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Vice President Namadi Sambo led the Federal Government team in a renewed negotiation with ASUU to resolve the lingering strike that has crippled the universities.
The meeting held at Aguda house, Presidential Villa on Friday.
In attendance on the part of the Federal Government were the Supervising Minister of Education, Barr. Nyesom Wike, Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission, NUC, Prof. Julius Okojie and technical staff of the Federal Ministry of Education.
Scan-News gathered that ASUU President, Dr Nasir Isa Fagge and his executives were accompanied to the meeting by Committee of Vice Chancellors leadership.
It was learnt that an earlier meeting between Barr. Wike and ASUU leadership teased out areas of possible concession of both sides.
Scan News gathered the Federal Government may concede to ASUU the right to participate as a major stakeholder in the execution of NEEDS Implementation Projects in the universities.
ASUU had complained that the Suswam Committee excluded them from the implementation of projects in the universities.
On the part of ASUU, the meeting agreed that they should suspend their strike, while the process of implementation continues.
A Vice Chancellor of a northern university attending the meeting said that key issues will be ratified and the strike may be resolved in less than two weeks.
According to him, the vigour and forthrightness introduced by the Supervising Minister of Education, Barr. Wike who opened diplomatic channels with ASUU leadership.
“Our belief is that with the ground work already done, this strike should not last more than two weeks”, he said.
If they strike a compromise, the Federal Government will release ASUU’s september Salary today and the lecturers will get their alert next week, it was gathered.
The leaders after the two hours meeting that ended about 2pm on Friday did not issue a statement. Scan News gathered that they will reconvene on Monday before  Sallah.
Source: http:///fNifZs

Vice President Namadi Sambo led the Federal Government team in a renewed negotiation with ASUU to resolve the lingering strike that has crippled the universities.
The meeting held at Aguda house, Presidential Villa on Friday.
In attendance on the part of the Federal Government were the Supervising Minister of Education, Barr. Nyesom Wike, Executive Secretary of National Universities Commission, NUC, Prof. Julius Okojie and technical staff of the Federal Ministry of Education.
Scan-News gathered that ASUU President, Dr Nasir Isa Fagge and his executives were accompanied to the meeting by Committee of Vice Chancellors leadership.
It was learnt that an earlier meeting between Barr. Wike and ASUU leadership teased out areas of possible concession of both sides.
Scan News gathered the Federal Government may concede to ASUU the right to participate as a major stakeholder in the execution of NEEDS Implementation Projects in the universities.
ASUU had complained that the Suswam Committee excluded them from the implementation of projects in the universities.
On the part of ASUU, the meeting agreed that they should suspend their strike, while the process of implementation continues.
A Vice Chancellor of a northern university attending the meeting said that key issues will be ratified and the strike may be resolved in less than two weeks.
According to him, the vigour and forthrightness introduced by the Supervising Minister of Education, Barr. Wike who opened diplomatic channels with ASUU leadership.
“Our belief is that with the ground work already done, this strike should not last more than two weeks”, he said.
If they strike a compromise, the Federal Government will release ASUU’s september Salary today and the lecturers will get their alert next week, it was gathered.
The leaders after the two hours meeting that ended about 2pm on Friday did not issue a statement. Scan News gathered that they will reconvene on Monday before  Sallah.
Source: http:///fNifZs

jaidor: @OP, I just have to let you understand that there is absolutely nothing to justify the lingering strike than for improved living condition (Hike in salaries) of the lecturers. It's glaring they all want to live large like our politicians, they feel if someone could be earning Millions with an ordinary Waec, Hnd or Bsc how much more the Phd holders and Profs...but my answer to that is simple, if u want to earn like them, then quit your lecturing job and join them. (Late Yar'adua and GEJ did it successfully) rather that inflict agonies on the innocent students. I mean, tell me just 2 ways in which the strike is really affecting the govt (for the ones in currently in power though)? I guess except for 2015 election's sake. They live their lives normally as if nothing is happening and at the same time you guys (Lecturers) would still accrue ur monthly salaries. So that means u have absolutely nothing to lose sequel to the strike.
If truly you want us to believe that you are agitating for revamping of our universities then declear to the public that you would forgo your monthly salaries and allowances during the course of the strike, only then would you have the support of someone like me.

Although I am not advocating the chary attitude of FG but I think I quite agree with them that it is not all the lecturers that are entitled to earned allowances. Reason is that some, infact most of them have refused to 'develop' themselves, they have never sat for an hour to study futher since they got their Phd. Hence they go to classrooms to dictate verbatim from textbooks written by their counterparts in other countries (esp. USA and India) with no futher elucidation to the students. Yet such lecturers still want to be paid an 'undeserved' allowance.
It's also imperative that I ask of what benefits have you guys (Lecturers) ever been to this nation Nigeria apart from dictating notes to ur students? How many of you has ever come up with a great discovery or invention that could better the lives of Nigerians? Ordinary mosquito killer some of the naija's Dr(s) and profs can't make. We have lots of Professors in Mechanical engineering yet we still can't manufacture a viable car. We have you guys here in Nigeria and yet we import virtually everything from other countries. I once heard of a professor in computer science that could not design a website. How pathetic! Yet they all wants to be entitled to allowances.
I could vividly remember a member of ASUU from uniben or so making an utterance that they (ASUU) will never call off the strike even if it lasts for Ten (10) years, and I was like is this supposed to be a lecturer or a goon?

So face it Mister (or Prof), I for one can never be deluded by your extremely sentimental write up...and it's simple, you stick to your opinion and i'll stick to mine.

Forgive me if I sound so brash. But remember two wrongs can never make a right and it is unjustifiable to inflict agonies on innocent Nigerian students.
Stop The Strike As Soon As Possible!

Thanks

Well, you have some points there but everything still boils down to issue of adequate funding... If you go through all what prof. Femi wrote, he agreed that some parts of their demands were based on selfish reasons but that should not be used to overlook the other part which was and still is the issue of funding...If universities are adequately funded, our universities will attract best brains in the world and bad eggs( like lazy,unproductive lecturers etc) will be flushed out. From what you said, you made mention of some lecturers that could not invent anything despite the fact that they were professors... We cannot totally blame them because when they were undergraduates like us, they passed through the same university system that will still have now. How do u expect them to be fully functional when they were not properly taught themselves? ...abt the issue of collecting salary for the period of the strike, I think that he has done justice to that in his previous comments... I believe that Prof. Femi will do justice to some questions that I didn't answer...

[quote author=Aedes_muskeeto]

WTF is unclad anyway?? Sure say that word dey for diko?[/quote]Unclad- when one doesn't have any cloth on... You can check the dictionary for its meaning...

First of all, kudos to prof. Femi for taking the time to enlighten us despite the fact that he wasn't paid to do so... I will leave the blaming game to people who have the time for it... I have a question for you and it goes thus...
* Since there's an agreement between FG and ASUU, can't ASUU sue FG to court to compel them to implement it instead of embarking on strike?

cap28: The fact that i say that the root cause of nigeria's problems lies with the west does not mean that i am a defender of the bandits that run nigeria.

let me explain - the nigerian elite are indeed culpable in the destruction of nigeria but they are not the root cause of the destruction, the root cause lies with the people who have made it possible for them to even be your leaders in the first place and that is where the west comes in to the picture.

in order for you to even begin to understand how nigeria works you must understand world history which clearly you do not , hence your ignorance.

Let me break it down for you - britain up until the end of the second world war had an empire and nigeria was (and still remains) one of its possessions.

the United States emerged as the most powerful nation after the second world war and usurped Britain's position and began to build its own empire and assert its dominance over resource rich countries but it stayed out of africa due to a mutual agreement that it had with europe. this agreement states that america will not interfere with any of europe's colonies (possessions) as long as europe does not lay claim to any nations which america controls, this is known as the Monroe Doctrine - go and research it and gain some knowledge.

every single country on the african continent is owned lock stock and barrel by a european nation and the ones that refuse to be part of that arrangement have been attacked by either europe or america either militarily (somalia, libya, ivory coast ) or economically (zimbabwe)

Nigeria has never been an independent nation - the igbos attempted to breakout of this set up but found themselves facing the military might of britain who used their northern puppets to crush their attempted secession. Since the civil war, power, remains in the hands of a corrupt elite who have been handpicked by britain, if you are not given the green light by britain to take over the running of nigeria it will just be a matter of time before you will be overthrown by way of a military coup, sponsored and financed by either british intelligence, the CIA or any other european intelligence organisations.

a very recent example is egypt where a democratically elected president - mohammed morsi was removed by way of a CIA sponsored coup.

Now i knkow you must be asking why would britain do this - whats in it for them ? the answer is simple - limitless access to cheap crude oil cheap labour and a market of over 150 million consumers who are only too willing to remain obedient slaves to a system that exploits and abuses them, britain couldnt care less whether your leaders steal trillions of dollars of nigeria's wealth, all they are concerned about is that the country remain open for their corporations to ra.pe and plunder your resources at rock bottom prices with no hindrances - that is the bottom line.

The more corrupt your leaders are, the easier it is for the western govts to manipulate them, because a greedy person can be bought, whereas a patriotic leader can not.

A patriotic leader will never allow you to devalue his nation's currency, do a deal with western banks which involves handing over almost 90% of your foreign reserves in the name of debt cancellation, allow you to impoverish their citizens, take on more debt with interest, restructure their economy to suit the dictates of europe and america knowing full well that such restructuring will lead to mass unemployment, poverty and despair, the list goes on.

it is pitiful that you claim to be educated but do not understand that the above mentioned are just the tip of the iceberg in terms of the abuse and exploitation being meted out to nigeria by britain.

The situation is so bad that despite all of the above, britain still has the nerve to ban nigerians from their country by imposing racist immigration policiese against nigerian citizens - this is the level of contempt that they have for us, they abuse us and they laugh in our face and yet we still have people like you still wallowing in ignorance failing to understand where their problems are coming from.

You talk about ignorance being bliss - you should know because you are neck deep in it, my advice to you is use the time that you have in america to re -educate yourself - education is not just about cramming textbooks - its about understanding the world that you live in, which clearly you dont.

Before i end this response let me go back to your statment about the west not being responsible for the corrupt practices of nigerian politicians - ask yourself this question - why do western banks continue to allow nigerian politicians to hide their loot in their banks?

In law if you are an accomplice to a crime you are equally culpable therefore why is the accomplice in this instance not held to account but only the perpetrator of the crime?

Lets go back to the 1970s - In 1976 Murtala Muhammed was summoned to the white house by the then US national security adviser Henry Kissinger to play the part of the obedient african house boy and guess what? he told Kissinger to go to hell!!

Murtala Muhammed refused to be treated like a house boy and made it clear that nigeria did not take orders from the west. He was adamant that nigeria should be a non alligned nation with full control over its economic and poliltical destiny, not long after adopting this stance he was assassinated and replaced with the imperialist stooge Obasanjo - contrast that with the pitiful behaviour of Goodluck Jonathan

In 1984 another progressive nigerian in the person of Muhammadu Buhari took over the reigns of power - here is a man who strongly opposed the west's destructive economic policy known as Structural Adjustment Policy (SAP), he also wanted a moratorium (freeze) placed on all interest owed on outstanding loans to western banks - how long did he last? Approximately 20 months thats how long.

Who replaced him? The notorious IBB (a man who Buhari was planning on retiring from the army)

Now i ask you, why is it that every time nigeria has been opportuned to find a progressive leader something happens to them, either they wind up dead or they are removed by way of a coup ?
On the other hand criminals like IBB, OBJ seem to have access to a revolving door into the corridors of power?

I know you will never be able to answer any of those questions because you have not yet understood how nations operate and my beleif is that it may be too late for you to wake up.

Choi, you are truly a conspiracy theorist...

@Zebra... Yes, we have good basic education...we have schools that give good basic education...

@zebra...I disagree with what u said. We must invest heavily in pry,secondary and tertiary education... In pry and secondary schools, students are only taught the basics. It is only when u get tertiary education that u will be taught more than the basics I.e a place where u can be mentally emancipated so if we can invest heavily in pry, secondary and tertiary education, boko haram will become thing of the past... Also, there should be employment opportunities

[quote author=Appliedmaths.]@OP, let me break it down for you as an economist; Economic systems varies from country to country just because one policy worked in Egypt doesn't mean that same policy would work in Nigeria. Nigeria is spending heavily on security on a daily basis, these other countries you mentioned are not facing half the security mess we are facing. Resources are scarce and wants are unlimited, as at now the FG don't have the amount of money ASUU is demanding give them time at least unlike before N130B has been released and more to come, so should we neglect defence at this crucial stage to attend to ASUU?, we all saw what BH did to those students in YOLA. So let's reason together and move Nigeria forward, 2014 is a nice political year to nail the FG in connection with the 2015 election I bet you they must comply. Let's reason!. One of the main macro-economic goal of Govt. Is to provide 'law and order' and also a secure enviroment for it's people, and we are no way near there. ASUU's demand is legitimate but the FG at the moment can't meet up.[/quote]What do you mean that there is no money to pay them? Stop listening to the lies of Okonjo iweala... There is money to pay them... Do u know how much is being embezzled daily? Do u know how much money that are being embezzled by political office holders in the name of allowances?
About security situation in Nigeria: we claim that we are fighting boko haram with everything we have... How do we fight boko haram effectively when they still have recruiting grounds for potential insurgents due to lack of education? It should be noted that before we can overcome the menace posed by boko haram, we must invest heavily in educational sectors so as eliminate recruiting ground of boko haram... I rest my case for now

In the last three months, we have watched with bewilderment the mind-boggling kid-gloves approach adopted by the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) over its agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The height of it is the last September national media briefing of President Goodluck Jonathan. The president who was asked about his position on the ASUU strike said inter alia, “In the past, they did not go this far when strikes were called off but now politics has gone into everything.” This response is an uncomplicated indication of the low level of leadership in the country. The president seeks to create the impression that ASUU strike was politically motivated. This is far from the truth and we wish to highlight some salient points at issue in the three-month old standoff for the benefit of many Nigerians who are yet to grapple with the basics.
The university is the highest place of learning in most societies. It is a place for research, knowledge production and reproduction as well as its use for the benefit of society. The commitment of academics is the pursuit of truth wherever it leads and this is central to the autonomy of the university. It is not a place to be indicted for ‘teaching what one is paid not to teach.’ It is a place of dissent and controversy and that is the dialectics of arriving at the truth. Countries which believe in the development and transformation of their society invest heavily in education. The industrialized countries of the world invested in research and capacity building and therefore were able to attain the height of development which they occupy today.
It is to be noted that developing countries that have caught up with the first world have also invested heavily in education and training. Japan, South Korea, China, Malaysia, Taiwan Singapore, Indonesia to name a few have all invested heavily in education making the respected scholar, Amartya Sen, to christen education in Asia, and especially in China, as the “Eastern Strategy”. South Korea alone commits over 60 percent of its public spending to achieve universal primary education. China invested $1.26 trillion representing 4 percent of its GDP on education in the last five years. Its institutions have access to all published journals worldwide. Indonesia invested 29.5 percent of its public spending in 2011 alone.
UNESCO recommends 26 percent of a country’s annual budget to education. In Africa, Ghana tops the list of country with a huge 31percent, Cote d’Ivoire, 30; Uganda 27; Morocco 26.1; Swaziland 24.6; South Africa 25.8; Kenya, 23; Botswana, 19; Burkina Faso, 16.8 and Nigeria hugs the bottom at 8.4. Tell us how a Nigerian scholar can compete effectively with his/her colleagues elsewhere availed with so much huge learning resources. Celestin Monga once identified four deficits in Africa. These include deficit of self-esteem; deficit of knowledge and learning; deficit of leadership and deficit of communication. In the twenty-first century, the worst deficit is that of knowledge and learning. In Nigeria and elsewhere in the continent it is due largely to naive consciousness of the leaders who believe that development can come about by miracle and rhetoric. Simply put, it is surrender to irrationality. This is the scourge which ASUU is fighting.
It is important to reaffirm here what ASUU demands are in the current standoff. The demands are that the FG implements agreements in three separate documents: the 2009 Agreement; the January 24, 2012 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and the July 2012 Needs Assessment Report on Nigeria public universities. The common elements in the documents are that: 1) Government shall provide N1.3tr and N1.6tr funding for addressing the rot and decay in the universities. The MoU specified N100 billion for 2012 and N400 billion for each of the three years 2013-2015. 2) Payment of earned allowances to all staff in 24 federal universities. The allowances for July 2009 to April 2013 stand as N92b. Government insists that ASUU must forget about the agreements because ‘they are just on paper’. It wants to provide 100 billion for funding and N30 billion for earned allowances on a ‘take it or leave it’ basis. ASUU says no. Do note however that even the N100 billion which source the FGN has refused to disclose is to be taken from Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) already set aside for the universities. 
Earnest leadership elsewhere knows the significance of education. Recently, France made public its policy to build a digital economy based on research and training. At the turn of the Millennium, Bill Clinton made public his policy to put every American child in school and improve the standard through systems assessment and accountability as basic requirement for today’s world economy. About the same time, Tony Blair made bold to say that the British would control the information superhighway in the new century. What is the Nigerian vision? None. The staff-student ratio of 1:30 is hardly met in our tertiary institutions and so is the staff mix of 20 percent professorial cadre, 35 percent senior lecturers category and 45 percent others. Full-time staff are complimented by adjuncts and associates lecturers in order to meet National University Commission benchmark. Now private universities proliferate the landscape with low staff capacity and churning out deficient graduates to justify the huge amount of money parents pay. Virtually all those in leadership positions in the country today have their children enrolled in schools abroad. Does anyone need to go far to know why they are not bothered?
The situation in our universities today is so bad that we cannot produce globally competitive graduates. Majority of graduates are simply unemployable. The consequence of the FG’s imprudence is that the tertiary institutions in the country will suffer a triple tragedy: half-baked graduates, deficiency of academic staff and development stasis. Indeed, many of our colleagues who out of patriotism returned to the country to help turn around the dwindling fortunes of our institutions will return to overseas where their services are valued. Without ambiguity, political and financial commitments are required to pull the country’s education sector out of the woods. 
Parents especially must realise that the ASUU cause is not self-serving, not about salaries and not politically motivated; they must also resist the logical inclination to prize their wards’ immediate plight above the collective and longer term interest of rescuing our educational system from the brink of the abyss. Everybody must hold the leadership accountable and demand for it to do the right thing. Indeed, public officials wallow brazenly in affluence unchecked and to be acquiescent at this time is to be supportive of the status quo. The amount already earmarked for the ‘centenary celebrations’ in 2014 will conveniently address the immediate emergencies in the educational sector. We therefore, employ this opportunity to call on parents and well-meaning Nigerians to appreciate the demand of ASUU and put pressure on the FGN to save education and the future of our children.
 source:http://mobile.saharareporters.com/article/university-question-sylvester-akhaine-lanrewaju-ajiboye-surajudeen-mudasiru-femi-edun-tunde-

I think that Op's topic is useful for intending migrants... From what I can deduce from the topic and all what emeka said, USA may not be as rosy as most of us thought it would be. It should be noted Emeka took cognisance of the fact that some Nigerians are succeeding in the states while others are not due to lack of preparation,focus et cetera. What caused the arguments, insults was the fact that most people did not read in between the line... Most Nigerians ordinarily don't like people telling/advising them not to do what they have planned to do or painting a picture that is different from what they have in mind... Please let's try and read in between the line. Let's also have spirit of tolerance... My own opinion

CHEATING ALERT!!!

It is with shock that I announce to you that some enemies of progress have reduced the normal three (3) fishes inside 'TITUS' Sardine to two (2) fishes.

NAFDAC has to act now or we will protest if this situation is not addressed immediately.....

Haba! You will open Titus sardine one day and find only the oil.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH ABEG!!!

ASUU should call off the strike as soon as possible jare...

FG says 80 per cent ASUU demands have been met.
The federal government on Wednesday appealed to primary and secondary school teachers not to embark on strike in solidarity with striking university lecturers.
The Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, on Wednesday also disclosed that 80 per cent of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)’s demands had been met by Federal Government.
Mr. Wike, who stated these in a meeting with the leadership of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) in Abuja, said the yet-to-be resolved issues were those of earned allowances.
He said that the other unresolved issue was the N400 billion annual capital expenditure to universities demanded by ASUU.
“The N400 billion they are demanding is not part of federal budget or Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) intervention.
“And out of the N92 billion earned allowances demanded by ASUU, government has offered N30 billion to them for a start,’’ he said.
According to the minister, ASUU is considering the offer and had asked to be given untilThursday to enable it meet with its branches for a resolution.
“So, the purpose of this meeting is to tell you (NUT) how far we have gone because of the reports and the letter we got from the union that you are going on a solidarity strike with ASUU,’’ he said.
Mr. Wike also apologised to the NUT for his comments on Monday that the union had no business going on a solidarity strike with ASUU strike, saying he spoke “unofficially’’.
Also speaking at the meeting, the Minister of Labour, Emeka Wogu, appealed to the NUT not to go on the proposed strike as it would only complicate issues.
Mr. Wogu said that NUT might not have been briefed appropriately on government’s efforts to resolve the crisis with ASUU and so appealed to the union to embark on the planned sympathy strike.
“One thing that is clear is that the Federal Government has started the implementation of the 2009 agreement. The matter can still be resolved,’’ he said.
In his response, the National President of NUT, Michael Olukoya, said teachers, under the umbrella of NUT were concerned with the lingering ASUU strike that was threatening the collapse of the education sector.
Mr. Olukoya said that all stakeholders should come together and explore ways of ending the crisis.
He advised both ASUU and the Federal Government to “put Nigeria first’’ in their negotiations and shun the idea of “buck passing’’.
The NUT boss also called for the review of the conditions for accessing the intervention fund as the stringent conditions was preventing the institutions from benefiting from the fund.
He said that NUT was not threatening to go on the solidarity strike in the interest of ASUU, but in the overall interest of Nigerians.
source:http://premiumtimesng.com/news/145915-ASUU-strike-nigeria-government-begs-primary-secondary-school-teachers-start-solidarity-strike.html?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=ASUU-strike-nigeria-government-begs-primary-secondary-school-teachers-start-solidarity-strike

Nidles: Please why is it that some undergraduate account was credited and some were not because mine was not credited

How much was it?

As the crisis between the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) continues unabated, the Vice-Chancellor of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), in Ondo State, Prof. Femi Mimiko today threatened to call his students back to school if the two parties involved fails to resolve before the end of this month.

Mimiko, who spoke with reporters at World Pharmacists Day held in Akure, the State Capital said the management has strategic plans to recall the students back to campus in the next few days.

He stressed that the ongoing ASSU strike had affected the institution’s calendar, which for so many years has remained uninterrupted.

The Vice Chancellor noted that there was an ongoing consultation between the workers and the management on the needs to resume work, if the strike continues.

His words, “interruption of academic calendars is one of the problems we face with regards to this strike action. As you all noted, we manage to run the university for the past four years on an uninterrupted calendar. We are particularly concern about this strike because our academic calendar has been affected.


“We are hoping that ASUU will do the needful to call off the strike as speedily as possible. We have come into the conclusion that in our own interest as a state university, we must begin to find a way to bring our students back. So we are hoping that the strike will be called off before the end of the month, otherwise we may begin to take some steps that will enable us bring our students back to the campus.

“Well, we have a blueprint on the table that we are looking at. The important thing is that we are not going to allow our students to remain at home for so long than this. If the strike is not over within a few days, we may call back our workers.

“Already, we are consulting with the lecturers because they are not employees of federal government. We do not have any substantive dispute with our workers on campus, so technically they should not have been on strike in the first instance.

“Though, we are consulting, talking to members and hoping that all of us will drive in the same direction. That is what is our strategic interest as a state university that is funded by the state government and not the federal government”.
source:http://dailypost.com.ng/2013/09/26/asuus-strike-ondo-university-threatens-to-pull-out/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=asuus-strike-ondo-university-threatens-to-pull-out

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Ok oooo... I hope that they call off the strike sha

It will be recalled that VP Nnamdi Sambo took over negotiation with ASUU and had a meeting with them on thursday. After the meeting, ASUU president, Dr Fagge, said that he has been given a message for his members and will get in touch with FG after he has delivered the message... Punch reported that there will be NEC meeting on saturday(last week) to that effect... But since saturday, nothing has been heard abt the NEC meeting... Does anybody know what is happening?

SOLUTIONS TO SYRIAN CRISIS.
There are different policy options(solutions) to Syrian crisis:-
1. Foreign actors(USA,Russia and others) should resolve their differences and find a common ground so as to resolve Syrian crisis.This solution is associated with idealist school of thought.
2. USA should forge ahead with her limited military action in Syria as such military action will weaken Syrian capability... The rebels will in the long run defeat Assad.
3. Assad should be left alone to continue ruling but his tenure will be limited to 4 or 5yrs as the case may be... This solution can only work if Russia put pressure on Syrian govt and the rebels also accept it.
NOTE: Any solution that will resolve Syrian crisis must be one that will see Assad leave Corridor of power...As such solution is the one that will be accepted by the rebels

In order to fully understand why USA wants to intervene in syrian crisis, we have to look at what has happened in Syria since the beginning of the peaceful protest before it turned to civil war and the role played by foreign actors. Also,I will use two theories of international politics in my analysis.
1. Realist theory or Realism
2. Idealist theory or Idealism.
SYRIAN CRISIS.
The Syrian crisis popularly referred to as Arab Spring started out as peaceful protest against dictatorship,tyranny,oppression and economic problems. It will be recalled that Arab spring started in Tunisia and later Egypt, libya,Yemen; and now Syria... Arab springs in the countries mentioned above excluding Syria have achieved its aim. Although the aim of Arab spring has led to controversy... The success of Arab Spring in these countries was due to the decisiveness of international community but due to division among members of international community, war in syria still continues...
RUSSIA'S ROLE IN SYRIAN CRISIS.
Since the beginning of Syrian crisis, Russia has been selling arms and ammunitions to Assad led government... Russia and China have blocked many resolutions at the level of security council of UN citing the defects of such resolutions for their actions... Russia argued that such resolutions condemned only one party(Syrian govt) in the war and not both parties.
USA's ROLE IN SYRIAN CRISIS.
Shortly after the peaceful protest in Syria turned to full blown civil war, USA and her allies began to supply the rebels with non-lethal aid. Such aid has been increased due to recent happenings... USA in collaboration with her allies has formulated resolutions that seeks to condemn Syrian government although such resolutions were blocked by Russia...
IDEALIST'S VIEW ABT SYRIAN CRISIS
It should be noted that idealism is about what what ought to be rather than what is. Although some elements of Idealism are applicable in current happenings... Idealism advocates for peaceful resolution of disputes through negotiation and the use of international organisations which explains the continued attempts by UN to resolve the crisis in Syria through its envoy(first Koffi Anan and now Brahimi)...
REALIST'S VIEW ABT SYRIAN CRISIS
Realists see states in international system as selfish actors who seek to protect their interests by whatever means possible... Realism sees the global system as anarchical in nature. Anarchical in the sense of absence of overarching authority to regulate the actions of state. Therefore, each state resort to self help in order to protect her interests... So Usa and Russia's actions are seen as protecting their interests rather than protecting the people of Syria... Following realist's argument, Russia keeps blocking UN's resolution as a result of protecting their interest( money being made by Russia through selling of arms and ammunition to Syrian govt) and USA insistence on interfering in Syrian crisis can be seen as trying to protect her interest(Syrian oil and introducing liberal democracy in syria)...
CONCLUSION.
There is no one way of explaining Syrian crisis... One's point of view will be a product of one ideological or theory's leaning whether realism or idealism... No matter one's ideological leaning, everybody's effort should be on how to resolve the crisis rather than pointing fingers... I rest my case

Governor suswan, Chairman of Needs assessment committee, pleaded with NANS' excos not to be incited to protest...it will be recalled last week that NANS has given ASUU and FG the ultimatum of 7 days to resolve the crisis and failure to comply will lead to protest by Nigerian students... He further stated that Government has disbursed 130 billions naira to take care of the issue of earned allowances and university funding... He said that ASUU should have called off the strike pending further negotiation if need be...Nta network news

Let's share information... It is more than 20 days that the registration closed.... When is the post utme?

Well, I have read through all your posts from the beginning to the end... I have to first commend all of you for sharing your experiences... I am presently in final year in one of the best universities in Nigeria. Presently I am in second class upper division(4.18 on a 5.0 scale) and I have the hope that I will graduate with atleast 4.0 by God's grace... I will be through with my studies before the year runs out by God's grace... I intend to further my studies in uk on scholarship... I've searched and scanned the websites of different universities in uk. I discovered that university of exeter offers masters in public administration on scholarship... My questions are1). Do u think that I stand a chance for the scholarship since there are competitions for that slot all over? (2). How is university of exeter in terms of their rating in uk, social life,etc?. (3). Can I work in government establishment in uk after my studies in uk?

@buriah... Do u mean that u submitted to post office close to ur area or gani fawehinmi board in lagos?

Does post office open on saturday? ... So that I can post the application letter

SGF, Anyim pius Anyim, with Nuc president will meet VCs on friday... An announcement to this effect has been made on Network news...

Amen ooo

Jonathan takes over negotiation with ASUU... SGF to meet VCs on friday... House of rep. wants an end to ASUU strike...