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I've gained admission since February, and I'm supposed to be writing my 2nd semester exams by now, but yet; I'm still at home all thanks to ASUU.

ASUU is a corrupt establishment. They claim govt doesn't fund the universities but during accreditation visitation by ASUU members from NUC, schools borrow makeshift staff, equipment etc from other universities instead of presenting, as it were, their shortcomings, so govt may know how to employ capable hands etc. With brown envelopes in their arms, visiting panels certify everything okay only for schools to turn around and blame Govt for underfunding, underemployment etc. Who's fooling who? They borrow equipment cause they had mismanaged the funds earlier provided by FG. They borrow staff so as to leave room for "excess work load" allowance! Have you wondered why there was so much employment in the universities at the eve of IPPIS enrollment deadline? All the while, ASUU dominated managements had always presented inflated figures as staff. With IPPIS forced enrollment, they kept employing and enrolling new staff to bridge the gap between the actual staff strength and what had always been presented to FG. I can go on and on. Presently, Universities still use converted staff as securities even though FG had outsourced security services. They engage few numbers of contract security and augment them with those already converted (who should be at other schedules) then pocket the difference depending on the number of core staff involved. Yet , these core staff being forced to do these duties are denied security allowances on the pretext that their status in FG payroll does not reflect them as security staff.

Paulheyman:
If you can't afford a private university, ASUU is fighting for you.

If you're a hater of covenant, Madonna, landmark, KDUM, Tansian and other high fee universities then ASUU is fighting for you.

If you still want your children to benefit from good academics then ASUU is fighting for you.

If you still want your certificate to be valid and used to process your documents to Japa out of this country then ASUU is fighting for you (Remember Abia state polytechnic).

If you want to see Nigeria progress then ASUU is fighting for you.

The university is the last of our public school system left to be conquered by the political elites. They came for the primary schools we applauded them, after all primary education doesn't matter, private primary schools can do the job, then they came for the secondary education, we still left them to destroy it, the effect is examination malpractice. Lastly, they are targeting the peak of our education and people are blaming the defenders and not the offenders. If the government destroys our public universities then education will only be limited to the elites and those who intend to leave naija using their certificates will be stock cos your certificate won't be acceptable in any country.

Confucius said "when workers are paid well they're motivated to work well"

How much do you pay primary school teachers, how much do you pay secondary school teachers. You pay a teacher #10k in private school and you expect him to do wonders.

Those backing the government don't know that they are promoting illiteracy and backwardness. Most countries don't value our certificates. I wonder want becomes of you after studying medicine, nursings, engineering, physics, chemistry etc and you are told that your certificate is not recognize abroad then you'll understand what you've opted to defend. What of those doing PhD and MSc just to finish and be informed that you can't go beyond Nigeria with your PG certificate. God forbid

If ASUU perish we all perish

Stay blessed

Gbam... You're on point.

Auskyd:
When I say people should do research before they talk, you're a good example of it.

How many secondary teachers are even earning 100l after tax? You will just open your dirty mouth and say what you don't know. Stupid keyboard warriors who have never had to defend anything in their lives will come online and yarn bants.

There you go. That's what an assistant lecturer earns below.

The difference between that and a senior lecturers is not even up to 100k. Don't be a fool. Salaries isn't hidden. Go online and check for yourself. Asswipe.

E say teachers dey earn 400k lmao. Buffoon

Were you forced to take up the job, cant your degree fetch you jobs in oil companies/ best paying jobs in the country? olodo oshis forming elites.

taiwolomo1:
say that to the gods! Even if all ASUU demands are met...nothing will change in the universities...u want to know why!? Even university corruption is top notch! ASUU only care about its few corupt members...To them, students should go to hell !! To me! NMA should be theones on strike right nw! Go look at the service delivery at our dilapidated hospitals...u go weep!

NMA are the ones killing our hospitals FYI, not just paucity of funds like they make you believe. Our political leaders are aware of this but they lack the political will to make necessary changes that would turn around our public hospitals for good. Their own is to pump in money into the hospitals and join NMA to loot the money while leaving us with messed up hospitals

Shedrack777:
so you actually think they'll fight for students? not in africa

When have students ever fought for themselves or their underpaid lecturers

Given that it is true that they're fighting for themselves, but in the long run, this is going to be a win-win for both lecturers and students. Better libraries, state-of-the-art classrooms, adequate accommodation, modern laboratories. You u name it.

BabaO2:
Were you forced to take up the job, cant your degree fetch you jobs in oil companies/ best paying jobs in the country? olodo oshis forming elites.

I thought you said nobody is earning 120k? What changed for you, fool? Why are you countering the proof I showed you? Asinine lizard.

This is why you're busy checking how much NEPA is deducting from your small 2500 every month lmao.

Why aren't you working there at an oil company? All of us should just go there now, so we will all be earning more money, buffoon.

Stick to asking why you aren't getting rollovers for your 2500 recharges and other petty, mundane things that you worry about and don't comment on what you don't know. Ode Omo

Nazgul:
Are they fighting for their selfish interests or that of the students?

Personally, I don’t get seduced by the facade of fighting the government every time in the name of strike and people will willingly pull their strides behind ASUU. It doesn’t always move me. I want to ask the question; is ASUU really fighting for the well-being of the students, or are they using the fact that Nigeria is a failed government to clone as a facade to pursue their selfish interests, because they know that people will always fall behind them?

If ASUU is fighting for the welfare of the students, why won’t they also consider the welfare of the students and return to school? Why are they so comfortable that our students are at home since February, 2022 up till now? That is a period of 5 months and they are not even ready to move.

They don’t even care. As for me, I don’t support the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) joining ASUU in the strike. If ASUU is fighting for the welfare of the students, and they want us to believe that they have no ulterior motive, why haven’t they come out with their templates and convince Nigerians of their demands? Have they explained to the students exactly what they are fighting for and how it will benefit the students when granted?

During my days as a student, up till now, ASUU have always gone on strike and part of their demands have always been met, but I have never seen any significant improvement in the services they render to the students. The lecturers still trade sex for marks, they still sell books, handouts and collect inducements before a student passes their courses. And most importantly, they have not improved their teaching modules to enhance the education they offer.

So, how exactly is their protest in the interest of the students?

I want to know, and would be glad if anyone can help me out.

Cc. Mynd44, lalasticalala Dominique Seun.

This statement is nothing but a failed attempt to white wash a failed government. A country where a professor earns 335k monthly as salary? Even with regular publications in journals both local and international? No provisions are made for research grants, so you do your research from your own pocket. Suffice it to say that Nigerian lecturers are one of the least paid in Africa. I wonder why ASUU is even fighting for revitalization funds. Let them continue giving lectures to 3000+ students in 500capacity halls, let students get to the point where they have to get lectures under trees, since they can't afford the luxury of paying millions to private universities. Let our laboratories remain obsolete and in the stone age while the world continues to advance technologically. Let just fight for their salaries and allowances which a few billions will take care of and leave the Nigerian students from poor homes to their fate.

Are you happy now?

I didn't get to read ur post but ASUU is fighting for their interest.. They want to govt pay professor/lecureres more money on the on sheet... But govt said they will their sheet...

Hope u get that �

ThatFairGuy1:
If tertiary institution wasn't subsidized, would you have had it easy going to school

You've arrived, those who haven't should die.

Those commoners who won't be able to afford it should be denied education?

Nonsense talk.

To be honest with you, I was cringing while typing that comment. I’m a beneficiary of the highly subsidized university education and I really wish the system can be sustained for the benefit of children of poor parents.

Sadly, I don’t see an end to ASUU strike in the nearest future irrespective of who is in power under the current university structure. Apart from the UTAS/IPPIS issue that is recent, most of the demands of ASUU have to do with the none implementation of the agreement FG signed with the union since 2009. If the agreement can be implemented, Yar’adua and Jonathan would have implemented it long before Buhari became president. The problem is beyond party.

So then, what’s the lasting solution to the unending strikes? We either disrupt the current subsidized university education system or learn to live with the strikes. I really can’t see an alternative. Again, insufficient we can find a way to sustain the current structure in the overall interest of children of the poor masses.

I am an lecturer and osadeke is a colleague in the same university. I taught his daughter. I am telling you what I know. If you know how annoying being a lecturer is in Nigeria. I am planning to live this country once and for all. I am also running my p.g program and though I'm tired of the strike because its delaying me. But I support it because if not for my side business, the salary paid is peanuts.

Hueyreckless0007:
I don’t think so.
If u’re a parent, sponsoring your child to a Nigerian University, will you be happy seeing this type of news?

It’s soo annoying because at the end of the day, when it’s all said and done, Nigerian students get to bear the brute.

The children of this same Lecturers will be graduating from private Uni’s, while Ure sitting at home because a certain ASUU chairman has said 2 years is not too much to sacrifice

CzarChris:
This statement is nothing but a failed attempt to white wash a failed government. A country where a professor earns 335k monthly as salary? Even with regular publications in journals both local and international? No provisions are made for research grants, so you do your research from your own pocket. Suffice it to say that Nigerian lecturers are one of the least paid in Africa. I wonder why ASUU is even fighting for revitalization funds. Let them continue giving lectures to 3000+ students in 500capacity halls, let students get to the point where they have to get lectures under trees, since they can't afford the luxury of paying millions to private universities. Let our laboratories remain obsolete and in the stone age while the world continues to advance technologically. Let just fight for their salaries and allowances which a few billions will take care of and leave the Nigerian students from poor homes to their fate.

Are you happy now?

That should be the goal tbvh. Doctors stopped fighting for better equipment and started fighting for better pay which they got. Now, at least they are earning a bit more than before, and hospitals are still very bare as always.

More money for them, no problem.

Let ASUU do same. Just pay them higher salaries, If you like no build schools. Period.

Op your mumu never do ?

I see so many Nigerians don't know the value of good education. Thats why many people just like this OP can't reason well and always licking the ass of the same bad govt that can't even get one single thing right.

To me, ASSU is fighting for the right thing, how do you expect a labourer to keep labouring without reward?
What would you say about Nigeria medical doctor, NUPENG, Bread manufacturer and etc always going on strike ? Will you say it's also for selfies interest.
If govt was doing what's right, they won't be need for all this strike.

Everybody, is going on strike, Doctors, nurses, Assu, Nupeng, civil service etc. Ask your self why ?


Or politicians ain't interested in governing again, all they are doing is playing politics with our collective resources and fools like you will still come here to lick their ass.

Imagine the amount of politicians are earning every day. If those money were probably used for the good of our nation do you think everybody will be going on strike ?
It's only a matter of time, this country will still short right in your eyes.

Government public schools in Abuja are all closed down all because your bleeped up politicians can't provide basic security for her citizens.

Secondary and primary school students can't even go to school in the northern part of the country.

With all this happening, you still want to asslick.

Maybe you are privilege to attend a private uni and that's why you can type nonsense stuffs like this in form of question.

Who increases school fees? = VCs. And which union do VCs belong? = ASUU. Who eats money pumped for the revitalisation of our universities? = VCs. Who employs workers in the universities? = VCs. Who is the brain behind ghost workers in the universities? VCs. Lol... Infact, the greatest enemy of our education is ASUU.

Franklyspeakin:
I am an lecturer and osadeke is a colleague in the same university. I taught his daughter. I am telling you what I know. If you know how annoying being a lecturer is in Nigeria. I am planning to live this country once and for all. I am also running my p.g program and though I'm tired of the strike because its delaying me. But I support it because if not for my side business, the salary paid is peanuts.

Leave them to argue blindly. They think lecturers are earning millions every month and want more money.

For every 10 cars you see lecturers drive, 8 are from loans and cooperatives. They can't save to buy a car, but here we are arguing that they shouldn't worry about salary but just dey teach empty headed students who spend more time having sex and smoking weed than reading.

Shebi cutoff Is now 140? Lmfao the best of the olodos are coming to the university now lmao

Paulheyman:
If you can't afford a private university, ASUU is fighting for you.

If you're a hater of covenant, Madonna, landmark, KDUM, Tansian and other high fee universities then ASUU is fighting for you.

If you still want your children to benefit from good academics then ASUU is fighting for you.

If you still want your certificate to be valid and used to process your documents to Japa out of this country then ASUU is fighting for you (Remember Abia state polytechnic).

If you want to see Nigeria progress then ASUU is fighting for you.

The university is the last of our public school system left to be conquered by the political elites. They came for the primary schools we applauded them, after all primary education doesn't matter, private primary schools can do the job, then they came for the secondary education, we still left them to destroy it, the effect is examination malpractice. Lastly, they are targeting the peak of our education and people are blaming the defenders and not the offenders. If the government destroys our public universities then education will only be limited to the elites and those who intend to leave naija using their certificates will be stock cos your certificate won't be acceptable in any country.

Confucius said "when workers are paid well they're motivated to work well"

How much do you pay primary school teachers, how much do you pay secondary school teachers. You pay a teacher #10k in private school and you expect him to do wonders.

Those backing the government don't know that they are promoting illiteracy and backwardness. Most countries don't value our certificates. I wonder want becomes of you after studying medicine, nursings, engineering, physics, chemistry etc and you are told that your certificate is not recognize abroad then you'll understand what you've opted to defend. What of those doing PhD and MSc just to finish and be informed that you can't go beyond Nigeria with your PG certificate. God forbid

If ASUU perish we all perish

Stay blessed

Strike is what killed primary and secondary school education in Nigeria, very soon ASUU will also use strike to kill tertiary education, in the next few years there will be more private than public universities and even the poor will be borrowing to attend private schools just to avoid the plague that is ASUU, the biggest threat to public education in this country is ASUU strike that is why private schools always advertise by saying no ASUU strike.

Hopefully the next Government has the will to stop this madness, how can one group of people be holding the whole country to ransom, if every sector decides to behave like them will they be able to survive in the country?

I actually blame the true intellectuals and academias in the university who truly love education, don't support the antics of ASUU but yet have abandoned the Union for opportunist who don't care about education.

s4short:
Strike is what killed primary and secondary school education in Nigeria, very soon ASUU will also use strike to kill tertiary education, in the next few years there will be more private than public universities and even the poor will be borrowing to attend private schools just to avoid the plague that is ASUU, the biggest threat to public education in this country is ASUU strike that is why private schools always advertise by saying no ASUU strike.

Hopefully the next Government has the will to stop this madness, how can one group of people be holding the whole country to ransom, if every sector decides to behave like them will they be able to survive in the country?

I actually blame the true intellectuals and academias in the university who truly love education, don't support the antics of ASUU but yet have abandoned the Union for opportunist who don't care about education.

You don't have sense and it shows. The strikes of the teachers in the 2000s is what gave them the benefits they are enjoying today. They stood toe to toe with Obasanjo and came out victorious at the end. Today, they earn relatively well because of it.

Just be typing nonsense in the name of commenting. So the schools without good classrooms and adequate chairs, tables and writing materials was caused by strikes?


My God, where did you go to school please??.

Auskyd:
Which dean that is in charge of the running of the school with the knowledge of how tedious it is in terms of finance will tell you strike doesn't work?

Read my post again, this time, calmly. I never stated that the DSA said strike doesn't work. Rather I stated that I was the one who suggested to him that the many strikes undertaken by ASUU have not been effective. This response is only made to ensure that you do not quote me out of context.

As regards your other submissions, I am not here to debate with you who I know or do not know.

Just dey lie because you dey behind keyboard. Calm down sir Liesalot.

Kindly treat people you don't know personally with some respect. If you opine that a DSA is a spirit that cannot be known then that is fair enough and you are entitled to that opinion.

Thanks.

Nazgul:
These suggestions would be great if implemented. The only disadvantage of this suggestion is that tuition fee of government owned institutions would skyrocket and might even overtake that of private schools.

Such development would make it almost impossible for the average Nigerian parent to comfortably train his child in the university.

everyone mustn't go to university.. govt should concentrate more efforts to make public primary and secondary school better and quality plus free... After all how many graduates get to further after ist degree? Lasu charges above 100k per session Osun university charges above 200k per session and they aren't on strike... National ASUU has Lost her relevance let every university function independently

RepoMan007:
One man stole over a hundred billion so don't expect intellectuals not to seek their own personal interest. They are mostly sadist lecturers.

So because someone stole billions and is being tried, so called intellectuals should also begin to steal, does that even make any sense?
ASUU should kukuma carry guns and enter street cos I'm sure bandits earn even way more, smh

Be sincere for all those writeup telling the reasons for the the strike action. The some of the reasons:
1. Revitalisation fund
2. IPPS not captures peculiarities
3. Earn allowances
4. Review their salaries
5. Failed to go by the signed agreement since 2002.
6. Dismissal of some lecturers
6. and many other
Google to find more about it.

teepain:
Read my post again, this time, calmly. I never stated that the DSA said strike doesn't work. Rather I stated that I was the one who suggested to him that the many strikes undertaken by ASUU have not been effective. This response is only made to ensure that you do not quote me out of context.

As regards your other submissions, I am not here to debate with you who I know or do not know.



Kindly treat people you don't know personally with some respect. If you opine that a DSA is a spirit that cannot be known then that is fair enough and you are entitled to that opinion.

Thanks.

I read it the second time and see the point you were trying to make. I'll concede that. I'm not too haughty to not know when I'm wrong. However telling lecturers not to strike when you aren't bringing any viable options to the table is hogwash in my opinion. Before this strike, ask your DSA friend how many times ASUU sent letters, reminders and memos which government ignored blatantly without saying a thing.

So when they have exhausted all means of dialogue what do you think is next?

Strike is never the first option for ASUU. Get it down as facts coming from who knows. It is usually the last option and it takes agreement from all universities under the union to agree to a strike.

adanny01:
You have not said 1 thing I will agree with you.

Tell me one agency of government that is working the way we expect? Does ASUU expect that govt will prioritize them over the entire responsibilities of the govt?

ASUU are teachers as well as those who teach in primary and secondary schools. The demands by ASUU in comparison to all other civil servants that depend on government is simply outrageous. If every civil service union behaves like ASUU, govt will never be able to solve the issues with the current state of the economy.

Besides, in saner climes, government does not foot every bill of tertiary institutions. ASUU shouldn't have the moral audacity to hold the tertiary system to ransom if they know that it's not a right for them to be treated above the reasonable means of the govt. Govt is simply doing it for the sake of the very students ASUU has no regard for. Govt funding of the tertiary institutions is a responsibility it has to provide education for citizens of Nigeria. ASUU successfully kidnapped that responsibility for ransom. It's a bad thing. No excuses.

Well said, let me add that basic education is the responsibility of Government and is the right of every citizen while tertiary education is at best a privilege to the citizen, no Government in the world owes anybody tertiary education

I am an lecturer and osadekeosadeke woe is a colleague in the same university. I taught his daughter. I am telling you what I know. If you know how annoying being a lecturer is in Nigeria. I am planning to live this country once and for all. I am also running my p.g program and though I'm tired of the strike because its delaying me. But I support it because if not for my side business, the salary paid is peanuts. When he makes posts like that one you posted its just a way of taunting FG. This is because FG stopped paying lecturers salaries when the strike started in a bid to get them to call off the strike. Its now 6 months without salary. So he is just trying to tell them it didnt work

Hueyreckless0007:
I don’t think so.
If u’re a parent, sponsoring your child to a Nigerian University, will you be happy seeing this type of news?

It’s soo annoying because at the end of the day, when it’s all said and done, Nigerian students get to bear the brute.

The children of this same Lecturers will be graduating from private Uni’s, while Ure sitting at home because a certain ASUU chairman has said 2 years is not too much to sacrifice

Nazgul:
Are they fighting for their selfish interests or that of the students?

Personally, I don’t get seduced by the facade of fighting the government every time in the name of strike and people will willingly pull their strides behind ASUU. It doesn’t always move me. I want to ask the question; is ASUU really fighting for the well-being of the students, or are they using the fact that Nigeria is a failed government to clone as a facade to pursue their selfish interests, because they know that people will always fall behind them?

If ASUU is fighting for the welfare of the students, why won’t they also consider the welfare of the students and return to school? Why are they so comfortable that our students are at home since February, 2022 up till now? That is a period of 5 months and they are not even ready to move.

They don’t even care. As for me, I don’t support the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) joining ASUU in the strike. If ASUU is fighting for the welfare of the students, and they want us to believe that they have no ulterior motive, why haven’t they come out with their templates and convince Nigerians of their demands? Have they explained to the students exactly what they are fighting for and how it will benefit the students when granted?

During my days as a student, up till now, ASUU have always gone on strike and part of their demands have always been met, but I have never seen any significant improvement in the services they render to the students. The lecturers still trade sex for marks, they still sell books, handouts and collect inducements before a student passes their courses. And most importantly, they have not improved their teaching modules to enhance the education they offer.

So, how exactly is their protest in the interest of the students?

I want to know, and would be glad if anyone can help me out.

Cc. Mynd44, lalasticalala Dominique Seun.

GOD BLESS YOU FOR THIS PIECE....

khadaffi:
I'll drop my comment. Let me cough first


Edit
This issue had been previously overflogged here on NL. I think around 2010 or 2011, before that NL crash .

ASUU is another political organisation. I pity for any silly student that joins ASUU in castigating the government. I graduated in 2007 and before I graduated, every strike ASUU engaged in they kept saying they were fighting for student. And my questions has always been how? See I know my position is not the popular one but if we all sit down and apply common sense you will see the sense in what I'm saying. Now ask yourself, how many of these top ASUU chairman kids attends schools in Nigeria. If we are saying our leaders destroyed the country ASUU are among the leaders destroying Nigeria and the earlier Nigerians realise this the better. A Professor is a Nigerian leader, A VC is a Nigerian leader, etc

Now here is the crux of the matter. There is no reason why any of these civil servants (Doctors, teachers, journalists, Police, Army) should go on strike, I repeat no reason. In Nigeria however we have seen doctors going on strike abandoning patients who might even be on life support to die simply because government did not pay them enough. How crazy does that sound. It is also the same madness that has continually occurred in the teaching profession. Now I'm not holding brief for government. Nigerian government has been useless over the years to say the least. There is no civil servant that will tell you today that he/she is satisfied with what the government has done in their agency and praise the government. But how many of them do you see engaging frequently on strike? I want to use the Nigerian Army in this regard as a case study. These guys has never gone on strike even when it was clear that government bought fake bullet proof and all manner of nonsense that have been meted out on them. These guys are still on the job. It is not easy. It's not easy for anyone in this country and the least we would expect from unions is to alleviate or reduce the problem of the common man. My own humble submission is for government to either scrap the Union(ASUU) or they could make it in a manner that joining ASUU should not be mandatory. Rather there should be two or three recognised union where every staff can choose to join any and choose who and when you will pay your dues. The dues should not be automatic deduction from your salary. The Union are thieves and if NANS was still a credible union it should have engaged them seriously.

I expect to be insulted for this opinion though

Thank you ooooooooo.

The army are even suffering the most. They are underpaid. Have no other source of making money. They are facing the same salary Deduction from IPPIS that ASUU are clamouring about.

Yet we've never seen them gone on strike

It will never be well with ASUU chairman

Paulheyman:
If you can't afford a private university, ASUU is fighting for you.

If you're a hater of covenant, Madonna, landmark, KDUM, Tansian and other high fee universities then ASUU is fighting for you.

If you still want your children to benefit from good academics then ASUU is fighting for you.

If you still want your certificate to be valid and used to process your documents to Japa out of this country then ASUU is fighting for you (Remember Abia state polytechnic).

If you want to see Nigeria progress then ASUU is fighting for you.

The university is the last of our public school system left to be conquered by the political elites. They came for the primary schools we applauded them, after all primary education doesn't matter, private primary schools can do the job, then they came for the secondary education, we still left them to destroy it, the effect is examination malpractice. Lastly, they are targeting the peak of our education and people are blaming the defenders and not the offenders. If the government destroys our public universities then education will only be limited to the elites and those who intend to leave naija using their certificates will be stock cos your certificate won't be acceptable in any country.

Confucius said "when workers are paid well they're motivated to work well"

How much do you pay primary school teachers, how much do you pay secondary school teachers. You pay a teacher #10k in private school and you expect him to do wonders.

Those backing the government don't know that they are promoting illiteracy and backwardness. Most countries don't value our certificates. I wonder want becomes of you after studying medicine, nursings, engineering, physics, chemistry etc and you are told that your certificate is not recognize abroad then you'll understand what you've opted to defend. What of those doing PhD and MSc just to finish and be informed that you can't go beyond Nigeria with your PG certificate. God forbid

If ASUU perish we all perish

Stay blessed

Please shut up!

How are you fighting for us?

Our mates have started and ended a session this year only. While we are struggling to even complete half a semester.

Nairariver:
You are wrong dear...I'm a student and i support ASUU 100%
The government have completely failed in every single aspect. In my school for example they have removed the salaries of sweepers, cleaners etc from it's payroll. That means that the school now have to pay these workers since they offer essential services.
And predictably the school have turned to the students charging them all manner of fees in order to fill up the loop hole left by the government.
Projects, practicals that should normally be for free for students or simply be done by the school are now being paid for by the students, whom are supervised by visibly disgruntled and underpaid teachers that will still charge these students for actually doing the school's work, in the form of bribe for marks.

And how do you know all this?

MUMU

The school can afford to pay cleaners and etc.

Projects and practicals should be free? As per wetin? Kuku say education should be free

Werey

Nazgul:
1. As a nation we have to get our priorities right if we really want to develop technologically. A quick check on the budgetary allocation for education sector over the years clearly reveals that the figures allocated to education is so paltry that one can hardly achieve anything with it. It is against this backdrop that I am recommending that henceforth, the education sector should be allocated a reasonable share of our annual budget.

2. Education is capital intensive, therefore the Federal Government cannot do it alone. I would therefore recommend that Alumni Associations support and offer endowments as it is done in other climes. And also in the areas of infrastructural development through the provision of adequate potable water, regular power supply, world-class lecture theatres, hostels, functional laboratories...etc.

3. It is imperative that salaries and welfare packages of university lecturers should be reviewed from time to time. In Peter Obi's interview with channels TV yesterday, he said something that touched me. He said the salary and allowance of a local government chairman is higher than a university professor. It's very sad, and you would agree with me that a situation whereby lecturers are on the same salary for over 13 years without increment does not augur well.

Finally I just have to agree with you that public universities in Nigeria if they must thrive, must be autonomous. But only when numbers 1-3 have been met and visible growth has been recorded in the institution. Anything outside that would spell doom for parents and students.

Yen Yen Yen

Are you people the only ones suffering?

Make una rest

kponkedenge:
I saw a thread on the homepage a while ago about Peter Obi proposing to increase striking lecturers' salary, but they turned down his request to ask for other things.

Truth be told, ASUU strike is complex and most likely unique every time.... But one thing is certain - it has nothing to do with the well being of the students.

Their key demand has always been to have their own payment platform. Because they have two head

Karleb:
Not withstanding all of these, ASUU demands are quite reasonable.

Let's forget about our personal feelings for a second. It would greatly improve how lecturers provide their services. The students will greatly benefit.

This one is on the Federal Government.

You can check out the demands here https://www.google.com/amp/s/businessday.ng/amp/education/article/explainer-here-are-asuus-demands-from-govt-since-2009/

ASUU demands are reasonable, and the government is yet to attend to it since the past 5 months?

Have you checked every news headline out there. They want their own payment platform because they have two heads.

Every other thing is secondary to them

felong:
ASUU should be dissolved and all public universities should become independent.

Seconded