
| Education › Re: Why FG Should Not Consider Approving UTAS- A Nairalander by HaryaorGirl(op): 12:05am On Jun 26, 2022 |
bahaushe1:All this one na wash. ASUU is not fighting for allowances. The headline is always UTAS U people should enjoy your vacation Wicked people!!! |
| Education › Re: Why FG Should Not Consider Approving UTAS- A Nairalander by HaryaorGirl(op): 12:04am On Jun 26, 2022 |
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| Education › Re: Why FG Should Not Consider Approving UTAS- A Nairalander by HaryaorGirl(op): 6:07pm On Jun 22, 2022 |
Samakus:Don't bring gender inequality into this! The government is not going to do anything tangible about the strike until next year. You and I know it. Why punish us? Meanwhile ASUU staffs would get to enjoy this endless vacation |
| Education › Re: Why FG Should Not Consider Approving UTAS- A Nairalander by HaryaorGirl(op): 6:06pm On Jun 22, 2022 |
Samakus:Is it the same aith other sector's? If No! Why are ASUU the recipent of this issue? Because I know uniform men and women who get paid with IPPIS. Salaries gets delayed sometimes (It's understandable) but I have never heard anything about payment dropping without a cause? Please go on sir! Convince me why you feel IPPIS is develish? |
| Education › Re: Utas Is Scam, Will Encourage More Ghost Workers, Less Productivit- A Nairalander by HaryaorGirl(op): 6:00pm On Jun 22, 2022 |
Sacramento85:How are they different from each other sir? |
| Education › Re: ASUU Denied Ending The Ongoing Strike. by HaryaorGirl(f): 11:15pm On Jun 21, 2022 |
Which way laikdis |
| Education › Re: Why FG Should Not Consider Approving UTAS- A Nairalander by HaryaorGirl(op): 11:07pm On Jun 21, 2022 |
Shascky33:They are making IPPIS look like a plague. No one else is complaining except for ASUU #ENDASUU #ENDASUU #ENDASUU |
| Education › Re: Why FG Should Not Consider Approving UTAS- A Nairalander by HaryaorGirl(op): 11:04pm On Jun 21, 2022 |
Samakus:U wlll just open mouth waaaaa Who says a woman can only receive D at school? Are there no church lovers, neighbors, etc? We just want to resume. I want to graduate on time. Someone who gained admission last year while I was in 200 level Is currently in 200 level while I am still in 200 level. And it's because of UTAS- A payment platform that ASUU designed; and are imposing it on the government. No let me vex for you |
| Education › Re: Why FG Should Not Consider Approving UTAS- A Nairalander by HaryaorGirl(op): 11:00pm On Jun 21, 2022 |
Jung:I blame the government for one thing... If I were to be in power, I will increase salaries as wanted, pay salary arrears and then place a mandate that any lecturer who does not resume office should be fired There are alot of people who need the job. If you people dont like the job or the benefits attached to it, Leave it!!! #ENDUTAS Let us resume Abeg #ENDASUU #ENDASUU #ENDASUUU 1 Like |
| Education › Re: Why FG Should Not Consider Approving UTAS- A Nairalander by HaryaorGirl(op): 10:56pm On Jun 21, 2022 |
Jung:U people are just using the other demands to cover face UTAS is ASUU main demands. Everytime the press gets a word from the ASUU chairman. He'll always say NO UTAS! NO RESUMPTION! The strike is not about salary or wages. It all revolves around UTAS. It is why we have been at home for 4 f*cking months (WICKEDNESS AT IT'S PEAK) #ENDUTAS #ENDASUU 1 Like |
| Education › Re: Why FG Should Not Consider Approving UTAS- A Nairalander by HaryaorGirl(op): 10:50pm On Jun 21, 2022 |
luminouz:A lecturer explained to me the benefits of UTAS in 2018 (b4 I even gained admission) and he explained how UTAS will enable them work in two or more universities and get paid easily. That has always been the main reason why ASUU is pushing for UTAS... If you truly feel our pain, you'll let us resume, and not keep us home because of a payment platform that you people designed on your own (Where is it even done?). #ENDUTAS #ENDASUU |
| Education › Re: Strike: No Work, No Pay Policy Can’t Break Us, ASUU Tells Government by HaryaorGirl(f): 5:18am On Jun 21, 2022 |
edoairways:Most of them are living on bank overdrafts, cooperative loans, etc |
| Education › Re: Does ASUU Strike Affect Only Students? by HaryaorGirl(f): 5:11am On Jun 21, 2022 |
[quote author=Benjaniblinks post=112748094]ASUU please don't agree with the federal government on anything . Let me recover from this massive crypto loss [/quote How market?
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| Education › Re: A Nairalander Cry Out On The Effect Of ASUU Strike On Students by HaryaorGirl(op): 5:09am On Jun 21, 2022*. Modified: 11:28pm On Aug 16, 2022 |
Harrykn:So you are saying I am jobless? I just want to resume. Is that too much to ask for? 1 Like |
| Education › Re: A Nairalander Cry Out On The Effect Of ASUU Strike On Students by HaryaorGirl(op): 5:06am On Jun 21, 2022 |
Blaqroman0000:God help us |
| Education › Re: Why FG Should Not Consider Approving UTAS- A Nairalander by HaryaorGirl(op): 4:59am On Jun 21, 2022 |
edogu:Sorry I am not getting something... Aside from the added benefits of salary arrears outside of the school calendar, Staff not getting sabbatical leaves, etc. Is the IPPIS platform reducing monthly allowance? Is it affecting the speed of disbursement of allowance? Why the call for this endless strike (It's looking like we are going to rollover the strike until next year) Please I don't understand why you people choose to punish us like this... Because at the end of the day; you know, and I know that ASUU will still get paid for all this months of "Endless Vacation" not |
| Education › Re: Why FG Should Not Consider Approving UTAS- A Nairalander by HaryaorGirl(op): 4:11am On Jun 21, 2022 |
fernandoc:And when were you born "Ancient of days"
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