₦airaland Forum

the Bible says TEST THE SPIRITS TO SEE IF THEY ARE FROM GOD (1JOHN 4:1)

you sef; eh, oya carry your own canoe!



nairalanders, some of our psts have been annoying. some things just requre common sense. why cant most of us just figure that out?

THE Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on Wednesday, said that the doors to the universities in the country would remain shut to academic activities as long as the Federal Government was not willing to strike a deal with it.

The union described the decision of the Mr. Gamaliel Onosode-led Federal Government Negotiation Team to back out of the negotiations as irresponsible on the part of the government.

ASUU President, Professor Ukachukwu Awuzie, briefing newsmen, accused the Federal Government and its agents of being responsible for the continuation of the crisis, since they were never ready to approach the issues with sincerity.

He said that Mr. Onosode, had on behalf of the Federal Government, terminated the negotiations on July 10, 2009, saying, “everything else he has done on behalf of his principals is a charade. He cannot honestly claim that negotiation has been going on up to August, contrary to his declaration of July 10th.”

The ASUU president also alleged that the government had already stopped their salaries, contrary to the claim by the Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), that their July salaries had been paid.

He said: “The directive was given to all vice chancellors to stop salaries of all the striking workers and that was conveyed on behalf of the NUC by one Mr. J. M. Ahmadu. You can visit the university campuses to verify that there was such a directive.”

He explained that what the union wanted was a benchmark for the universities in the country to follow as the required standard for the operation of universities in Nigeria as contained in the draft agreement, saying that the union was surprised at the level of distortion of facts and “war propaganda” by the government and its agents.

Awuzie said that there was nowhere in the provisions of the draft agreement compelling the state governments to obey the provisions, instead, he said the agreement reached with the government’s negotiation team was for the Federal Government to approve the minimum benchmark that the National Universities Commission (NUC) and other agencies would use in setting standards for operation of universities in Nigeria.

He said: “The agreement contains benchmark which every university must satisfy in order to be part of the system without being inferior.” “What is happening is war propaganda and it is irresponsible on the part of government. We have told Onosode that ASUU is a union of citizens who have their rights and we are not slaves to be imposed upon.

“We have come a long way from the time, during military rule, when arbitrary rules were imposed on Nigerians. We are not cowed and ASUU will not accept state arbitrariness, imposition and industrial autocracy. For we are ready to sacrifice everything we have if this is required,” Awuzie stated.

On the directive by the Federal Government for the Universities Governing Councils to reopen schools for interested workers to resume, the ASUU President declared that the union would not allow that to happen, saying “I can assure you nobody will go to work.”

He challenged the Minister of Education, Dr. Sam Egwu, NUC’s Executive Secretary, Professor Julius Okojie, and indeed any other government official to produce the document where ASUU demanded for 109 per cent salary increase as the government has made the public to believe their problem was salary increases.

He added, “The main cause of the prolongation of the current crisis is this barefaced attempt to impose a change of rule on ASUU, contrary to the principles of collective bargaining.”

Awuzie stated that the government was to be held responsible for the systemic failure and shutdown in the university system, vowing that the lecturers would not return to class despite all entreaties until government was ready to listen to them.

Meanwhile, the ASUU President also disclosed that it was taking a comprehensive data of all the children of top government officials who are receiving their education abroad.

He said this was necessary to make Nigerians judge for themselves the reason why ASUU had consistently said that the government had no interest in revamping the nation’s ailing education sector.

The ASUU president’s stand was similarly echoed also on Wednesday by the union’s zonal co-ordinator for Ilorin, Kwara State, Professor Eddy Olanipekun, in Ado Ekiti, where he told newsmen that the recent turn of events in the face off between the government and the union would not stampede ASUU to abandon its cause to reposition the nation’s universities to be among the best in the world.
CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
just like everything in Nigeria is.
this is terrible. if the universities remain shut, what does ASUU think that they are proving? it just proves that they are the same with the government or even worse.

i agree, both parties are to blame. but you see, assume yar'adua and johnathan are a new president and vice, we have a president and his vice who are both lecturers and ASUU is on strike?? it makes no sense to me!

and the part about the man being sensitive, i meant sensible. an no i didnt sleep with anybody to get my job. i;m a born again christian and proud of it! ppeople have their own lives to live, let them live it ask they like. they know what to do, they dont need you or anybody to remind them of what is right or wrong once they have reached the age of accountability,
, oh, and for the record, my parents and sibblings are realy proud of me. extremely!!!!!!!!!

look, he's a traitor and that's that! infact, they all are

look, i didnt say am dating a married man! i dont even have a boyfriend, single or not. that's because i dont think i need 1. i'm not a lesbian either, GOD FORBID! i'm a graduate with a wonderful job and other priorities, of which a man is down below on the list. but i think that for someone to date a married man, she must have reached the age of accountability and she knows exactly what she's doing. every thing we do in this life is done out of a choice or choices that we have made; and she has decided to do that. you can't stop someone who wants to do it, she knew it was bad before she decided to do it.and so, let her continue in it, her choice. and for the girl dating a single man, be independent. infact every woman should be independent of a man. but the guy being the "stronger sex" should be sensitive enough to give her gifts which include money.

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quite interesting! -the topic i mean.
any way, i agree with just good. for all the bretheren in the house, the Bible says: a faithful man, who can find?[color=#770077][/color]

if she's dating a married man, yes. if not no. the guy should be sensitive enough

he always had it in mind. he joined the ppa with the full knowledge that he was about to do this. i'm not surprised; whuy should anybody be? this is nigeria remember

hello people,
five yrs 4rm now,I'll be a grauate of geology and Mining, and ve served probably I'll be married sha after which I'll be doing my masters in environmental geology or mineral processing.we,ll see sha God willing.

it's indeed a shame but its good 4 nigerian leaders.if they didnt learn 4rm dariye,they probably will learn 4rm alamieyesieha

hi guys,
personally in my opinion,love has every thing to do with money.not every thing persay but a lot of things especially in nigeria today.

hellow,
wassup?am a domino fan.i watch it as often as i can although i haven't 4 like the past 2 weeks.i wonder whats happening.as for lord Williams,i think he should open his eyes 2 what Oscar and his mother have been doing because it seem he's been blind folded by something only he can tell.I'll keep in touch.bye!...cheers saalma

hello-oh,
am kinda new around here.any way,i listen to different types of music as in nothing in particular.generally i listen to gospel,country,jazz,pop,rock(not hard core rock any way),r&b...i think thats just about it.I'd like 2 hear 4rm u.cheers saalma