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ASUU STRIKES IN NIGERIA:
1999 - 5 months
2001 - 3 months
2002 - 2 wks
2003 - 6 months(ended 2004)
2005 - 3 days
2006 - 1 wk
2007 - 3 months
2008 - 2 (1 week) each
2009 - 3 months
2010 - 5 months, 1wk
2011 - 3 months(ended 2012)
2013 - 5 months, 15 day
2017 - 1 month, 6 days

COLLAPSE OF NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES
Incessant ASUU strike is a criterion that has made Nigeria Universities ranking sink globally. Between 1999-2007 of OBASANJO & ATIKU's 8yrs as President and Vice-president, Nigeria Universities were shut for a cumulative FOUR YEARS & SIX MONTHS.

Wait for the shocker! The most striking thing about the 2003 ASUU strike, which was d longest in d history of Nigeria was that, Instead @atiku to lead persuasion to end the strike because of untold hardship poor students were going through, @atiku started building his university.

ATIKU's AUN had opened for business in 2004 before a dime was paid to lecturers who Obasanjo withhold their salaries in over six months. Obasanjo quickly approved for himself license for Bells University in 2005 without FEC approval when ASUU issued him another warning strike.

There's no skill on d account for which ATIKU is being sold for 2019, that ATIKU has ever used in the interest of the nation and poor masses when he had power, and even after. Key positions in his university are filled with foreign academician at d expense of qualified Nigerians.

On a lighter note, if either of your parents was studying at about 2003 and you were born 2004, ask them to tell you more about the "2003 mother of all ASUU strikes."

"University students and Corpers pregnancy full everywhere."

@MBuhari has his flaws like all human no doubt, but you can't fault his heart, combined with the dexterity of @ProfOsinbajo. The N20 Billion Buhari just released in January 2018 for revitalization of d Universities is more than what OBJ/ATIKU made available to d academia in 8yrs.

Untold Story of DSS Blockade Of The National Assembly And The Sack Of Lawal Daura As DSS DG.

It's a thread...

Acting president Yemi Osinbajo yesterday gave orders for the immediate sack of the Director General of the Department of State Security Service (DSS), Lawal Daura following the invasion of the National Assembly by operatives of the DSS.

But contrary to the wildly held believe that the sack of Daura was solely over the blockade of NASS yesterday, there is more to it.

Senate President Bukola Saraki had called for a Tuesday meeting of the leadership of the National Assembly to discuss the request by the executive for the approval of virement for the conduct of the 2019 general elections and consideration of the 2018 supplementary bill.

With the defection of Senate President Bukola Saraki from the All Progressives Congress (APC)  to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the call for his resignation and call by the presidency that the National Assembly be reconvened, there were suspicions all over the air.

The suspicion was that APC senators will use the opportunity of the meeting called by Saraki to reconvene the Senate and carry out the immediate impeachment of the Senate President. This suspicion is without consideration to the fact that the APC on has has simple majority.

Saraki, being a smart man that he is and not sure how events of that day will pan out plotted to be a step ahead of whatever plans the APC senators might be putting together and so reportedly enlisted the help of his friend at the DSS, Lawal Daura.

The fear was that with the possible reconvening of the Senate, APC senators will find their way to the National Assembly and carry out the rumoured impeachment plot of the Senate President.

So PDP senators were quickly alerted and asked to report to the National Assembly as early as possible on Tuesday so as to be able to check mate whatever the APC senators may have planned for the day.

While the PDP Senators will be there on one hand, DSS agents wil also be drafted to ensure that nobody gained access to the National Assembly complex s that the chance to reconvene does not even occur.

To do this, the sacked DSS DG, Lawal Daura sources said provided 40 DSS operatives to carry out the blockade at the National Assembly.

The order was not to allow any legislator, whether APC or PDP access into the National Assembly, but the real target was APC senators.

Incidentally, no APC senators showed up at the National Assembly since they were on recess and the meeting called by the Senate President was that of the leadership, scheduled for 12 noon.

On the other hand, PDP senators started arriving the National Assembly as early as 7am as directed and they met the resistance of the DSS who have orders not to let anyone in.

Suffice to add that some persons including some aides of the Senate President were also already stationed at the National Assembly in readiness to dish out messages and videos of the blockade that PDP senators were denied access into the complex.

Working according to plan, the DSS prevented PDP senators from gaining access into NASS premises, while the men stationed to video began sending messages across social media platforms reporting the event.

The videos soon got to the mainstream media who also began to report the blockade with some of them using the videos sent my the aide of the Senate President.

With the suspicion that the plot was to impeach the Senate President, Senator Ben Bruce was quick to go on air to say that APC senators were allowed entry into the NASS complex through an alternate gate and are gathering at the chambers. It turned out to be false.

At the same time senator Ben Bruce alleged that APC senators are already in the chamber, aides to the Senate president were spreading messages in the social media that the same APC senators are meeting inside Sheraton Hotels to impeach Saraki.

Many of those who had earlier believed that APC senators were already on the chamber as alleged by Senator Ben Bruce began to doubt the whole thing.

But the question that remained on the lips of many was what the DSS was doing at the National Assembly preventing lawmakers from gaining access and who sent them on that mission.

Sources revealed that they were on a mission particularly to prevent what was rumoured and suspected to be plans by APC senators to reconvene and improve Senate President Bukola Saraki and they were sent by the sacked DG, Lawal Daura.

The National Intelligence Agency (NIA) according to sources was detailed to track Daura's move especially his telephone conversation with Saraki.

The outcome of the NIA findings sources said was quickly communicated to President Buhari, who is enjoying a 10 working days holiday in London, following which approval for the sack of Daura.

While Daura's sack may have happened nonetheless, the blockade of the National Assembly yesterday resulted in the quick dispensation of his sack.

Daura's sack and reported arrest by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) is as a result of the findings on him by the NIA.

Sources said the government is desirous of ensuring that himself and all others involved in the act are punished appropriately.

Abubakar Sidiq Usman
@MrAbuSidiq

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Exposure

9jayes:
His father is from Okija in Anambra but he was born in Lagos thats why he can speak Yoruba also his mother is from Ogun that's why d name FEMI

Now u r going to tell us his Igbo name is chikodi or chukwuma. yeyedeysmell. He is Nigerian simple n short.

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Lionel Messi has still NEVER won a senior international trophy with Argentina. 3 consecutive major final defeats.

Chile waited 99 years for their first CopaAmerica trophy, now they've won back-to-back titles. Absolutely amazing!

onatisi:
I don't know why Nigerians are celebrating this article. In all honesty this is an article that Nigerians should be sad about. Yes ,agreed the profit margin is good and that is even only if the story is wholly true ,it seems the get rich syndrome in Nigerians is what is making ppl jumpy about this news .
A Nigerian has succeeded in dashing almost 10million naira to Cameroon, the Cameroonians will shake hands with us and turn round to make jest of us,no wonder Africans usually call Nigeria "big for nothing", Nigeria happens to be the" only country in the world that export everything that she needs but import everything that she has" how can a Nigerian be happy to invest 76 million naira to import tomatoes and yet Nigerians are happy!!!! A white man will shake his head in disbelief if he reads it. Nigeria has the land,the weather,the human labour and all that is needed to produce tomatoes in export quantities. No wonder dangote is getting richer and richer ,he has seen the huge potentials in Nigeria and he is continuously and continually exploiting them. The only positive I can derive from this article is the fact that there is massive market potentials for tomatoes in Nigeria and the local supply is not enough to satisfy the local demand talk less of exportation. Investing in tomatoes farming in Nigeria definitely wouldn't cost up to the 76 mil or 10mil naira to import tomatoes!!. Instead of Nigerians thinking and racking their brains about dashing Cameroon money,lets ppl come together and work in starting up tomatoes farms ,a poster mentioned something about green houses and things like that ,many readers didn't take notice simply because of the Nigeria factor of get rich quick,buy today sell tomorrow and make profit but it is time we start planing for 10 years or more .

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chekasforchekas:
I have always said that this trails it's media trails because none of them will ever be reminded in prison for long.

Go back to school.

God bless my boss,my families,all my friends and helpers this year 2016. Happy New Year Nairalanders..Happy New Year Naija..Happy New Year Beyond..

cramjones:
GOODLUCK EBELE AZIKIWE JONATHAN is the worst thing that have ever happened to Nigeria. Under his useless, misrable, wicked and insensitive government he:

-Gave National awards to theives and encouraged them to steal more.

- He and his fat wife stole billions of dollars through their proxies

-Militants and murderers like Tompolo and Asari Dokubo took contracts meant for the military, became stupendously wealthy, while our soldiers died in the battle field because this GEJ diverted our billions of dollars meant for our security to his cronies.

-We earned record numbers in oil sales - over $100/barrel with absolutely nothing to show for it.

My prayer is that all these people that stole our commonwealth would be handed the death sentence! It is further waste of tax payers money to put them in jail. They should be shot either in the left side of their chests or on their forehead.

This is the greatest theft since Nigeria existed. We are behind PMB in this fight, and we would not relent till these bastards are shot and our money recovered!

-CramJones

One of the best posts I ve read on this forum.God Bless U Abundantly Mr.Nigeria shall be great again.All looters will rot in hell.

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