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Courageous people are those
who have a dream and set a
goal, make a plan and take the
first step, with no assurances
and no guarantees that their
efforts will result in success.
However, if you look upon
every step forward as a
learning experience and every
setback as a valuable lesson
that has been sent to you to
make you stronger and better,
you will not be afraid to launch
in faith into the unknown.
How will you follow your heart
and intuition today?- Brian Tracy

JUSTIFICATION OF ASUU’S
REQUEST TO THE
PRESIDENT
1. The request to disburse the
N200 billion agreed in 2013
within two weeks
If you look at the Government’s
paper of 6 November, 2013, it
states that the Federal
Government shall provide
N200billion in 2013. ASUU’s letter
to the President does not change
that agreement. The National
Executive Committee (NEC) of
ASUU’s position, conveyed to His
Excellency Dr. Goodluck Ebele
Jonathan through the Minister of
Education only said the
following: “Our members are
suggesting that “the N200 billion
agreed upon as 2013
Revitalisation fund for public
universities should be deposited
in the CBN and disbursed to the
benefitting universities within
two weeks.”
Upon any sincere stretch of
interpretation, it would be
unreasonable to suggest that
this is a new demand. ASUU NEC’s
position that the funds for
revitalisation due to universities
in 2013 should be released
within the first two weeks of
December 2013 is not a new
demand. It is a sensible
suggestion to guard against
implementation failure.
2. The Renegotiation of the
Agreement in 2014
There was an agreement at the
interaction with the President of
Nigeria that the Renegotiation of
the ASUU/FGN Agreement of
2009 shall be undertaken in
2014. ASUU’s position that this
shall be included in the
“Resolutions” is a correct report
of what actually transpired and
was agreed upon, and should be
reconsidered. This is important,
especially in view of the fact that
this agreement took place at the
meeting with the President and
was pointed out to staff of the
Ministry of Education who were
recording the agreements.
ASUU’s asking the restoration of
that agreement in government’s
letter to the Union is not a new
demand but only a demand to
put the records right

The Reply of ASUU to
Government’s Letter
1. The process leading to ASUU’s
reply
The letter from the Government,
signed by Dr. Mac John
Nwaobiala, was delivered at
ASUU National Secretariat on 6th
November, 2013. ASUU had made
it clear to Government through
the Minister of Education, and at
the meetings held with
Government’s representative,
that our Union does not have an
EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT who has
the power to decide for the
Union on crucial matters,
including and especially on trade
disputes and strikes. Similarly, the
internal democracy of our Union
does not permit the Principal
Officers to make decisions on
Union matters of trade disputes
without advice from the National
Executive Council. Allowing
branches to meet, advise and
take positions is the only way we
know how to run a democratic
organisation.
2. The content of ASUU’s reply
Here is the relevant portion of
ASUU’s reply to government’s
letter, as contained in Union’s
letter of 22nd November, 2013
signed by Nasir F. Isa, President
of ASUU:
“On behalf of NEC I hereby
convey the Union’s appreciation
of the expressed concern of Your
Excellency to bring an end to the
crisis occasioned by the poor
implementation of the 2009
Agreement and the 2012
Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) arising therefrom through
your personal intervention.
NEC would have taken a definitive
decision on ending the strike,
especially in view of Your
Excellency’s intervention but for
certain uncertainties, the
clearance of which would have
been decisive in making the
relevant decision. These
uncertainties involve issues on
which ASUU members
nationwide have strong feelings.
They are about certain gaps
evident in Government’s report
as presented to our Union.
Specifically, our members are
requesting that Your Excellency
facilitates the resolution of the
issues as a way of concretising
their understanding of the
agreed positions. This will involve
the following:
(a) That the N200 billion agreed
upon as 2013 Revitalisation Fund
for public universities shall be
deposited with the CBN and
disbursed to the benefitting
universities within two weeks.
(b) That the renegotiation of the
2009 Agreement in 2014 be
included in the final document as
agreed at the discussion with
Your Excellency.
(c) That a Non-victimisation
clause which is normally
captured in all interactions of this
nature be included in the final
document and
(d) That a new Memorandum of
Understanding shall be validly
endorsed, signed by a
representative of government,
preferably the Attorney General
of the Federation and a
representative of ASUU, with the
President of the Nigeria Labour
Congress (NLC) as a witness.
Your Excellency please be
assured that the Union is willing
to do all that is needful to resolve
the lingering crisis as soon as the
expressed observations of our
members are addressed.
Thank you
Yours in the struggle
Naisr F. Isa, Ph.D
President”

In view of the above
understanding the
following resolutions were
reached:
i. Federal Government shall
provide funds for the
revitalisation of the University
system in the following manner
in the next six years
S/N0Year Amount(billion) Naria
1 2013 200
2 2014 220
3 2015 220
4 2016 220
5 2017 220
6 2018 220
Total6 years1.3 trillion
ii. A dedicated revitalisation
account shall be opened at the
CBN by Federal Government.
Funds shall be paid into [sic] on a
quarterly basis from which the
Universities will draw. Federal
Government shall ensure that
these funds will be ring-fenced.
iii. That a central monitoring
committee shall be established in
addition to monitor the
implementation of the
revitalisation of the university
and shall submit quarterly report
to the Minister of Education.
iv. Earned allowances: It was
agreed that the Implementation
Monitoring Committee (IMC) shall
monitor and verify the level of
payment already made from the
30 billion Naira released by
Government and report back on
the exact situations in the
Universities on this matter.
Federal Government undertakes
to pay the outstanding balance
after the verification report for
the period 2009 to 2012.
Furthermore a practicable and
affordable strategy will be put in
place to mainstream the payment
of earned allowances in the
University system.
v. Government is willing to
engage the services of the
universities in special
consultancy series such as
geological/solid minerals survey,
biotechnology, environmental
impact assessment, shelter belt
and mineral mapping amongst
others to boost the IGR base of
the Universities.
vi. That FGN requests that ASUU
shall within 7 days call off its four
month strike action.
vii. The above resolutions were
reached in good faith by all the
stakeholders that attended this
crucial meeting.”
In the ordinary meaning of the
word “resolution” the
government’s letter was not a
resolution. The document was a
report of Government’s
understanding of the decisions
or agreement reached on the
matters discussed with ASUU.
Neither side had a final authority
on the correct wording or
substance of the agreement
reached. The title of
Government’s letter
“RESOLUTIONS REACHED AT THE
MEETING BETWEEN FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
ACADEMIC STAFF UNION OF
UNIVERSITIES (ASUU) . . . showed
quite clearly that there were two
sides. The agreement between
the two sides would be the
legitimate resolution of any issue.
Furthermore, representatives of
both sides must sign the
document of resolution to make
it valid for both sides. This is why
ASUU, in its reply to Government’s
letter, insisted that ASUU and the
Federal Government should sign
the document of Resolutions. It is
not an added new issue. It is a
simple, required procedure, to be
strengthened by some witness in
whom both sides had
confidence. This is not only
reasonable but required in the
resolution of conflicts. Whether
the Minister of Education
understands it or not is another
matter which we shall not
address here.

The Letter from
Government to ASUU
The letter from the Government
was communicated by the
Federal Ministry of Education, ref.
FME/TE/SS.IM/C.I/1/99 and was
titled “Resolutions reached at the
meeting between Federal
Government and Representatives
of the Academic Staff Union of
University (ASUU)”
The content of that letter was not
the judgment of a court: it was
not, and could not be properly
taken as conveying the words of
a commander who must be
obeyed.
Government’s
communication was as
follows:
1. “That the Federal Government
is irrevocably committed to the
overall improvement in the
quality of education especially at
the tertiary level in the country.
2. That there is an overarching
need to find a lasting solution to
the challenges facing university
education in the country through
the development of sustainable,
affordable and implementable
strategies that are within the
revenue profile of government.
3. Arising from the above
understanding, it was further
noted with particular emphasis
on funding that:
(a) Nigerian Universities must be
revitalised for effective service
delivery.
(b) All the provisions in the
extant agreement/MoU for the
revitalisation of the University
system shall be fully implemented
as captured in the 2012 Needs
Assessment Report.
(c) Federal Government shall
mobilise resources towards this
goal.

by Nasir Fagge
1. Introduction
On Monday 4th November, 2013,
the leadership of our Union had
a meeting with a government
team led by the President of the
Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr.
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. The
meeting was necessary because
all the previous government
teams (separately led by the
Minister of Education, Gov.
Gabriel Suswam, the Minister of
Labour and Productivity,
Secretary to the Government of
the Federation and by the Vice
President) had failed to address
the requests made by our Union
ASUU to implement the 2009
Agreement in accordance with
the 2012 Roadmap, and to
commence the process of review
of the said Agreement thereafter.
Gentlemen of the Press, the
benefits of implementing the
2009 Agreement have been
articulated severally in a number
of addresses I made. Suffice to
restate again that the objectives
of the 2009 Agreement are:
i. To reverse the decay in the
University System, in order to
reposition it for greater
responsibilities in national
development;
ii. To reverse the brain drain, not
only by enhancing the
remuneration of academic staff,
but also by disengaging them
from the encumbrances of a
unified civil service wage
structure;
iii. To restore Nigerian
Universities, through immediate,
massive and sustained financial
intervention; and,
iv. To ensure genuine University
autonomy and academic
freedom.
These objectives were made
even more potent by the findings
of Government Committee on the
Needs Assessment of Nigerian
Universities in 2012. The
shocking findings of that
Committee should make any
serious government thoroughly
ashamed of its colossal failings.
At the end of the meeting with
President Jonathan, a message
was given by the government to
the members of ASUU
nationwide. Branches
deliberated and debated on the
message and gave their
responses to the National
leadership of the Union. These
responses were articulated by
the National Executive Council
(NEC) of ASUU and sent to
President Jonathan through the
supervising Minister of
Education.
Gentlemen of the Press, since the
issuance of the Union’s response
to the said letter, the salvos that
have been coming out, allegedly
from the Minister of Education
makes one to wonder whether
the person that is charged with
the responsibility of
superintending over the Nigeria’s
Education system has the
wherewithal to handle such a
vital national assignment. It is my
intention this afternoon,
therefore, to clear the air on the
rumours, lies and mischiefs that
are milling out of government
circle (especially from Ministry of
Education and National
Universities Commission), all with
the intent of misleading the
Nigerian public. I will therefore
speak to the letter from
government and the yet-to-be-
replied response of our Union. I
will establish, to all discerning
minds, that ASUU did not bring
any ‘new conditions’ as claimed
by the Minister of Education and
the Senior Special Assistant to the
President on Public Affairs, Mr
Doyin Okupe. Rather, it is
government that is trying to
avoid taking responsibility.

The British High
Commission in Nigeria on
Wednesday announced a
new system of visa
application whereby U.K.
visa would be paid for
online in U.S. dollars.
In a statement signed by
its Press and Public Affairs
Officer, Mr Rob Fitzpatrick,
the commission said that
the new system would
begin on Dec. 16.
“From Dec. 16, 2013, all
applications for U.K. visa
must be completed using
our online application
system and paid for
online in U.S. dollars.
“Payment can be made
using a Verve debit card,
Visa or MasterCard credit
or debit cards or the
e-wallet PAGA.
“The move to online
application and payment
will deliver a streamlined
process.
“It is consistent with a
wider global trend to
online transactions and
payments,’’ it said.
The commission added
that the new system had
met the requirements of
the U.K. Government’s
Digital by Default Initiative.
It expressed optimism
that the system would cut
costs in the management
of visa operation as well
as help to reduce visa
fees.

Hmmmmmmm! Jamb follower? Or what?

I support ASUU stand on lingering strike.

ASUU strike update: Why ASUU has not called off the strike - ASUU president Nasir Fagge - The ScoopNG - The ScoopNG http://www.thescoopng.com/ASUU-strike-update-why-ASUU-has-not-called-off-the-strike-ASUU-president-nasir-fagge/

The untold story of ASUU demands by Maxwell Adeleye - The Herald - The Herald http://www.theheraldng.com/untold-story-ASUU-demands-maxwell-adeleye/

The other accused persons are
Francis Okuburo, Gbenga S.
Balogun, Samuel Ogbuku, Marlin
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Services Limited and Haloween
Blue Construction and Logistics
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The Academic Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU), Federal
University of Technology (FUT),
Minna on Monday deliberated on
the December 4 deadline given to
them by the Federal Government
to return to work, resolving not
to back out of the on-going
strike.
The University management had
issued a statement directing all
academic staff to sign in their
names in a register opened in
the office of the Registrar. But,
ASUU also directed its members
to ignore the directive.
“Following the directive by the
Supervising Minister of
Education, Barrister Ezenwo
Nyesom Wike that universities
should resume on or before
Wednesday, December 4, 2013,
the university has opened a
register in the Office of the
Registrar for all Academic staff to
sign in their names on
resumption of duty with effect
from Monday, December 2,
2013″, the statement read.
The lecturers at the congress
however, declared support for
the letter sent by ASUU National
Executive Committee (NEC) to
President Goodluck Jonathan,
insisting that they will not
suspend strike unless the
conditions are met.
Briefing journalists after the
congress on Monday, the
Chairman of ASUU FUT Minna,
Comrade Fatai Jimoh said that
the threat by the federal
government was laughable,
stressing that they were not
worried about such threat.
“It is shocking that a democratic
government would issue threats
like this. It is laughable; we are
not worried or bothered about
the threat. The Minister is not our
employer so he cannot sack us.
“There are procedures for
engaging and disengaging staff
in the university. The Minister
needs to be enlightened on the
manner universities are run”,
Jimoh said.
According to him, the congress
also resolved that none of its
member would sign any register
opened by the university.
Jimoh therefore, appealed to
parents and students to bear
with ASUU, saying it is sincere in
its struggle and that once they
receive the reply to the letter sent
to President Goodluck Jonathan,
they would
act on it immediately.
He spoke further, “I want to
appeal to parents and students
of FUT Minna that our members
will remain on strike and the
strike will not be suspended until
the directive from our national
leaders. Parents should not send
their children to campuses and
endanger their lives because
there will be no lectures or
academic activities.”

In1985, IBB was the president of
Nigeria and our teachers told us
that Buhari was the former Head
of state. Our teacher also called us
"the leaders of tomorrow" 27
years later, IBB and Buhari are still
contesting for Presidency.Its
either our teacher lied to us about
being the leaders of tomorrow. Or
tomorrow is yet to come. Who's
fooling who?In 1983, Bamanga
Tukur was the Governor of the
defunct Gongola State (now
Adamawa & Taraba) and 30 years
later, he is today the Chairman of
the ruling Party, The PDP;Dr. Bello
Halliru was commissioner in the
Old Sokoto State (now Sokoto,
Kebbi & Zamfara) and 33 years
after was the Minister of
Defence;Major General David Mark
(rtd) was the military governor of
Niger State in 1984 and 28years
later he is today the Senate
President; Gov. Murtala Nyako was
the governor of Niger State in
1976 and 36years later he is
today the Governor of Adamawa
State; Ogbonnaya Onu was
governor of Abia State in 1992
and 20years after he is today the
National Chairman of ANPP;Gov.
David Jonah Jang was the
governor of Benue State in 1985
and 27years after he is today the
governor of plateau state; and
Martins Elechi the Ebonyi State
Governor is over 80 years old!Only
in Nigeria is this possible, where
the youth of today have no hope
into the future!From strike in
health sector, to the labour, to
judiciary, to Education and today
our students are home lavishing!
Let Nigerian youth come to an
alliance and fight for the unborn.
We can't continue like this. Pass it
to everyone if you believe in the
NIGERIA DREAM. Let’s tell them
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! SHARE this till
they see it. It’s a good place to
start. TOGETHER WE CAN

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[DailyPost] Ondo Community
boils as two monarchs emerge
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Mark to FG: Don’t apply force to resolve face-off with ASUU - The Eagle Online: http://theeagleonline.com.ng/news/mark-to-fg-dont-apply-force-to-resolve-face-off-with-ASUU/#.UpxAzqEjYbM.twitter

The Unity Party of Nigeria has
called for the resignation of the
five governors who defected
from the People’s Democratic
Party to the All Progressives
Congress, calling their action a
show of shame.
In a statement issued on Friday
by its Publicity Secretary, Bari
Salau, the UPN described the
cross-carpeting by the “PDP-7” as
an immoral act that
demonstrated lack of respect for
the electorate. Among those that
defected from PDP to APC are
Governors Rabiu Kwankwaso of
Kano State, Abdulfatah Ahmed of
Kwara State and Rotimi Amaechi
of Rivers State.
Although recognizing the
individual’s inalienable right to
freely associate and hold and
canvass political opinions as
enshrined in Section 40 of the
Nigerian Constitution, UPN
insisted that politicians who are
elected into office should be
careful at manipulating the
power they hold in trust for the
people.
“If a Governor is elected on the
platform of a political party, the
honourable thing for that
Governor to do is to respect the
mandate given to him by the
people and complete the tenure
under the platform of that party;
or else he should quit the post if
he thinks that he no longer
believes in the party under which
he was elected,” the statement
said.
The party stated further: “The
amalgam of the APC and the
governors of the new-PDP is a
show of shame that calls for
Nigerians to soberly reflect on
Nigerian politics. For elected
governors to cross-carpet to
another party, without respect
for their electorate, demonstrates
political rascality that should not
be condoned in our polity.”
Lamenting that no ounce of
altruism or national interest
featured in the governors’ action,
UPN said it had been about the
aggrieved politicians’ personal
interests.
The embryonic party complained:
“In their negotiations and
merger talk, all issues on the
table revolved around power and
position, with no mention made
of the interest of the people of
Nigeria. With this current
amalgamation, Nigerians now
know that APC and PDP are birds
of the same feather with their
difference akin to only six and
half-a-dozen.”
According to the statement,
when fully registered, the Unity
Party of Nigeria will hold the
feelings of the people and their
mandate sacrosanct.
UPN said that the current hiccups
in the political landscape have
justified the emergence of an
ideological party that, rather than
acquire political power for selfish
ends like PDP and APC, will be
committed to service to the
people.
In UPN’s own words: “The time
for liberation is almost here,
where the people of Nigeria will
have the opportunity to build
UPN as a party of the people by
the people for the people. We
want our people to take solace in
the fact that when they are
pushed to the wall, as they now
are, they can tap into the wisdom
of their heroes past to take their
destiny into their hands. And that
is what UPN is all about."
http://theeagleonline.com.ng/news/upn-asks-kwakwanso-others-to-resign-as-governors/#.UpuAzkoElGQ.twitter

The Independent National
Electoral Commission on Sunday
declared Chief Willie Obiano of
the All Progressives Grand
Alliance winner of the
governorship election in
Anambra State.
This followed the completion of
the supplementary election in the
state on Saturday in areas where
it did not hold on November 16.
Declaring the result, the Chief
Returning Officer of the election,
Prof. James Epoke, said the APGA
candidate scored 180,178 votes
to win the election.
Epoke said Tony Nwonye of the
Peoples Democratic Party and
Senator Chris Ngige of the All
Progressives Congress scored
97,700 and 95,963 votes to
emerge second and third
respectively.
Ifeanyi Ubah of the Labour Party
came fourth with 37,495 votes
and Chief Godwin Ezeemo, the
candidate of the Progressive
Peoples Alliance clinched the fifth
position with 5,120 votes.
Results from INEC showed that of
the 1,776,167 registered voters
in the state, 465,891 people
accredited and total vote cast
was 442,242.
The results also showed that
16,988 votes were voided and
valid votes were 425,254.
Epoke said: “To declare a winner,
the candidate must score 25 per
cent vote in two-third of local
government.
“Having satisfied this condition,
Chief Willie Obiano is now
returned winner.”

Jonathan can’t win 2015 presidential election – Dokubo-Asari - The Eagle Online:

One of the biggest supporters and kinsman of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari, has declared that the president has lost the support of his political base, the South-south and the South-East owing to the failure of his government to deliver on its promises.
Dokubo-Asari, at a press conference in Abuja on Friday, said that it would be tough for Jonathan to win the presidential election in 2015 if he decides to run based on the poor showing of his administration.

He said that his decision to speak out was for him and others who are ardent supporters of Jonathan not to be blamed for his failure in 2015.
He said: “I want to start with an Ijaw proverb, which says: the eyes watched its seven children to death. Instead of advising them, it was just looking at them until they died, while the mouth talked its only child to life and success.

“We have continued as Ijaw people and the entire Niger Delta and South-South to support the presidency of President Goodluck Jonathan, but a time has come when silence cannot be golden.

“We mainly speak out in issues that are very critical to the survival of our people, the survival of the people of the South-South and the South-East, which happens to be the political base of Goodluck Jonathan.

“Jonathan is surrounded by very greedy people who are only in the Presidency to enrich themselves at the expense of Goodluck himself.
“This brings us to another Kalabari proverb, which says: where there are elders, a goat cannot be allowed to deliver tied to a stick.

“If we don’t talk and we continue to brush it aside, tomorrow we will be blamed and people will say: Mujahid Dokubo-Asari was around when Goodlcuk Jonathan was president and he didn’t talk.

“Them I will be an accomplice and accessory after the fact….
“It is alarming because the South-South must have its uninterrupted eight years tenure, which is constitutional.
“But with how things are going under Jonathan’s watch, we are afraid that we may not be able to have our eight years tenure because there will be no magic about it if it is going to be one man one vote.”

Dokubo-Asari said he will continue to speak out despite the fact that he had benefitted from Jonathan, adding that one of those causing trouble for the President remains the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Chief Godsday Orubebe.

He said: “I have benefited immensely from Goodluck Jonathan with my stake but benefit alone is not enough to make me to keep quiet when the period is very challenging for our people.

“So, some of us are tempted to ask this question: why are all these things happening?
“Why has the President allow some ministers like Godsday Orubebe to continue in government?
“Everyday people die on the East-West Road.
“If Orubebe is incompetent as he has shown himself to be, he should be removed.
“Nobody voted for Orubebe.
“And why is Orubebe so important to the President that he can’t remove him even in the face of his obvious incompetence and several allegation to corruption?
“We feel very ashamed and embarrassed.
“Orubebe was one of us.
“He was attending meetings with us, sleeping in the ground with us, entering night bus with us and we nominated him to be appointed a minister.
“We have gone to him and complained to him that we don’t like they way things are going in his ministry and told him that if the President leaves in 2015 without the completion of the East-West Road, we are finished.
“And the man keeps telling us there is no money.
“When IBB (former military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida) was there, there was money.
“When Abacha was there, there was money.
“When others were there, there was money.
“How come the money disappeared when Jonathan got there?
“Jonathan and orubebe will account for the death in the East-West Road.”
On the face-off between Jonathan and former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Dokubo-Asari said there was no need for it.
He said that no matter what Jonathan feels, he still remains a beneficiary of Obasanjo’s large heartedness.
He said: “First, there was no need for Goodluck Jonathan to disagree with Olusegun Obasanjo.
“I don’t like Obasanjo.
“I don’t like his face.
“I hate him.
“But he was instrumental in bringing Goodluck Jonathan to power.
“And the greedy people around Jonathan have not managed him enough to the extent that the President and people around him will allow Jonathan to disagree with Obasanjo openly.
“And if you check, all the people who supported Goodluck Jonathan and fought to bring him to power, have openly disagreed with him.
“What was the cause of these disagreements?
“These are the questions we want to put to the president.
“Some people say Obasanjo is manipulating Goodluck Jonathan, that is why Jonathan is disagreeing with him and we ask: what has Goodluck Jonathan’s government achieved to show that it is a departure from other governments that have existed since 1956?
“For us, nothing has changed.
“It is still business as usual.
“So what are the advice that Obasanjo gave to Jonathan that were so difficult for him to fulfill, that made him decide to fall out with Obasanjo?
“Obasanjo was instrumental and manipulated the process that illegally removed Diepreye Alamieyeseigha as governor of Bayelsa State and installed Jonathan as governor, made him vice president, fought for him to become acting president and also fought for him to become president of Nigeria.

“Apart from Obasanjo, there are so many people who supported Goodluck Jonathan, some have been pushed out by those who were not there to give him any support, while some others are trapped and they cannot talk.

“Monkey no fine, but the mama like am.
“But then if the ugly monkey becomes so rascally, the mother will desert it because if the mother continues liking the ugly monkey in it rascality, she too will die with the ugly monkey.
“After all she has more than one monkey child.”

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A Dietician in the Department of
Dietetics, University of Benin
Teaching Hospital, Mr Peter
Stephen, on Tuesday advised
against peeling of yam before
cooking it.
Stephen told the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) in Benin that
cooking yam with the skin
reduced its sugar content.
He noted that yam and rice had
high Glycemic Index (GI) which
increased blood sugar level, and
advised that yam should not be
peeled before cooking to reduce
the sugar content.
NAN reports that GI is a
numerical scale used to indicate
how fast and how high a
particular food can raise blood
glucose (blood sugar) level.
“The skin of yam that is normally
peeled off contains proteins and
vitamin B Complex.
“It also has soluble fibre that
absorbs sugar inside the yam.
‘’When the yam is properly
cooked, you peel off the skin
before eating.
“When you cook your yam with
the skin, it will not increase the
blood sugar level.
“By the time you eat the yam
with vegetables, it gives you a
better result,” he said.
Stephen listed foods with low GI
to include tomatoes, soya beans
and beans.
He noted that such foods had
natural substances lowered
blood sugar level.
He advised people, especially
diabetic patients, to mix foods
with low GI with those with high
GI in the ratio of 2:1 to maintain
a good blood sugar level.
“Rice has high GI; so, if you want
to eat it, mix it with food with
low GI such as beans.
“If you take five spoons of rice,
you have to take 10 spoons of
beans to help to slow down the
rate sugar is absorbed in the
blood.
“Even if you are not diabetic, you
have to control your sugar level
because prevention is better
than cure,” the dietician advised.
(NAN)
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Award winning Nollywood
actress, Funke Akindele, has just
starred in another blockbuster
home video titled: Rosy The
Trouble Maker.
The new flick, it was learnt, is
produced by Ani Amatosero and
directed by Lancelot Imaseun.
The film features popular acts
such as Funke Akindele, Charlse
Inojie, Walta Anga and Ani
Amatosero.
Other faces are Francis Duru, Ify
Owochie and Rex Okunzua.

Why I am angry with ASUU – Jonathan - The Eagle Online:

Jonathan said: “What ASUU is doing is no longer trade union.

“I have intervened in other labour issues before now.

“Once I invite them, they respond and after the meeting they take decision and call off the strike.

“At times, we don’t even give them a long notice unlike in the case of ASUU that were given four-day notice before the meeting.

“As you are meeting to resolve trade disputes, you expect the trade unions to get their officials ready.

“What was expected having met with the highest authority in the land for long hours was for ASUU to immediately issue a statement within 12 or latest 24 hours to state their position whether they were accepting government’s offer or not.

“And if they are not accepting they state the reason why.

“But despite the fact that I had the longest meeting with ASUU in my political history, we did not start that meeting until around 2pm and the meeting ended the next day in the early hours of the morning.

“As far as the government of Nigeria was concerned, all the critical people that should be in a meeting were there.

“So what else do they want?

“After that, they didn’t meet until one week, despite the fact that you met with the highest authority.

“It was unfortunate one of them, Prof. Festus Iyayi, died.

“The way ASUU has conducted the matter shows they were extreme and when iyayi died they now said the strike was now indefinite.

“Our children have been at home for over five months.”

Former Bayelsa State Governor, DSP Alamieyeseigha, had pleaded with the President to reconsider the December 4 deadline, calling his attention to the fact that the burial of Iyayi is fixed for that date.

Responding to this, Jonathan said: “We didn’t give them ultimatum.

“It was the Committee of Vice Chancellors that took that decision.

“The supervising minister of education only passed on the decision.

“What ASUU is doing is no longer trade dispute but subversive action.

“But like you rightly noted, so that we will not be perceived to be insensitive, we will consult on the deadline.”

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"The big challenge is to become all that you have the possibility of becoming. You cannot believe what it does to the human spirit to maximize your human potential and stretch yourself to the limit." -- Jim Rohn
He said to himself "Why should i
waste my time and energy setting
goals if i can't achieve them" Hey,
the major reason in setting goals
is what they make of you in
achieving them. What is more
valuable is not what you get when
you set a goal, but what you
become.
Don't limit yourself ever! Be all that you can be and always work to your fullest capacity.
"Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is poverty. Ignorance is devastation. Ignorance is tragedy. And ignorance is illness. It all stems from ignorance." -- Jim Rohn.
Stop complaining about the government, economy, and people that have disappointed you. Build your career, take a bold step to do that, Government wont do that for you, the economy wont do that for you. Take a bold step into financial freedom.

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I want to invite you to join me in
praying for those who have or
who are going through divorce. It
is such an extreme experience of
grief, of the known being
smashed and of a life being
turned upside down. And when it
involves kids it is much worse.
Lord be with those who grieve
around divorce right now. (Please
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"Anambra Poll: APC petitions INEC
Chairman, seeks fresh election,
prosecution of Anambra REC" - by:
Lai Mohammed
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has formally petitioned INEC Chairman Attahiru Jega seeking
the cancellation of the Nov. 16th
Governorship Election in Anambra State and the organization of a
fresh election, instead of the
Supplementary Election being
planned by the electoral body. APC is also demanding that the Anambra Resident Electoral
Commissioner (REC), Prof, Chukwuemeka Onukogu, be
transferred out of Anambra State and a new REC be appointed to
supervise the fresh elections, while Prof. Onukogu ''and
members of his syndicate'' who
ruined the Nov. 16th poll should
immediately be arrested and
prosecuted. ''These are the ways to rebuild public confidence in your
Commission and restore the integrity of the electoral process,'' the party wrote in the petition,
dated Nov. 18th and jointly signed by its Interim National Chairman, Chief Bisi Akande and Interim
National Secretary, Alhaji Tijjani Tumsah.
It urged INEC to discontinue all
arrangements for the conduct of the Supplementary Election, and
demanded that no candidate in the Nov. 16th poll should be
returned as the winner pending
the conduct of fresh election. ''Our demand is predicated on the serious irregularities and non-compliance with the provisions of
the Electoral Act 2010 as amended which characterized the
conduct of the said election. To proceed with the election as
proposed by your Commission will
amount to a gruesome assault on
the right of the people of Anambra State to elect a Governor of their choice and a legitimizing of a grave travesty of the electoral process as witnessed during the
November 16, 2013 Governorship
Election,'' APC said.
Expatiating on the reasons for its call for cancellation, the party said the Voters' Register used for the
election was tainted with vice, to such an extent that many voters, especially in Senator Ngige's
stronghold, were
disenfranchised, while the register was padded with minors and multiple registrants in the
LGAs controlled by APGA; And that
APC field agents had catalogued about 1,380 polling units of about 600,000 voters with one form of
irregularity or the other. It also noted that the monitors/
observers accredited by INEC have roundly criticized the election as ''gravely flawed'' and “leaves a lot to be desired and reflected the lack of competence on the part of INEC in the conduct of elections'';
That results were brought in without being publicly announced by the LGA Collation Officers; That election materials were not
distributed in a timely manner in
many polling units, thus affecting the timely commencement of
accreditation and voting; That the
Commission failed to deploy election officials in sufficient
numbers to several polling units; And that election officials were recruited at the election venue and deployed without any form of training.
Other reasons cited by the APC for demanding the cancellation of the
poll are that students were recruited as Presiding Officers
and Polling Assistants, further
compromising the electoral process; That aside from students, the staff of Nnamdi Azikiwe
University (UNIZIK), Awka were recruited as Supervisory Presiding Officers (SPOs) by Prof. Onukaogu, contrary to INEC’s directive that staff of UNIZIK would not be used
in the election since the APGA Deputy Governorship Candidate, Dr. Nkem Okeke, was a Senior
Lecturer with the university prior to his candidacy. APC also used the petition to
debunk claims by INEC that only the courts have the power to cancel the election, saying ''A
correct reading of the Electoral Act 2010 as amended is to the effect that your Commission cannot
reverse itself where a candidate in the election has been returned as a winner. This has not been done. Indeed, your Commission had on
Monday, 18th November, 2013
declared the election as 'inconclusive'. ''
The party explained that in an electoral process, a Ward or Local Government Collation Officer who
stands in the same position as State Collation/ Returning Officer can cancel or reject results
submitted to him at ward or local
government level where the result is tainted with vice or
irregularities. ''The Commission is therefore duly
empowered to reject the purported results as announced. It is instructive that it is the prior cancellations of results by the
Commission that has led to the affected areas being included in the areas for which the
'Supplementary Election' is to be
held,'' it said.
Alhaji Lai Mohammed
Interim National Publicity
Secretary
All Progressives Congress (APC)
Abuja, Nov. 21st 2013