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1 Ronaldo has not won anything spectacular than what ordinary player like Dyba will win since he left Madrid whereas Messi is still winning, la liga top scorer as eg.

2.Ferguson himself made no substantial outside Man United.

Case closed!

CzarChris:
I hope you have have been reading the news, ASUU rejected the ₦30b EAA and asked for the revitalization fund to be increased from ₦20b to ₦110b. If ASUU was selfish, they would have accepted the EAA and we will go back to business as usual. But ASUU is fighting for everybody, but the public seems not to see it that way. I believe ASUU should just accept the EAA and forget about the university revitalization. The public will suffer it more not ASUU.

ASUU is not fighting for everybody but themselves. ASUU wants the #30 billion naira FG offered them alone not minding others in the university system.

let's wait and see who wins. If I happens to be the president, they will cry tire. I will sponsor no work no pay in the legislature and allow them to go on strike.

Had it been it is that feasible to release the Revitalization funds, Jonathan would have done it since considering his generosity, his familiarity with academic and buoyancy of economy back then. Yet we know how many time ASUU resorted to strike during his regime.

Gabbriell:
Government PPP (pay per post) agent.

Only if government do the right thing rather than paying urchins like you to spew nonsense online...then the strike will come to an end.

Few persons hiding under new profiles to post trash. If u cannot use your usual account (profile) it means people already know u are a sell out.

Skynet45's profile

Do government do everything students, teachers, artisans, masses etc want. why must ASUU always bent on getting everything they solicit for.

People only talk about the way FG do not yield to their demands but not how ASUU too spoil university system with their attitudes that FG wish to use IPPIS to correct.

Umemploment
Half baked graduates
These are few of what it will correct.

CzarChris:
This is an outrage, a government sponsored propaganda machine and brash blackmail, but no matter. So ASUU is now the villain for fighting for proper and dignified educational environment don't forget ASUU is asking for 110billion naira for revitalization of the universities, this money is not for ASUU members, it's still this FG that will issue contracts to build proper infrastructure in the public universities or are we comfortable seeing pictures and videos of students sitting on the floor in over crowded lecture rooms? Don't get me started on the lack of basic laboratory equipment and reagents for the students to instruct students with. Nigerian lecturers are among the lowest paid in Africa, so to be paid what is at par with there colleagues in other places in Africa is now a crime? Look, I won't speak on this again on this platform, but if the Nigerian citizenry don't stand behind ASUU to win this battle, then our public education in Nigeria is totally finished. The present academics won't loose out, considering that Nigerian academics are highly sort after outside the shores of this country(what with the introduction of professional visa by the UAE). At the end of the day, the children of the poor will suffer it.
And what's very amazing is the speed at which this article will spread all over the country today, because it's government sponsored. Our nairaland Mods, I greet o!!!

Forget about the Revitalization of the university as ASUU state it to be.

Why did ASUU allow government to pay 30 billion for EAA and only 20 billion for Revitalization of University they use as blackmail.
Not all of us reason along with ASUU line of reasoning.
They are selfish, egocentric and callous.

Tell me how many unions gets attention like ASUU in this country.

By the time government is pushed to the wall and implement privatisation of University of force them to take pay cut or no salary for the months of absence, they will know that they also need to compromise some of their demands.

jolyment:
You don't know what you're talking about, is revitalization fund for infrastructures for ASUU? Is visitation panel about money? Tell FG to recruit more lecturers, a lecturer who teaches in other school is hired because of his experience and specialization that fresh graduates doesn't have.

You are the one that don't know what you are saying. Is it Federal government that will employ for state institutions where most of these lecturers work? It is obviously No
Government have their blame but lecturers who do this justify the rationale behind FG insistence on IPPIS. A lecturer that works in a federal University, take excess courses to earn more allowances is not effective in the courses. This same person still goes to two other state University and two of his trained PhD students are jobless.
Who is wicked between such person and FG? The issue is that some of the academic staff in the university are more callous that FG if given the authority. They perpetrate a lot of atrocities ranging from multiple earnings, sex for grade, absence from work, use of students to work without pay, plagiarism, favouritism to blackmail of government to actualize their selfish goals.

Wé just pray government respond in time so that masses will not bear too much brunt of their inaction.

Elvictor:
Yoruba leaders are afraid to relinquish the benefits they are getting from Niger Delta crude oil, they have refused to look inward for years Awolowo will be sad that the legacy he left behind have been tarnish by greedy people, Yoruba are independent and powerful but since 1999 we saw another version of Yoruba.

Stop the rubbish, Igbo people too will be silent when they get to corridor of power.

It was documented that North asked for restructuring, secession and refuted independent before any region.

That's what they hold on to now. Everyone must be ready to strategize to wrestle power from North That's all we need not all this cheap blackmails

Forumobserver12:
This lady you are attacking here is fighting for your future and that of your children, Nigeria as it stands today is nothing one can be proud of except you haven't traveled out the country before and see what a sane society should looks like...Shame on you for supporting evil...

You shut up, I am hungry now because of those twelve days that perpetual protest cost me. After government decided to reform the police brutality we told them to stop, they heeded not until it was hijacked. Government are using University approach for them now you are shouting.

Wé need change but not at the detriment of the innocent citizens.

Pharaoh4rin:
The Yoruba people believed that the wary aggressors who destroyed properties in Lagos recently in d #endsars# protests were majorly igbos. Now, they've teamed up to attack d Igbo traders because, who else owns d businesses in Ladipo, Alaba and Trades fair market? Trust me, this is just d beginning of these sequence of attack. If the Igbo traders knows what's good for them, let them attack back WHILE they PREPARE themselves for similar attacks in Alaba and Trades fair.

We're are all ethnic bigots in this country; it's just that some are more bigotry than others.

I give up on you people. Reprisal attack on who? Can you stand it if they start? Your kind are the ones who instigate violence and stay back to play victim card.

A civilized person is not expected to be saying this.
If you start it now ,you will start calling international bodies. And nobody will know the root of violence again. Be guided bros, the thing is a win win for Yoruba if you start it because this is their land.

Your kind of useless audacity causes attacks of Nigerians in South Africa, Ghana and Lagos.

MoIbrahim:
Who is employer? Everybody inuding politicians is government employee. And government belongs to all Nigerians, not the private company of anybody's father.

And government has laws, and one of the laws has been quoted above by ASUU.

So no difference between public servant and civil servant ? You are a clown.

RedPhoenix:
In Britain, he's popularly known as Fraudiola

If it is that easy to spend big and win, Mourinho would still be at United as a coach now.

If it is that easy to spend big and wín, we shall see what Lampard will do at Chelsea.

The pressure is always on any coach that spend and Guardiola managed the pressure very well to win nothing less than seven trophies in four years.

The time Mourinho left United, Guardiola just spent 60 million pounds than him but Mourinho's management of players was appalling, hence the sack.

OfficialAwol:
You know people sometimes wonder why Igbos hate Tinubu... But it is because of things like this.

You see what our Southern and Middle Belt brothers are trying to do now, expect somebody like Tinubu to slavishly align with the North, against the whole South and MB, because of power.

People like him are part of the reason unity between the South won't be possible. In fact, we wouldn't be where we are if not for Tinubu's unholy alliance with Buhari and his fellow terrorists.

If the entire South and MB can hold their fort, forget am. The core North will bend.

That's why people hate Igbo too. You didn't say anything about agitation for Biafra until your people left the top positions in the country in 2015.

I am not also a fan of Tinubu but he had sympathy of his people too because of the way Jonathan government also treated Yorùbá.

The truth is that everyone is trying to protect his own interest in this country. Every region voices out when they are not well represented in the governance.

Prior to 2015 elections, one can hardly mention one Yorùbá out of like seven most recognised citizens in Nigeria then. Although, Jonathan was doing bidding of North but they are also not satisfied with the decision making power they were given then. the the key decision makers were Jonathan, the his wife, Okonjo Iweala, Maduake, among others. Hence, they spoke with votes.

On restructuring or disintegration of this country, and North will always tell you that they made theove for it first when they discovered that they had the resources until crude oil became major revenue sources. They couldn't get it because of some of our nationalists in the south, prominently, Nnamdi Azikwe. So they can't easily accept it now that the south have edge unless we do it by force.

The only thing we can pray for is unity among southern Nigeria and possibly Middle Belt. We need one more push before 2023. If this will happen don't expect Tinubu to spearhead this, even if he will do it, it will be discretely. So we need the push for no restructuring no elections before 2023.

bencynthgreat:
You think you are wise abi? your a mumu man. Rivers people are the most lazy and docile people I had never seen. You see that jealousy for the success of Igbos will eventually consume most of you. Igbo blood gbuogi there

This is one of the reasons they think everyone hates Igbo. Everyone that is not doing what you are doing is lazy according to you?

continue, someone has said it that you all sleep and face the same direction.

Why are some sections of the country bent on soiling Nigeria image with their fake reportage? As much as I castigate the evil acts of Nigeria Army and people involved, I detest the rate at which people spread fake news like inferno.

Wé need to ask these questions to justifiably arrive at the person at fault:

What causes this inhuman treatment from Wike or party involved?
Why did Wike put bounty on Ipob leader in Oyigbo?
What prompts Soldiers involvement?
Why did supposed Indigbo Endsars protest go utra vire?
Why is it that it is only Igbo that are being hated as proclaimed?
What are the Ndigbo attitudes that warrant the hatred?
Where was all these agitation prior to 2015?
These are some of the questions begging for answers because it surprises me how a once saluted hero now becomes the villain and how all turn against Ndigbo

lexy2014:
Pls how did d performance of Busquet, Pique, Suarez, Rakitic & Vidal decline? What makes them according to u "underperforming players"? U say u are questioning d cancellation of Vidals contract yet u are still questioning y he was signed in d first place. U are contradicting urself.

According to u: "Barcelona play possession based soccer with creative and dynamic midfielders like Xavi, Iniesta, Ronaldinho and Deco not rigid players like Vidal."

Was Vidal brought in for d purpose of creativity? If he was, why was coutinho signed?

U also have this to say:

"Aside Greizmann & Vidal, he also signed Coutinho, Dembele and Braithwaite and they are all playing far below expectation."

Y are these players now a shadow of themselves now that they are in Barcelona compared what they used to be? Coutinho for instance went to Bayern to shine despite being a Barca player.

U say Valverde doesn't have a plan B. Does Guardiola have a plan B? U alleged that Valverde & Sentien won't make it into d list of d 20 most brilliant coaches in Europe. D list u provided is that of d 10 best coaches in d just concluded season. Which means d coaches on d list are still active. What of d other 10? So Valverde isn't tactically sound, yet he won d laliga back to back?

How many seasons was Sentien in Barca and under what circumstances was he brought in? Do u think any coach would have done better than he did under d circumstances? U still haven't told me how they aren't tactically sound.

Coutinho did not shine at Bayern. He has been long droped on the bench because of his inconsistencies. Forget that he shined against Barca, he was not a performing player at Bayern. Had Barca not in crisis, most especially financially Coutinho would definitely go.

Those players the guy mentioned are no longer at Barca level.
in short, Bartomue really soiled Barca image, but big time unless u have not been following Barca's news.

ominilongest:
Griezmann play as Amf/SS,CF in Atletico
Apart from CF,we all know that's Messi's best position, that is y Griezmann is not clicking in LWF,griez do flop in that position
Barca build d team Around Messi,U all need to run for him, So he can perform very well,those that find it hard to do that get kicked out of d team.
Ronaldinho, Henry, Ibrahimovic, Eto'o,they all left because of who?
Old age?
The above mentioned make and break records after they left Barcelona,(unwillingly)? Y?
So Messi can shine.
Griezmann don enter one chance,E should have stayed
Chai. Griezman (AMF) j.felix and suarez CFs ... they will strike fear into any defence heart
Both Atletico and griez is at d loose end now
Just like real and ororo
Some relationship are meant to be forever
Na y Messi no leave Barca b dat, forget d G.oat status bro
Messi will flop! City is not Barca where every player works for him, no eye service!


BS
Those players U mentioned and Messi dey on good terms,very close pals

All these are just flimsy excuses. He had 3 one-on-one this season without scoring. Only a hater will say Messi's influenced has not reduced this season going by what other players have put in as efforts.

kenzysmith:
remove messi from Argentina and they won't go to world cup final, they won't qualify for copa America fina l back to back, they won't be qualified for d world cup 2018 am done indulging u. Go eat ur indomie kid

Don't mind the haters. Messi temporarily retired from Argentina for good nine months, but Argentina did not win a match until he came back around April to qualify them by scoring hatrick in a must win match.

Beverlyjean:
Iniesta, xavi , villa , puyol where the main niggars that made barca what it was and not messi... reason being that the national team of Spain dominated workd football back then cos of these men I mentioned... Argentina national team was full of crap... as barca was winning league titles and most especially champions league titles, Spain was also winning European cups and world cup ...since these men I mentioned retired, barca and spain became crap just like Argentina has been crap... messi and guadiola are very good , but not as decisive when it came to major games like those guys mentioned

You must be myopic to say that a team that feature in world Cup final is crap. they didn't win and that is game for you. They even drag it to extra time with Germany.

Jealousy of Guardiola success will kill some people. Yet, we some top coaches admitted that Guardiola changes their orientation about football.

If it that easy to win champions league with Messi or the best Mourinho would have won it in Madrid and Chelsea. The truth about champions league is that any team that is too tensed or under pressure to win it will not do it. Ferguason won it in 1999 and never win it until 2008 again. Guardiola too will win it when the time comes

zicoy6k:
Go and educate yourself concerning university establishment acts, after which, I'm sure you will come back to delete this post.

Forget the university establishment acts. if one acts fails, you can another would be adopted, though with adequate consultations. Assu should key into the IPPIS or forget about their salary. There have not been any union that gain government attention like Assu and NMA.

amerengues:
Hmm

We argue to gain more enlightenment and if in the process, we encounter superior arguments, we should accept it.

You made a valid point by referring to the ghost workers issue- we don’t want ghost workers that sap our resources struggling to go round.

ASUU went on strike before pandemic thus it wasn’t in the midst of pandemic; It wasn’t because of IPPIS that they started the strike; This same government agreed at a time that they are willing to looking into the alternative ASUU will present which is UTAS since it accommodates most of the peculiarities IPPIS is devoid of

eg Adjunct lecturers (Hardly will you see any department/faculty with adjunct Lecturers from the industry). An engineering faculty with a course on Engineering law (just an illustration)may borrow lecturers. Also, those presently on IPPIS in other ministry have started complaining of the irregularities because I have a colleague who complained recently.

To rectify issues, you might need to travel to Abuja (Security, finance, stress, not meeting them on seat and telling you to come tomorrow), why hasn’t the Government decentralized this IPPIS. A friend has been advised to travel to Abuja recently.

We are quick to forget that this strike is premised on the follow up on previous agreement the government has successfully renegaded on without no commitment to do anything significant. IPPIS main issue came up when the stopped salary in which strike was on before the focus shifted to IPPIS.

Again, I ask, students have never supported revitalization and adequate funding and we are quick to condemn some persons who wants that. Government really fears the students’ protest but unfortunately they don’t protest for better education or support the struggle since we all want to quickly graduate. Those schools abroad get huge fundings for education. If you perceive that there is a misappropriation in university system, why not wade in and be in charge of fixing the infrastructure and revitalization fee and leave the school administrators out of the process- come and build and innovative rickety libraries.

Remember that anything Government is continuous and not only must you fulfill the promises but build on it. Again, this struggle was before so many of us are born, why are we still in this state. Please kindly do your research on how much Graduate assistants and Assistant lecturers earn.

Recently, they retain best students to lecture but after seeing how decayed the system is coupled will a paltry salary of 105k for some school lecturers, they accept offers from universities abroad and the system weakens further. Government only focuses on the propaganda of 10,000 lecturers as Prof whereas the bulk are in the very lower cadre who will print, publish articles, fix their offices with their money especially for those who could never sell handouts as a university rule. They are left with only meager salaries. I will stop here.


However, the challenge with ASUU is their penchant for shouldering all the requests needed for school revitalization. If ASUU focuses on the welfare of the members alone (which in hard fact, not possible though since university structures and infrastructure isn’t alien to ASUU’ operations), the strike won’t be incessant. If the students and parents don’t ask for better education, leave them to it. You can’t be fighting for people who don’t understand you.

If any ASUU member is found erring for misappropriation , prosecute them instantly but we forget that ASUU is academic and not always at the helm of affairs of most administrative activities of some universities and how some of it sef is being used are not even known to them. ASUU isn’t asking for increase in the poor salaries as highlighted. Till now no minimum wage has been paid.

All we want is a balanced view. So pathetic that this struggle has been on for ages. If only, if only they fix it once, Government would be able to brag one day.

Note: ASUU isn’t asking for salary increase despite meager salary.

ASUU hasn’t been paid #1 out of the audio minimum wage

The bulk of lecturers are in the lower cadre hence only few could attempt teaching somewhere else. Don’t be driven by propaganda

Note that most of the students will loose studentship if their schools looses accreditation due to shortage of having some senior lecturers (Gradual plans to recruit is feasible)

Note that there are condemned to poor salary structure after so many degrees yet no increment- it is as bad as 3,000-4000 annual increment in some institutions.

Before you judge, take both view into cognizance. It’s unfortunate that the students are bearing the brunt in this struggle.

We understand everything you are saying in a normal setting but ASUU sometimes demonstrate their greed openly. Compare ASUU welfare to other sectors aside from government appointees whose pays are shortlived, and you will agree that they are greedy. What do they do that Teachers at secondary and primary school level are not doing?
If 2009 agreements that ASUU seldom use to blackmail FG is that feasible, the meek Yar'Adua or Jonathan would have done it.
I had a lecturer that is shivering now because of IPPIS due to his multiple salary entries. He used to be a very effective lecturer back then when I was an undergraduate. But now that he has four solid employments in four places, he only employs his students to do most of his works. he is And this ought to be legally meant for the young agile graduates he uses. This is the case with many lecturers.

FA13:
And Barca will pay dearly for him leaving.
It is as if the club is stupid or something. No business sense at all.

Besides Suarez was not the problem even though he has passed his peak. Defenders in which Pique is king ought to be offloaded first.

His wages not only performance is the problem

ojaysam25:
...make messi come score for serial A in 11 consecutive match and break juventus highest goalscorer in a season or become the fastest player to score 50 goals in seria A....even at 35....his own is to be disturbing the media with propaganda

Junior Messi's in la liga have done it severally. Higuain won Seria a golden Boot twice or so but none in Seria a had come to do that in la liga. The last time I check, la liga is Rated Above Seria a

Thorgan99:
Apart from winning la Liga and copa del Rey, what has Messi achieved with Barcelona after Neymar, iniesta and xavi left

He has won World footballer of the year.
Now tell me the one Ronaldo has achieved since he left Madrid. Not even in semi final of champions league.

CalvinGaye:
Despite all he did for Barca, they threw him off like trash.
No respect at all for the guy as he was forced out due to their shambolic performance in UCL.
Too bad.

Moreso, if it were a black man in his shoes now, Fans(blacks in particular) go call am Racism.

Is it even new in Barca and Madrid? They need to balance the book in term of wages. Besides, the same thing was done to Iniesta and Xavi. So no crime unless you are taking something out of it. Alba, Busquet and Pique will agree to pay cut and Messi that is even there is there not because of field performance but market value in endorsement, advert and sponsorship

Beverlyjean:


The only balon dor winner that never tested his abilities in another league or club... also the only balon dor winner from South America or Europe in the past 25 yrs that couldn't lead his nation to victory ...apart from fake winners like modric

Messi has led his country to glories at both underage competition and senior level
If you are ignorant of this confess.
Messi

Our is 13/7 here in Bariga Lagos. We have accepted our fate. The only joy in this mess is certainty of time we are being given barring no external problem.
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Adakintroy:
They will never call it is. To what end is a signing?

Baca spend millions On coutinho, dembele, greizman,. De jong. They are still in recess.

Klupp has never been a big money coach. That guardoila or mourihno thing.

He believes in players and knows how to get the best out of them. Something the world lack right now. In dutchmund, even Bayern stole lewandoski from him. Other clubs stole sahin, kagawa, gotze, e.t.c.

They just want big name signing so they can write that big headlines. It's not a genuine concern t's about selling papers.

What's the difference.? Klopp doesn't spend and he spent £400 and Guardiola that spends spent £500. Abi you no dey do calculation ni?

Did he also win a spoon until he spent big money? Klopp is hypocrite joor. Within two years, he spent about 350 million pounds and won Champions league. So no amount of criticism will change the fact that money Influences success in football.
If this year's spending is not fruitful, Lampard should but more jare

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obembet:
Thats is the truth, Either Barcelona likes it or not, this guy won't play forever. Either he renew his contract or decides to leave on a free transfer next season, his departure in the future is inevitable. If you really wants to rebuild the squad and the team, while not let him go and focus on a new generation. Messi going will serve a better advantage to the entire barca than him staying. This whole saga has shown actually destroy the reputation of Barca.

Lalasticlala

Do you now want Barca to release him for free and lose in three ways: agony OF MESSI'S departure, loss of revenue in sponsorship and endorsement and of course money.
Go and read what liga president said before you judge Barca.

Had it been Messi's contract is buyable like Neymar, you would not be talking like this now. They needed this kind of enormous clause to prevent Neymar scenerio on Messi and future generation players