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Re: Emeka Nwajiuba: Striking ASUU Members Shouldn’t Be Paid – Education Minister by zikter(m): 9:23am On May 03, 2022
Useless politicians, nothing is working in our universities, they have become glorified secondary schools due to lack of funds. Yet this man is talking nonsense. Politicians have blotted allowances, one of the highest paid in the word, yet the education sector is grounded. Some Nigerians who are not even familiar with the demands of the varsity unions will ignorantly be faulting the unions emotionally.

I blame the docile students who cannot hold the government responsible for this shameful display

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Re: Emeka Nwajiuba: Striking ASUU Members Shouldn’t Be Paid – Education Minister by saintnegroid(m): 9:23am On May 03, 2022
PussyKing:
grin

Why I would tell you to forget and stop waiting for Government jobs

Key into businesses, the money a good business will pay you in 5-7 years would be 10 times better than your govt job retirement pay

Wise people go into businesses and stop wasting their time with the Govt
please like what kind of business... I would love to do business
Re: Emeka Nwajiuba: Striking ASUU Members Shouldn’t Be Paid – Education Minister by tobititus167: 9:30am On May 03, 2022
Honestly, ASUU members are just holding Nigerians and mostly Nigeria students to ransom, in this cause of their so called strike,most of them are doing another thing fetching them money in another way, while the students they suppose to build their future are roaming around all over Nigeria. FG should also do the needful to stop all these shenanigans

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Re: Emeka Nwajiuba: Striking ASUU Members Shouldn’t Be Paid – Education Minister by aribisala0(m): 9:30am On May 03, 2022
Tough talk. This same dialogue for more than 30 years. Does not fix the problem.
The reality is government cannot afford to run universities or has other priorities

Nigerians need to ask themselves if they would sacrifice petrol subsidy going into university education.

The problem does not affect Buhari,Tinubu, El Rufai or Atiku their children school elsewhere
Re: Emeka Nwajiuba: Striking ASUU Members Shouldn’t Be Paid – Education Minister by erubati: 9:32am On May 03, 2022
The education has been going down for years now,it's nothing new.
We still have a lot of university products still doing exceptionally well in their chosen field both in Nigeria and abroad.
I totally support the no work no pay policy
Re: Emeka Nwajiuba: Striking ASUU Members Shouldn’t Be Paid – Education Minister by BluntTheApostle(m): 9:34am On May 03, 2022
Look at the rubbish coming from the mouth of a supposed minister of education, even if it is for state.

These idiots know what ASUU wants, but would rather ignore, and let ignorant Nigerians drag ASUU instead.

How come our education budget is so small? Our health budget too? One of the smallest in Africa, and yet we claim giant of Africa.

Our lecturers use money from their own personal pockets to bring glory to the university. University of Ibadan is top 500 in the world. The government would be quick to take glory despite only transmitting a very shameful budget.

Yet, lawmakers who do absolutely nothing other than say "yay and nay" and gallivant all over the world earn massive amounts in allowances.

A professor earns 350,000 naira, and yet has absolutely no access to research grants. It is only in Nigeria. And we wonder why many of our people think "school na scam".

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Re: Emeka Nwajiuba: Striking ASUU Members Shouldn’t Be Paid – Education Minister by SmartPolician: 9:34am On May 03, 2022
chukwuibuipob:
sad the bastard children dey schools abroad oo. sad.I really pity Nija students. Private uni are cashing out

Stop disgracing yourself!

Read the article before commenting!
Re: Emeka Nwajiuba: Striking ASUU Members Shouldn’t Be Paid – Education Minister by Chicastle: 9:34am On May 03, 2022
Oga do your work and stop yearning opata

But on a serious note, this ASUU members shouldn’t be receiving free allowee oo

Dem be corpers?
Re: Emeka Nwajiuba: Striking ASUU Members Shouldn’t Be Paid – Education Minister by Joiedevivre: 9:37am On May 03, 2022
ERockson:
I don't like ASUU in anyway, they fight only for their interest and nothing more. They should stop paying their selfish arshhh
You are mad. They keep working without getting paid, and you are herr typing nonesense...
Re: Emeka Nwajiuba: Striking ASUU Members Shouldn’t Be Paid – Education Minister by Nobody: 9:39am On May 03, 2022
Praxis758:
And this so called minister could afford a hundred million naira for presidential primary form.

I think it’s time we should start owing the elective and appointed politicians theirs salaries and emoluments so that they too will feel the pains.

This guyman minister is promising to be a failure if elected as a president.

Can that money sort ASUU problem??

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Re: Emeka Nwajiuba: Striking ASUU Members Shouldn’t Be Paid – Education Minister by TenQ: 9:40am On May 03, 2022
adenigga:
The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, has said it doesn’t make sense for members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities to continue to earn salaries while on strike.

The PUNCH reports that ASUU began one month warning strike on February 14, 2022 and since then has not suspended its industrial action.

Speaking to The PUNCH in a telephone interview on Sunday, Nwajiuba said, “The lecturers have continued to earn salaries while on strike; it doesn’t make sense to earn salaries when you have refused to work.

“If you refuse to even pay them, by the time they call off the strike, they will still come back to fight for the payment of the period they refused to work.

“You can air your grievances, come to the negotiation table without refusing to work. The issue of the strike has become a thing of concern. I have four children; two have graduated while the other two are still in public universities. I feel for them, I feel for other students who are at home. I feel the same way other parents feel, but can I bring money from my house and give it to ASUU?

“The Ministry of Education isn’t the employer of the lecturers, we are a supervisory body, and there is no way we can fire or hire someone. Universities have governing councils that supervise the activities that go on, our job as in the ministry is to supervise, we can’t meddle in.

“On the issue of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, I am also paid via the IPPIS, it is owned by the government, there is no way you can tell the government to throw away its platform and pay you with another platform.”


Meanwhile, the President of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, Mohammed Ibrahim, has accused the Federal Government of focusing on frivolous things and neglecting the education sector and the youths.

Speaking during the 2022 May Day celebration in Abuja on Sunday, Ibrahim said the universities were forced to shut down due to government insincerity, adding that the standard of education had continued to go down.

He stated, “Our universities have been forced to shut down due to the insincerity of the government to keep to its promises. The standard of education continues to go down due to the insensitivity of the government and the inability to provide a good teaching, learning and work environment through lack of basic facilities that will make them compete favourably with their peers in other parts of the world.


“The morale of university workers is dampened by the poor pay package and the government appears to be paying lip service to education. It is very clear that government pays more attention to frivolous things and has neglected youths that are said to be the leaders of tomorrow.’’

The SSANU President lamented the condition of Nigerian workers whom he said were going through perilous times in form of insecurity, economic hardship and other challenges.

He noted, “This year’s Workers Day comes when Nigerian workers are passing through perilous and dangerous times. Nigerian workers and indeed members of our great union are confronted with diverse challenges like rising spate of armed banditry, kidnappings, insurgency, economic hardship and worst of all, the inability of the government to keep to agreements it entered into with all the university-based unions in 2009.

“Our members have been denied payment of new Minimum Wage Consequential Adjustment arrears and backlog of earned allowances in addition to other violations of our rights and privileges. Our universities have been forced to shut down due to the insincerity of the government to keep to its promises.”


He admonished the government to resolve the ongoing strike by university workers and also tackle the challenges facing the country.

“Toying with the future of our children will spell doom for our dear country. I call on the government to look into the demands of all the university-based unions and take urgent steps to address them so that our children will go back to school,’’ the union urged.

Source: https://punchng.com/Striking-ASUU-members-shouldnt-be-paid-Education-minister
If they don't go on strike, you ignor them. Now, they are on strike, you say no payment of salary.
Evil Government!
Re: Emeka Nwajiuba: Striking ASUU Members Shouldn’t Be Paid – Education Minister by Lionnation: 9:41am On May 03, 2022
Praxis758:
And this so called minister could afford a hundred million naira for presidential primary form.

I think it’s time we should start owing the elective and appointed politicians theirs salaries and emoluments so that they too will feel the pains.

This guyman minister is promising to be a failure if elected as a president.
black man's brain is a failure on its own, how so you intent to achieve that
Re: Emeka Nwajiuba: Striking ASUU Members Shouldn’t Be Paid – Education Minister by Neoteny7: 9:42am On May 03, 2022
“Our members have been denied payment of new Minimum Wage Consequential Adjustment arrears and backlog of earned allowances in addition to other violations of our rights and privileges. Our universities have been forced to shut down due to the insincerity of the government to keep to its promises.”

This has always been. The crux of the matter. ASUU and its fellow mad hatters are fighting only for their pockets.

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Re: Emeka Nwajiuba: Striking ASUU Members Shouldn’t Be Paid – Education Minister by 27Pushing30: 9:43am On May 03, 2022
Praxis758:
And this so called minister could afford a hundred million naira for presidential primary form.

I think it’s time we should start owing the elective and appointed politicians theirs salaries and emoluments so that they too will feel the pains.

This guyman minister is promising to be a failure if elected as a president.

Go and hustle and forget about another man’s wealth.. is it from his pocket that he will pay ASUU?

Ignorant Nigerian.

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Re: Emeka Nwajiuba: Striking ASUU Members Shouldn’t Be Paid – Education Minister by 9jatriot(m): 9:43am On May 03, 2022
Oga, are you guys on strike because of unpaid salaries? This is news because as far as I know, you are not being owed your salary
Joiedevivre:
You are mad. They keep working without getting paid, and you are herr typing nonesense...
Re: Emeka Nwajiuba: Striking ASUU Members Shouldn’t Be Paid – Education Minister by Dnlblessed(m): 9:44am On May 03, 2022
You're a big hypocrite.
Your kids are home and yet you can afford a ticket of #100 million naira
Re: Emeka Nwajiuba: Striking ASUU Members Shouldn’t Be Paid – Education Minister by Wilsoneze6: 9:45am On May 03, 2022
If every other ministry, Department and agency of govt are embarking on strike the way ASUU do, I wonder how this country will move forward. ASUU should be considerate and go back to school if they really have the interest of Nigerians at heart.

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Re: Emeka Nwajiuba: Striking ASUU Members Shouldn’t Be Paid – Education Minister by BluntTheApostle(m): 9:46am On May 03, 2022
Realist12:
ASUU has always been selfish and inconsiderate. A body representing scholars yet their only achievements is being known only for strikes.
Imagine we had ASUU kind of leadership in NLC . The economy would have worsened to a state of emergency . Yes that's what they are doing to education, worsening it .

ASUU has always been selfish?

Do you have an idea how poorly treated our academics have been treated, even when we had a PhD holder as president?

You will find a senior lecturer whose job includes teaching, researching, supervising theses, earning about 120,000 (without bonuses). This lecturer has children, has a wife, and all, and yet he has to use his own money to carry out research, and get published in a reputable journal, because his promotion is largely based on that.

We want our country to become advanced, and yet we are ignoring our eggheads, and treating them like trash, while our thieving politicians who contribute nothing to society are praised.

We can't become like Japan or South Korea or Germany if we don't invest in quality but affordable education. We are not ready to progress in this country.

For your information, many of ASUU's grievances have remained unattended to since 2009. Yet, they keep calling off strikes as soon as some commitments are made just for the sake of the students. The government should stop playing hide-and-seek, and attend to ASUU with sincerity of purpose to put an end to incessant strikes.

One of ASUU's demands is for university autonomy for at least 5 years to reposition our universities. Successive governments have shown that they do not value education, and this is evident in how low the standards of our education has fallen.

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Re: Emeka Nwajiuba: Striking ASUU Members Shouldn’t Be Paid – Education Minister by REALretep(m): 9:47am On May 03, 2022
Kyase:
Aswear.
When they are ready for their salaries, they will resume

ASUU will be feeling like another tier of government

Rubbish people
Instead of you to comment on the issues for which ASUU is going on strike, you are instead condemning them for their boldness in challenging the government to become responsible

Some people sef

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Re: Emeka Nwajiuba: Striking ASUU Members Shouldn’t Be Paid – Education Minister by Nobody: 9:50am On May 03, 2022
My Igbo brothers being used for government "senseless talks" since 1960. From the other army spokesperson to the one in the labour ministry, then this one....there's even another SA on rubbish and gutter affairs in Lagos state who incidentally is from my LGA.

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Re: Emeka Nwajiuba: Striking ASUU Members Shouldn’t Be Paid – Education Minister by Cmanforall: 9:51am On May 03, 2022
adenigga:
The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, has said it doesn’t make sense for members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities to continue to earn salaries while on strike.

The PUNCH reports that ASUU began one month warning strike on February 14, 2022 and since then has not suspended its industrial action.

Speaking to The PUNCH in a telephone interview on Sunday, Nwajiuba said, “The lecturers have continued to earn salaries while on strike; it doesn’t make sense to earn salaries when you have refused to work.

“If you refuse to even pay them, by the time they call off the strike, they will still come back to fight for the payment of the period they refused to work.

“You can air your grievances, come to the negotiation table without refusing to work. The issue of the strike has become a thing of concern. I have four children; two have graduated while the other two are still in public universities. I feel for them, I feel for other students who are at home. I feel the same way other parents feel, but can I bring money from my house and give it to ASUU?

“The Ministry of Education isn’t the employer of the lecturers, we are a supervisory body, and there is no way we can fire or hire someone. Universities have governing councils that supervise the activities that go on, our job as in the ministry is to supervise, we can’t meddle in.

“On the issue of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, I am also paid via the IPPIS, it is owned by the government, there is no way you can tell the government to throw away its platform and pay you with another platform.”


Meanwhile, the President of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, Mohammed Ibrahim, has accused the Federal Government of focusing on frivolous things and neglecting the education sector and the youths.

Speaking during the 2022 May Day celebration in Abuja on Sunday, Ibrahim said the universities were forced to shut down due to government insincerity, adding that the standard of education had continued to go down.

He stated, “Our universities have been forced to shut down due to the insincerity of the government to keep to its promises. The standard of education continues to go down due to the insensitivity of the government and the inability to provide a good teaching, learning and work environment through lack of basic facilities that will make them compete favourably with their peers in other parts of the world.


“The morale of university workers is dampened by the poor pay package and the government appears to be paying lip service to education. It is very clear that government pays more attention to frivolous things and has neglected youths that are said to be the leaders of tomorrow.’’

The SSANU President lamented the condition of Nigerian workers whom he said were going through perilous times in form of insecurity, economic hardship and other challenges.

He noted, “This year’s Workers Day comes when Nigerian workers are passing through perilous and dangerous times. Nigerian workers and indeed members of our great union are confronted with diverse challenges like rising spate of armed banditry, kidnappings, insurgency, economic hardship and worst of all, the inability of the government to keep to agreements it entered into with all the university-based unions in 2009.

“Our members have been denied payment of new Minimum Wage Consequential Adjustment arrears and backlog of earned allowances in addition to other violations of our rights and privileges. Our universities have been forced to shut down due to the insincerity of the government to keep to its promises.”


He admonished the government to resolve the ongoing strike by university workers and also tackle the challenges facing the country.

“Toying with the future of our children will spell doom for our dear country. I call on the government to look into the demands of all the university-based unions and take urgent steps to address them so that our children will go back to school,’’ the union urged.

Source: https://punchng.com/Striking-ASUU-members-shouldnt-be-paid-Education-minister

Someone once said here on NL that striking ASSU members being paid is similar to a long paid vacation...

I mean the students are the ones suffering it, while they gain
Re: Emeka Nwajiuba: Striking ASUU Members Shouldn’t Be Paid – Education Minister by Cmanforall: 9:56am On May 03, 2022
Praxis758:
And this so called minister could afford a hundred million naira for presidential primary form.

I think it’s time we should start owing the elective and appointed politicians theirs salaries and emoluments so that they too will feel the pains.

This guyman minister is promising to be a failure if elected as a president.
These are 2 different things

The lecturers strike is not due to unpaid salaries, moreover, if he's got his money, he should use it the way he wants...

Some lecturers can buy that form too...
Re: Emeka Nwajiuba: Striking ASUU Members Shouldn’t Be Paid – Education Minister by Gkemz: 9:56am On May 03, 2022
Best method to use on these selfish lecturers whose agitations are not in the interest of the students they exploit. They will eventually get tired and return to classes.
The reason they are kicking against IPPS is because it's exposing the corruption in the higher institutions where a lecturer could be teaching in up to 4 government institutions of higher learning depriving others of opportunities even after imposing handouts, materials, textbooks, sorting of courses on students and sexually molesting female students.
Re: Emeka Nwajiuba: Striking ASUU Members Shouldn’t Be Paid – Education Minister by dontrulee: 9:58am On May 03, 2022
ERockson:
I don't like ASUU in anyway, they fight only for their interest and nothing more. They should stop paying their selfish arshhh

The problem is not ASUU. The problem is FG, since 2009, FG has not fulfilled it's promise towards the academic sector
Re: Emeka Nwajiuba: Striking ASUU Members Shouldn’t Be Paid – Education Minister by jmaine: 9:58am On May 03, 2022
blackpanda:


ASUU has been telling this story since 1999. Every single administration they must strike. It has almost turned to extortion. Well they made a mistake because buhari isn't contesting. By the time FGN cuts off salaries they drama will end

OBJ did same... GEJ did same.... Buhari did same during a rugged covid year.... No drama ended... It only increases the resolve of members to down tools until the needful is done....

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Re: Emeka Nwajiuba: Striking ASUU Members Shouldn’t Be Paid – Education Minister by jmaine: 10:00am On May 03, 2022
Gkemz:
Best method to use on these selfish lecturers whose agitations are not in the interest of the students they exploit. They will eventually get tired and return to classes.

LOL.... Like they did in 2020....

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Re: Emeka Nwajiuba: Striking ASUU Members Shouldn’t Be Paid – Education Minister by dontrulee: 10:01am On May 03, 2022
Education system in Nigeria is already dwindling. Even after graduating, no work. Crime rate will keep on increasing sporadically. Truth is, not everyone is inclined to start a business or an enterprise, some will have to be employees. That's the harsh reality of life

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Re: Emeka Nwajiuba: Striking ASUU Members Shouldn’t Be Paid – Education Minister by irunoko(m): 10:02am On May 03, 2022
Deeprooted:
Fake minister!

You shouldn't be in that position. When NANS visited this man, you won't believe he walked out on then without anyone calling him to order. As a minister of Education, who's your number 1 interest if not the students?


Don't pay the striking lecturers but you, with nothing to show for your ministry should continue to be paid?
any nigerian student who votes for this man is obviously cursed and beyond redemption because even the students who are the major casualties get for body
Re: Emeka Nwajiuba: Striking ASUU Members Shouldn’t Be Paid – Education Minister by Kyase(m): 10:02am On May 03, 2022
slivertongue:




ASUU has outlived her importance. But I blame the FG for paying them for sitting home. Imagine receiving salaries for nine months for doing nothing

That's my anger seriously, ASUU should just fuckoff, I don tire with their Mata
Re: Emeka Nwajiuba: Striking ASUU Members Shouldn’t Be Paid – Education Minister by chukwuibuipob: 10:03am On May 03, 2022
SmartPolician:


My father should Stop disgracing himself!

He should Read the article before commenting!

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