₦airaland Forum

khingTony:
Source: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2020/11/strike-we-havent-exempted-ASUU-from-ippis-fg/

iheartellah:
That account is fake! The real one says they are currently in a meeting with the council members.

blazesam:
THE Academic Staff Union of Universities in Nigeria (ASUU) has suspended its five-month old strike, just as the Federal Government reiterated that it is committed to investing N1.3 trillion in public universities in the next six years, to transform the institutions.

The union announced the suspension of the strike in Minna, Niger State, after its National Executive Committee (NEC) agreed on new funding terms with the Federal Government.

The announcement comes with a huge relief to Nigerian university students who have been out of school since the strike began in July.

ASUU NEC has, therefore, directed its branches nationwide to resume work immediately and urges the Federal Government to implement their December 11 resolutions.

The supervising Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, responding to the suspension of the five- month old strike by ASUU, said Federal Government will invest N1.3 trillion in public universities in the next six years.

He said that part of the fund would be used to revitalise infrastructure in public universities to transform them into international centers of excellence.

The minister restated the Federal Government’s commitment to the implementation of all the resolution reached with the ASUU.

According to him, President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, more than any other previous administrations, has invested heavily in the revival of basic and tertiary education in the country.

He said this was because it considered education as a veritable source of empowering less privileged Nigerians to achieve their life ambitions.

He disclosed that that the government had inaugurated an Implementation Monitoring Committee on the agreement under the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation.

The minister said that the committee’s membership consisted of ASUU, SSANU, Committee of Vice- Chancellors, and Committee of Pro-Chancellors and other stakeholders, to ensure proper implementation of the agreement.

Meanwhile, the National Coordinator, National Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria (NAPTAN), Chief Babs Animashaun, yesterday described lecturers’ suspension of their five-month-old strike as the best Christmas gift to Nigerians.

Animashaun spoke in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos shortly after ASUU suspended the strike.

Animashaun said that the suspension was heartwarming and a sign of good things to come in 2014.

“With this development, ASUU has given the whole nation, the best Christmas present and a cause to merry.

“We, as parents, indeed want to thank the lecturers for the long struggle and all they went through in ensuring that some sanity is restored in our public universities”.

Also reacting, Prof. Chiedu Mafiana, Director, Quality Assurance, National Universities Commission, said that the development was welcome and long overdue.

Mafiana told NAN on telephone that the Federal Government’s signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ASUU set the pace for the calling off of the strike.

Dr Olubunmi Ajibade, Senior Lecturer, Mass Communication Department, University of Lagos, said that suspending the strike after much deliberation was a welcome development.

sinkhole:


This report can not be 100% trusted because FG is not owing ASUU only February to June but also July to present! Therefore, if they use GIFMIS to pay February to June, which is not significant then what will they use to pay July to present and subsequent till UTAS is ready?

Afikoo:
Good morning Nairalanders. I sure know you all fine.
I am writing this with heavy heart.
I know we have super rich people here who rose from poverty to riches.
This life isn't balance. Done with school. Been working as security administrator in my church and I earn 80k. I have beenplanning on getting married. Have met my fiance Parents, they were happy. I have engaged her she is happy. All of a sudden the elder brother who isn't around is angry that I haven't spoken to him about my intention. I have earlier tried his line severallly and it isnt going through. Had to chat him and he told me I am not serious that I should grow up. A bullet in my heart.
Her mum has suddenly changed and is accusing me for not calling her always.
This whole drama has gotten into my babe now she is talking about us suspending our marriage plan and try improving our income. (she is learning a skill)

I am fed up. Have suspended everything now. I have tried everything since I left school last year to improve my income. Apply for jobs here and there. Is just not cutting in.
Please, share your experience on how you were able to get out of this average life as a Nigerian. Advise me and others still struggling to rise up.
You can recommend jobs for me.
I studied history and Diplomatic Studies.
Have some certification in Leadership and human resource. Trust me, I can deliver on anything legal. I have the capacity, but haven't gotten the opportunity.
Patiently reading.

khanivorous:
This is just a warm up!

As long as the short midget minister ngige is part of FG team, nothing tangible is gonna come out of the meetings. He has a record of anti people character.

A dude that took 5 years to negotiate minimum wage for... I pity education in Nigeria with ngige as part of the government.

sinkhole:
Hardware backing? I can't get it, are they buying separate server for the platform?
The report also claimed Ngige said they are just meeting with ASUU, what of all the meetings this last weeks?

Phillyboi:
I thought they were supposed to meet tomorrow?

Well if FG is yet to invite them , then maybe he's correct about them not serious about ending the strike

Dreamliner787:
All these Bad belle bloggers , Please stop posting fake News..

Ibegtodiffer:
I'm truly sorry I sounded rude.

Ibegtodiffer:
Shameful & emotion ridden Comment.

Nukilia:
The fundamental issue and concern is the fact that the IPPIS is bring run by a cabal who benefit from the system through the backdoor. The application was not developed by the federal government of Nigeria but developed for the government. Let FG accept the S/W presented by ASUU. The same way Alpha beta enriches some corrupt view via the backdoor.

sinkhole:
Actually, Ngige said so, but I sure that by next weekend we will have that as one of the lies of this government

Nukilia:
The APC government should pay the 40 billion ASAP and stop this rubbish! Nigeria has been relegated to the background because we failed to invest heavily in education.

sinkhole:
After eight months of strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), students unions of universities in the South-West, on Thursday, gave seven days ultimatum to the Federal Government to end the strike or face aggressive nationwide agitation.

According to the Presidents of Students Union Government of the Universities, at a press conference held in the University of Ibadan, the agitation will feature mass mobilisation of students in protests and mass actions that surpasses the #EndSARS protests.

Decrying eight months of deadlock in engagements between the Federal Government and ASUU with the students bearing the brunt, the student unions urgently called for a compromise between the two parties to save students’ future.

Leading the various addresses, Student Union President, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Mr Oloyede Abiodun bemoaned that nonchalant posture of the federal government towards the educational sector was typified by inadequate funding.

The students’ representatives noted that the ASUU struggle for the revitalisation of universities, improvement in infrastructure, regulation of payment of salaries was for the betterment of universities hence should not be undermined by the Federal Government.

Noting that Nigerian universities were bedevilled with poor educational infrastructure, inadequate classrooms, polluted learning environment, the paucity of quality teachers, the student union bodies asked the Nigerian government to increase its budgetary funding of the educational sector.

The Union Presidents lamented incessant ASUU strikes making students unable to pursue scholarships, extending students’ years of schooling, disrupting means of livelihood of students doing business in the school environment.

Speaking further, Oloyede urged the Federal Government to form a committee all student union leaders across the country and government representatives to handle students welfare.

Oloyede spoke alongside other student union Presidents to include, Akeju Olusegun, University of Ibadan; Olabiyi Olamide, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso; Wisdom Okoko, University of Ilorin; Awoyemi Michael, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye; Soneye Abdul-Azeez, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijebu-Ode.

https://tribuneonlineng.com/ASUU-strike-south-west-students-give-seven-days-ultimatum-to-fg-threaten-mass-protests/amp/

lilbarracuda:
They didn't meet yesterday.
Only the FG team met ( not sure if they did)

ASUU and FG will meet on Wednesday

Nemere2020:
https://www.bloomberg.com/amp/news/articles/2020-11-09/leaders-slowest-to-congratulate-biden-may-be-his-biggest-worries?__twitter_impression=true

sinkhole:
I told @Saintinoo yesterday that if there is no result of integrity after two weeks then FG has deliberately failed UTAS but he counter by saying integrity test will take SIX MONTHS I wonder what they will be testing for six months

Collinsemegreat:
ASUU will be meeting with the FG tomorrow as regards the long old strike action. Will tomorrow's own be different? is ASUU really tired already...

sinkhole:
OK.
Your Opinion: FG will never adopt UTAS.
My Opinion: FG may adopt UTAS.

Let us wait and see how it goes. They have sent the UTAS for the so-called integrity test this week, if the integrity test lasted for more than two weeks then, I think, we can safely conclude that FG has failed the UTAS

sinkhole:
FG can not correct anything on IPPIS. I say it again, FG can not correct anything on IPPIS!
FG can not do that, because as they themselves pointed out, doing so will cost FG more money. This is because IPPIS is not owned by FG and any alteration will have to be done by the contractors who will have to pay the original engineers of IPPIS.
If FG could tweak IPPIS they would have since addressed issues raised by SSANU, NASU, Oil Workers Union, among others.

You only saw five lecturers registering on IPPIS?
I saw more than twenty lecturers being led to Abuja by their HOD for enrollment on IPPIS besides, all newly employed academic staff are automatically enrolled on IPPIS and still yet I do not believe ASUU will loose this IPPIS battle

sinkhole:
I don't think IPPIS is suitable for the Universities according to my knowledge of the workings of the Academics in Universities. IPPIS will seriously infringe on the welfare of the Academics and hence I think they should fight it with all the blood in their bodies!
I also do not think they are hiding their rejection of IPPIS, they even provided an alternative to replace it.

sinkhole:
Even though I am a supporter of ASUU but I am getting tired of the stubbornness of ASUU:
FG owns the Universities and Nigerians are the ones sending their children to the Universities. ASUU is only an employee in the Universities.
FG said they do not have money to bring their Universities up to standard and parents, including their children said they do not mind receiving lectures under mango trees or "about to collapse" buildings! Then what is the problem of ASUU?
If the salary and welfare of ASUU members is taken care of, why all these issues of revitalisation, contracts of which may not even come to ASUU?

engrfcuksmtin:
A Brief Perspective On Profligacy: a case of comparative view

"We can't meet ASUU's Demand".....Ngige, Daily Trust, 5 November,2020.

This sounds as one of the usual blackmail or propaganda against ASUU, does it not?

Before you get confused, ask yourself which of the ASUU demands is the FG represented here by the Hon Minister referring to? He is referring to one of ASUU's demands for revitalization of Nigeria's Universities which is estimated to cost N110bn for now.

Again before you think this money will go to the pockets of ASUU members, the money is for upgrading of teaching and research facilities including buildings in all the federal Universities which total stands at 73 in number.

Now divide 110 by 73 = 1.507 meaning ASUU is asking the FG to inject the sum of N1.507bn for upgrading facilities in each of her Universities to bring it to standard. This is the money the Hon Minister is telling you the FG cannot meet as ASUU demand. Just think over it.

The Poser and the profligacy

How many of you reading this piece have been to the National Assembly Complex? I have never visited the place, but I am told it is a good building. The NASS building complex is relatively much younger and smaller in size than most of our individual Universities. Do you recall that the FG budgeted (or is it released) the sum of over N37bn for the renovation of NASS building complex? Yes, over N37bn for a single building complex that is not even dilapidated compared to our university facilities. What is more, the NASS building complex houses able-bodied personalities that do not add up to 400 in number compared to the populations of our students in each university. It has been reported that majority of those individuals in NASS have allegedly never sponsored a single bill to improve the lives of Nigerians. Compare this scenario to our Universities that each houses tens of thousands of our students apart from the staff. For example, the lecturers are required to carry out research and publish same of their findings or else they stagnate. Yet, at the NASS where humongous sum is spent, whether one sponsors a bill or not, is nobody's business. How do you justify this economic paradox where much is given but less expected and vice versa?

Therefore, the statement coming from the FG through the Hon Minister, may at best be regarded as propaganda or blackmail against ASUU. Unfortunately, the money is not going into ASUU coffers but for the benefit of the students at large. What ASUU is simply telling FG is to prioritise its spending profiles in order to invest on the training of our youths.

Therefore, before you criticise ASUU, just take a visit to any of the public universities nearest to you and inspect the facilities. Your position against ASUU may likely change.
Edited.

B. B. Bukar
University of Jos

Just in case, ENDSARS damaged some properties in Lagos last month, this month (1 month after) they are proposing N1 trillion for rebuilding . This is for Lagos State alone, FGN is about giving them (if not given already). Yet ASUU is begging FGN for more than 10 years now, yes, more than 10 years for N1.1 trillion for 73 universities, they said they don't have money to spend on Education, so they keep the youths, our students on the streets and home. OK give only N110 billion for the 73 universities so that schools can be reopen, they say no money. Hmmmm Nigeria and value system.

GeezBitz:
chill bro, why you say that are you FG or you are IPPIS? anyways I feel the government has its own share on anything they make via IPPIS that's why they are forcing it on the lecturers, why not consider the ASSU mode of payment UTAS since they said it was free?
unlike the IPPIS that isn't for free.
common sense shows the government ain't looking out for the benefit or good of students and lecturers on this case.

sinkhole:
But the heading of this thread said "Crack in ASUU", I read through and did not see any crack!

Mynd44:
https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-joe-biden-election-day-966a3decc2c3262946c03baf2dd14e8f

sinkhole:
Tomorrow is another meeting between FG and ASUU, if the meeting takes place, these are some of the things I think may be the outcome:

1). FG will insist that ASUU members enroll on IPPIS while UTAS is being tested but ASUU will say NO.

2). ASUU will tell FG to pay their members before they can resume work.

3). FG will start paying ASUU members using the method they used in paying them for February to June, that is, through partial enrollment on IPPIS.

4). ASUU will resume work, because salary and other things are being paid.

5). After sometimes, maybe a month, the result of UTAS will come in, but it will be negative! FG will then tell ASUU to properly enroll on IPPIS.

6). ASUU will completely refused to have their members enroll on IPPIS, but going on strike will now be very difficult. Two things may now happen:
(a). ASUU goes on strike and incures the wrath of students and parents.
(b). ASUU continues working and after some time government will then stop their salary because they refused to fully enroll on IPPIS and then ASUU goes on strike, because they can not work on empty stomach!

I seriously pray that this my theory does not manifest as from tomorrow.
I strongly pray that a far more lasting solution to the crisis is found tomorrow.

I hope you people are praying along with me

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jlinkd78:
He thinks he's got d balls, I doubt