₦airaland Forum

Alexun:
I believe I made myself clear enough if your intelligence can handle simple statements. Simply meet up with lecturers you know and seek information on what the real issue is all about. Mind you, many of we students are blinded at the fact that not everyone can afford a private university's tuition fees. The presidency and most politicians don't have their wards in public Universities. They have stakes in private Universities...so the more the students there, the better it is for the FG.

Why do you think resident doctors went on strike more than once within COVID-19 period and got their demands met? Because "they" couldn't travel out of the country, thereby the necessity to give what they usually delay for months before. Education is not a priority as it seems now. My concern is for the average Nigerian student, who has no other alternative than to wait for stability to be restored.

Shalom!!!

AniwetaluEmma:
This is what Federal Government sold to you which does reflect reality on ground.
1. There is an extant law that establishes the independence of the school adminstration. That is why the governing council was established. Every lecturer work for governing council not government.
By introduction of IPPIS power to employ and fund University goes to Abuja (Hands of politicians)
2. Sabbatical, Adjunct and part-time lecturing is a global practice. It is engaging experience hands in areas of neccesity by some universities. A student might like to major in a particular option that school may not have experienced hands in. That department can hire another experience lecturer from another school to handle that. IPPIS didn't capture this peculiarity.
3. IPPIS payment is on double taxation. Federal government tax You. State still tax you. 7% each.
4. Federal government through IPPIS migrated everyone to fraudulent and non existent National Housing Schemes where about 10% of salaries of every ASUU member is being deducted.
5. Earn Allowance which is a global practice in academic sector is not acknowledged by IPPIS. This is where lecturers take solace in.
Earn Allowance be is the money that arise from the excessive loads some lecturers carried. This motivate them to do more. Who will do that works without payments?
6. ASUU offered a transparent payment method that capture all these peculiarities. Why federal government doesn't want to address it?
7. Mind you that ASUU is purely academic union. They are not into management. ASUU don't employ or manage finances. They only teach.
8. Do you know that all the agreements Federal government went in with ASUU since 2009 nothing has been done on the part of government since today. How do you want ASUU to trust Federal Government.

EricBloodAxe:
Mumu shey them no dey collect monthly salary too as public servants. Your brain must be missing.

neoclassical:
I support Buhari on this. If they are not ready to accept the terms and conditions of their employer, then they should resign. You can't be teaching in 5 different schools and be collecting salaries meant for 5 persons, thereby blocking the chances of other qualified candidates who are roaming around the streets without jobs.
This is a welcome development, it will create jobs for others, as the VCs will like to fill the vacancies of ghost workers they have been using to defraud the government.

jmaine:
Even the OAGF recognised that point 2 is valid.. But as we speak, IPPIS has clearly shown it cannot accommodate them.. Why not embrace an alternative that does the same job, but supervised by your office.

Thanks for input.

neoclassical:
I support Buhari on this. If they are not ready to accept the terms and conditions of their employer, then they should resign. You can't be teaching in 5 different schools and be collecting salaries meant for 5 persons, thereby blocking the chances of other qualified candidates who are roaming around the streets without jobs.
This is a welcome development, it will create jobs for others, as the VCs will like to fill the vacancies of ghost workers they have been using to defraud the government.

amerengues:
It is well

The Fed Government always use their might to intimidate and coerce people who doesn’t dance to their tunes. Police killing peaceful EndSars protest; Arresting Revolution protesters; And highest paid idle legislators now intimidating and stopping salaries of Meagerly paid lecturers who are the lowest paid in the world.

When I was a student, I didn’t realize what ASUU was fighting for because I wanted to graduate on time. Today, nothing has changed neither improved from the same institutions that fought in the past. NLC and others chickened out but this is the only institution that fights to the last

The little evident improvement, if any, is the fight and struggles of heroes past. There has never been a time when students fight Government for better education in this country because we all want to graduate on time which I always wished for too at that time. Now our kith and kins are suffering the same fate.

Students being in an overcrowded classrooms
No infrastructural developements
Decaying educational standards
Some private school teachers earn more than PhD holders.
Politicians earning fat with little contribution to the economy.
Rickety and old fashioned libraries that can’t match up some African standard let alone international standard.


Put ASUU to shame- since that’s what we want from a propaganda lord. Salaries has been stopped for some from March while some from June.

How will you be negotiating better education for over 20 years in a country earning fat from oil?

Let us put ASUU to shame and resume

Status quo remains the same.

EtteP:
These people have made up their minds to completely destroy the public university system.

Is this what a professors takes home in the universities that their own children do attend?

342,000 per month (less than $1,000) after about 20 years in service, and so many promotions.

This is just the end of the public university in Nigeria.

samuelpeters:
This ASUU strike is two faced. Sincerely I don't know what ASUU is really fighting for.
Is it IPPIS, autonomy or revitalization of universities.
It seems they are really loud With the IPPIS issue.

FG is not being sincere at all. its not like I'm supporting ASUU but FG should look for a way to settle this issue.
Since ASUU has proposed an alternative, why not look at it and come up with a conclusion on what to do.

ASUU should look for other means to hold FG by the balls rather than using this 1970 old trick. These incessant strike is really Killing what they claim they are fighting for(education). Education in nigeria is not really attractive anymore due to these strike here and there.

Students on the other hand should look for what to do rather than waste away at home.
Look for a job even if its 5k(just to keep body and soul together), Learn a skill(this one will require money but if you have the money start now) or if your course has an IT attached to it look for one and intern there. Just engage yourself in something productive.
Anytime ASUU and FG decide to call it a truce you will be glad you didn't waste all your time doing nothing.

Temitopemo6e6:
Good move by FG. This is commendable. Massive
employment is going on into almost all Fed Unis and MDAs to fill up gaps of ghost workers. Thanks to IPPIS. What has Asup achieved? They are busy sleeping with students. The same machines oyinbo
installed in higher institutions in 19gbogbo is what
they are still using, no invention. Students who fail
under your watch are the best abroad. The same certificate they give us and they are so proud is
not employabl in any developed country (except individual outstandin skills). Evaluate your Almighty BSc in WES and see what they will give you. Those
of us who schooled here are proud of ourselves. ASUP extended retirement age to 65 years for non teaching staff and 70 years forteaching staff, they want to die there. They are fighting for us yet they can't leave the job. ASUP is using us to expand their CV, tthey collect PTFund to study abroad, if the school they so much work on is soo good, why go abroad for MSc and PhD, do it here.

mayor1814:
it's so sad that many people did not feel or understand the pains lecturers and others go through due to this IPPIS.


JUST IMAGINE, WHY NOT ALSO USE IPPIS FOR CBN, NNPC ETC.


ANOTHER SAD THING IS THIS, A FRESH GRADUATE EMPLOYED BY NNPC OR CBN EARNS MORE THAN A PROFESSOR. SO SAD

AniwetaluEmma:
This is what Federal Government sold to you which does reflect reality on ground.
1. There is an extant law that establishes the independence of the school adminstration. That is why the governing council was established. Every lecturer work for governing council not government.
By introduction of IPPIS power to employ and fund University goes to Abuja (Hands of politicians)
2. Sabbatical, Adjunct and part-time lecturing is a global practice. It is engaging experience hands in areas of neccesity by some universities. A student might like to major in a particular option that school may not have experienced hands in. That department can hire another experience lecturer from another school to handle that. IPPIS didn't capture this peculiarity.
3. IPPIS payment is on double taxation. Federal government tax You. State still tax you. 7% each.
4. Federal government through IPPIS migrated everyone to fraudulent and non existent National Housing Schemes where about 10% of salaries of every ASUU member is being deducted.
5. Earn Allowance which is a global practice in academic sector is not acknowledged by IPPIS. This is where lecturers take solace in.
Earn Allowance be is the money that arise from the excessive loads some lecturers carried. This motivate them to do more. Who will do that works without payments?
6. ASUU offered a transparent payment method that capture all these peculiarities. Why federal government doesn't want to address it?
7. Mind you that ASUU is purely academic union. They are not into management. ASUU don't employ or manage finances. They only teach.
8. Do you know that all the agreements Federal government went in with ASUU since 2009 nothing has been done on the part of government since today. How do you want ASUU to trust Federal Government.

EtteP:
These people have made up their minds to completely destroy the public university system.

Is this what a professors takes home in the universities that their own children do attend?

342,000 per month (less than $1,000) after about 20 years in service, and so many promotions.

This is just the end of the public university in Nigeria.

AniwetaluEmma:
This is the last minute ditch to coarse dogged ASUU member to register with IPPIS. The fact remains that people don't understand how that Union work. That is the union of intellectuals who are ready die for what they believe be in. ASUU took on Abacha in military regime let alone Buhari in democratic setting. ASUU is ready to close school down until Buhari leave office.
ASUU is not a union your threaten with non payment of salary.
If IPPIS is good why are other sister unions in the university who have enrolled backing out.
NASU, SANU and NAAT are on warning strike now.
If you are a lecturer, don't be cowed by this news. Stick with the Union. Victory is sure!

Carthman:
Scam is Scamming the scam

jmaine:
Even the OAGF recognised that point 2 is valid.. But as we speak, IPPIS has clearly shown it cannot accommodate them.. Why not embrace an alternative that does the same job, but supervised by your office.

Thanks for input.

maryjames9:
A Professor and Geologist has this to say as a comment about FG-ASUU saga___

Even in ASUU, this is the worst leadership I have seen in 25years in the university. Both government and ASUU are not sincere on university education in Nigeria. I have not seen any intellectualism in the attitude of both government and ASUU. I will touch little things that doesn't make sense; why is ASUU on strike now? It is because of IPPIS and after losing out on that they shifted the goalpost to "revitalization of universities" which is very unrealistic. Why would a sensible person declare strike during coronavirus global confusion? Where is the much acclaimed knowledge? This strike was never voted for at individual branches as usual but truncated by the ASUU NEC. It never happened this way before. The IPPIS unveiled an unbelievable number of ghost workers in the university payroll whole the former gifmis payroll that ASUU preferred accommodated all those ghost workers. So the complain about IPPIS is baseless and unfounded. Why would a professor be allow to visit more than two universities in a month? How would he cover the contact hours and quality delivery to students if he has to visit three, four, five and etc universities? All for money. Who are then killing the university education from within? Why would this malpractice be allow simply because it is ASUU. Respect should be earn through honesty. What is revitalization? Who will source over N1 trillion naira and throw it to universities for unspecified projects and look the other way? This will never happen. How many universities judiciously utilized the money given by President Goodluck Jonathan for Needs Assessment Projects? Infact you will see better projects in State Universities than federal universities. Why is ASUU silent about this? Who actually benefits from major projects? University Management and Union officials as supervisors but not lecturers. TETFUND is doing good in their intervention projects in all universities, so why this revitalization again? Why is ASUU drifting away from sourcing welfare of its members and targeting revitalization? Are they fighting for its members of universities management? As it is now, majority of ASUU member have gone to Abuja and enrolled for the IPPIS because the deception is too much. No government in the history of Nigeria is interested in education, so only sincerity of purpose, honesty and transparency in side of ASUU would defeat them and not stupid pride and propaganda. If Nigerian Universities are winning research grants and do the research, they would have solve their problems and earn more respect. Does it take new laboratory or office to put up an application for a good research? If ASUU had being encouraging good research, things would not have being this bad. You cannot help a politicians to rig elections and expect them to respect you.

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intruder15:
Your position on the issue at hand is not clear. Are you saying the government should continue giving them money so the universities individually pay the workers? How will that method expose ghost workers?

The federal government has failed in several aspect but their stand in this issue is more sensible than what ASUU is saying. Why should a body bully her employer? What's bad in enrolling in IPPIS that will expose those collecting double salaries and ghost workers from the system?

Enlighten me please.

Shezkid01:
We don enter am, God almost 6months at home..
futa I miss you small
Make we resume nw.. my house don tire me, FG and ASUU e no go better for you..
Their children they uk and usa oo
Can we have uninterrupted education for 3 years in this country?
In everything I do make I sha no fail my unborn children.. non of them go know Nigeria

Ibegtodiffer:
Your write-up void and ladden with crass ignorance. You know near to nothing about what you're saying.

1. while you are here commending, all the children of these elites are studying abroad. They shut down your own "substandard" universities & send their own kids out of the country, and you're hailing.

2. Just so you know, ghost workers is near impossible in academia. There's the need for evidence of what course, who teaches & when, monitored periodically by NUC. If it's inconsistent, you risk partial or failed accreditation. Moreover, if there were ghost Lecturers, you won't be hearing about lecturing in 2 or more universities.

3. On what ASUU has achieved, a lot. More than half the students in public universities would have been dropouts by now, if ASUU hadn't rejected the FG earlier proposed 350k to 500k school fees.

4. Just so you know, significantly over 50% of ASUU members are MSc or PhD students in Nigeria. Less than 30% of ASUU members study abroad under TETFUND. A good number worked hard enough to obtain foreign scholarships abroad. Hence not all Lecturers abroad are funded by TETFUND.

5. The said TETFUND is actually the brainchild of ASUU! so is NEEDS. All Lecture halls, Hostels, Vehicles, Chairs, Lab equipment, Books etc that has TETFUND or NEEDS ASSESSMENT crested on them are products of ASUU struggles. They went through hunger, sickness and death in some cases for these to come into fruition. Something a lot of people are unaware of. A huge number of Nigerians do not even know that TETFUND is not funded by FG!!! Do your investigation on this, since na u sabi pass.

6. What have Lecturers invented? That's the problem with FG propaganda. You want inventions in a University that is grossly underfunded. Does that add up? Australia just released 1B dollars intervention fund to universities last week. Reason is, international students were slow in paying up their fees. That is how much they value education. That is not part of the annual education budget. But Nigerian politicians would rather shutdown Universities, strangulate her intellectuals, distabilize academic calendar and frustrate the students, instead of spending 350Million dollars for a period of six years. What a stench.
During this pandemic, without salaries and without FG funding, several Universities have developed Ventilators that are currently up for commercialization. Rapid diagnostic kits for COVID-19 have been developed and commercialized already. Drugs are at advanced levels in at least 2 public universities in Nigeria. ASUU does not have the financial muscle to match FG's propaganda or control the disappointing money controlled media. But it is definitely working. Unknown to Nigerians, the current ASUU strike permits members to go into research that can salvage the pandemic challenges. Who will report these developments?

7. What is Nigeria's University certificate worth abroad? This the more reason for massive funding of these institutions. Despite a limited premium on our certificates, significant number of Nigeria students perform excellently abroad. Our universities produce good students, that can compete globally, yet, their certificates are less regarded. Isn't that a significant signal, that our universities can do more with a little more funding?

8. Extended retirement of 70 age does not mean Lecturers want to die there. Recently, the Nobel price award in Chemistry was won by a 91 year old academic. It is scientifically proven that the brain cells are one of the most long lasting. Professionalism improves with years of work. Moreover, how come the retirement age of politicians doesn't worry you?

Rupertek:
it is beautiful now because government have said, new people not previously registered in IPPS must come along with evidence of 6 months payment. This will checkmate VCs that has been employing people to cover up the ghost workers they have been paying

neoclassical:
I support Buhari on this. If they are not ready to accept the terms and conditions of their employer, then they should resign. You can't be teaching in 5 different schools and be collecting salaries meant for 5 persons, thereby blocking the chances of other qualified candidates who are roaming around the streets without jobs.
This is a welcome development, it will create jobs for others, as the VCs will like to fill the vacancies of ghost workers they have been using to defraud the government.

Ibegtodiffer:
Your write-up void and ladden with crass ignorance. You know near to nothing about what you're saying.

1. while you are here commending, all the children of these elites are studying abroad. They shut down your own "substandard" universities & send their own kids out of the country, and you're hailing.

2. Just so you know, ghost workers is near impossible in academia. There's the need for evidence of what course, who teaches & when, monitored periodically by NUC. If it's inconsistent, you risk partial or failed accreditation. Moreover, if there were ghost Lecturers, you won't be hearing about lecturing in 2 or more universities.

3. On what ASUU has achieved, a lot. More than half the students in public universities would have been dropouts by now, if ASUU hadn't rejected the FG earlier proposed 350k to 500k school fees.

4. Just so you know, significantly over 50% of ASUU members are MSc or PhD students in Nigeria. Less than 30% of ASUU members study abroad under TETFUND. A good number worked hard enough to obtain foreign scholarships abroad. Hence not all Lecturers abroad are funded by TETFUND.

5. The said TETFUND is actually the brainchild of ASUU! so is NEEDS. All Lecture halls, Hostels, Vehicles, Chairs, Lab equipment, Books etc that has TETFUND or NEEDS ASSESSMENT crested on them are products of ASUU struggles. They went through hunger, sickness and death in some cases for these to come into fruition. Something a lot of people are unaware of. A huge number of Nigerians do not even know that TETFUND is not funded by FG!!! Do your investigation on this, since na u sabi pass.

6. What have Lecturers invented? That's the problem with FG propaganda. You want inventions in a University that is grossly underfunded. Does that add up? Australia just released 1B dollars intervention fund to universities last week. Reason is, international students were slow in paying up their fees. That is how much they value education. That is not part of the annual education budget. But Nigerian politicians would rather shutdown Universities, strangulate her intellectuals, distabilize academic calendar and frustrate the students, instead of spending 350Million dollars for a period of six years. What a stench.
During this pandemic, without salaries and without FG funding, several Universities have developed Ventilators that are currently up for commercialization. Rapid diagnostic kits for COVID-19 have been developed and commercialized already. Drugs are at advanced levels in at least 2 public universities in Nigeria. ASUU does not have the financial muscle to match FG's propaganda or control the disappointing money controlled media. But it is definitely working. Unknown to Nigerians, the current ASUU strike permits members to go into research that can salvage the pandemic challenges. Who will report these developments?

7. What is Nigeria's University certificate worth abroad? This the more reason for massive funding of these institutions. Despite a limited premium on our certificates, significant number of Nigeria students perform excellently abroad. Our universities produce good students, that can compete globally, yet, their certificates are less regarded. Isn't that a significant signal, that our universities can do more with a little more funding?

8. Extended retirement of 70 age does not mean Lecturers want to die there. Recently, the Nobel price award in Chemistry was won by a 91 year old academic. It is scientifically proven that the brain cells are one of the most long lasting. Professionalism improves with years of work. Moreover, how come the retirement age of politicians doesn't worry you?

amerengues:
I am quoting you and replying you because you didn’t insult in responding as most Nairalander do thus, I hardly comment.

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.

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.

AniwetaluEmma:
This is the last minute ditch to coarse dogged ASUU member to register with IPPIS. The fact remains that people don't understand how that Union work. That is the union of intellectuals who are ready die for what they believe be in. ASUU took on Abacha in military regime let alone Buhari in democratic setting. ASUU is ready to close school down until Buhari leave office.
ASUU is not a union your threaten with non payment of salary.
If IPPIS is good why are other sister unions in the university who have enrolled backing out.
NASU, SANU and NAAT are on warning strike now.
If you are a lecturer, don't be cowed by this news. Stick with the Union. Victory is sure!

Temitopemo6e6:
This is case of a Driver dictating for his Boss the brand of car(s) he drive. people were recruited (to replace ghost workers) to start work this January in my institution alone. Thanks to IPPIS. ASUP pretend to fight for us but it's all a sham.

21cents:
close down schools until Buhari leaves indeed. if there's anything I admire about Buhari, his unpredictability. massive sack won't surprise me anymore as ASUU have pushed their lucks too far. imagine FG paying you and you're having the nerve to question FG how you want to be paid. good luck to ASUU.

kingi777:
Buhari as the President and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces is not above the law. He must follow the constitutional provisions too. He should look into ASUU's demand and see where to make amends.