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For most of us Nigerians living in the country including foreigners who are vexed in Nigeria’s political culture, that joke about our President telling the Secretary to the Government of the Federation to set up a committee with a charge to look into the issue of too many existing committees in the country, is merely stating the obvious. That is Nigeria for you. Our ways are quite unique to us.
For instance, it is common-place to see our motorists freely making N20 donations to policemen at every checkpoint. Or, don’t you enjoy it when you’re asked at the police station to settle counter after trekking there to report a robbery incident that happened in your house the previous night where you lost all your valuables?
If you’re already wondering how all these connect to the title of this article, it doesn’t. They’re just meant to get you to begin to reason along with me as a fellow Nigerian, because I am very sure at the end of your reading, you’ll definitely join me in begging ASUU not to embark in some supplementary strike after this long tiring one, as Nigerians have the penchant for abusing laid down patterns.
By way of definition, a supplement will make more sense to you if you can take your mind back to the last time you ate out in a local joint. That extra plate half the price of the original meal you ask for, probably because the food taste so good or you just needed to fill your stomach, is an example of a supplement.
Today, it is clearly obvious that Nigerians have developed an unusual likeness for supplements. Every day, you either here of a supplementary this or supplementary that. If it is not the presidency sending another budget to supplement the one it had earlier sent to the National Assembly, it will be our universities giving supplementary admission to some few special candidates after it has announced closure of all admission.
Recently however, the issue of supplement was taken over the board when INEC, in line with our culture of adding extras, declared its final decision to conduct a supplementary election in Anambra state to add to the number of results they have already collated despite the complaints made by the governorship candidates of PDP, the APC, Labour party, public analysts, as well as a cross section of Anambra women who protested to the state headquarters of INEC that the Nov. 16 governorship elections in the state be cancelled for failing to meet set standards.
Even though you consider the Anambra electoral imbroglio as none of your business since you are not an Anambrarian or not interested in Nigerian political discuss, you certainly must be worried about the four months old ASUU strike which despite the several meetings the federal government has had with the leadership of the Union and the show of commitment by President Goodluck Jonathan to see that students and lecturers return to classes, it appears from an insider source, the Union is poised at embarking on further supplementary strikes.
Making this disclosure is no other person than the faction leader of ASUU, UNILAG branch, Dr. Adeyemi Daramola, who alleged that ASUU leadership has perfected plans to end the on-going strike by mid-January 2013. As such, even if the Federal Government meet all the demands of ASUU today, the Union will still pass a resolution to embark on some weeks of supplementary strike till January just like INEC will be conducting supplementary elections soon in Anambra state.
If this is true, then we mustn’t blame ASUU leadership who is merely following Nigeria’s culture of supplementing everything, nor should we brand the acts of the authorities of EBSU, ESUT, AAUA, UNILAG, LASU and UNIJOS who are only but mimicking the rebellious attitude of the new PDP and the G-7 Governors who have announced their defection to the APC.
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The Nation Nigeria@TheNationNews10mBreaking:Strikemay be suspended within 24 hours -ASUU- The Nationbit.ly/187bP9wView details·

CJN, Mariam Alomo Mukhtah, Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke, All Required By ASUU To Be Present @ Meeting Wit Jonathan For Legal Back-Up

ASUU please na..

ASUU strike: FG should pay lectures salary arrears – NLC, TUCByAmeh Comrade Godwinon November 26, 2013@amcomradeTweet70The President of the Trade Union Congress, Mr. Boboi Kaigama and the Acting General Secretary of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Mr. Chris Uyot, yesterday called on the Federal Government to agree to the demands of protesting lecturers by paying their salary arrears from July to October, 2013.The duo, in separate interviews with PUNCH said that the way forward was to attend to the lecturers’ demands.According to Kaigama, the lecturers deserve to be paid their salaries, as goingon strike does not mean that they were no longer entitled to their salaries.His argument is that the Union went on strike because of the Federal Government’s inability to implement the 2009 agreement reached with the Universities lecturers.He said, “It is okay, they aresupposed to be paid their salaries; when one is on strike, it does not mean that he cannot be paid his or her salary.“They went on strike because of an agreement that was negotiated which the government has not been able to fulfil. The government should pay them their salaries. The situation would have been different if they were the ones that reneged on the agreement.”He said that the TUC and the NLC would back the Union to ensure the implementation of the last agreement as it was witnessed by him and the NLC President, Mr. Abdulwahed Omar.“The NLC President Omar, and I are living witnesses to the final agreement that was reached between themand the government; we will support them based onwhat we witnessed, based on what they agreed with the government and the new implementation strategy.“The TUC and the NLC will back them to ensure that the implementation strategy is followed. An aspect will be implementedthis year and the first quarter of next year,” he addedAlso speaking, the Acting General Secretary of NLC, Uyot said it was unlikely that the Federal Government would allow such a “minor issue” to derail its discussions with the Union, considering the fact that both parties wanted the issue of the lingering strike to be resolved.“Well, given the spirit of thediscussions between ASUU and government officials led by President Goodluck Jonathan, the issue of non-payment of salaries, we do not think, it’s something the governmentmight consider because the spirit was such that both parties, particularly the government wanted resolved.“So, we don’t think that a minute issue would derail the offer that the government has made.“In any case, both parties were involved in the strike. The Union signed an agreement with the government which the government did not implement, so government cannot say that it was not part of the problem,” he said. source: maggi, ugba and dailypost...

ASUU tire me o!! 5years turning to 7yrs, i dey study ELECT-ELECT. Em don turn to MEDICINE ELECT-ELECT. ASUU God dey ooooo!!

falconey: This is when we need boko boys.......bomb ASUU .....bomb FG!!!!!!!!!

Boko haram won't bomb them, cos this is one of the things dey v bin agitating for. ASUU workin wit boko haram, GEJ Should send jtf to ASUU camp..

FROM A NIGERIAN!to the YOUTHS OF NIGERIA.It's a really sad thing that we who are expected to bring about a revolution in this country are now just toothless dogs in our own nation... we are so weak that even while writing this I am afraid if it will ever work.this country as it is doesn't favour usand we all know it. we are being ruled by politicians who to me are all the same either at federallevel, state level or local government level. Millions of us don't have jobs, millions of us are below the middle class and yet we are toothless and can't ACT. I HAVE A PROPOSAL.PLEASEDON'T INTERPRET THIS AS AN ATTACK ON THE PRESIDENT BECAUSE GOD SEES MY HEART THAT WHILE AM WRITING THIS IHAD NO BAD INTENTIONS TOWARDS HIM. rather this is a wake up call to we the toothless youths.this is my proposal: I want us in our various places not in a particular place but different places. to match out and walk in mass along our streets and protest.. we don't need a body for this ( BECAUSE THAT WILL ATTRACT THE SENTIMENTS OF RIVAL POLITCALPARTIES).. the plan is simple we are goin to use our phones in those various places to record our protest and upload it on theinternet. the protest will last for a week and it will be peaceful, WE ARE NOT ASKING THAT THE GOVERNMENT BE OVER-THROWN RATHER WE JUSTWANT THEM TO TRULLY KNOW THEY ARE NOT HELPING US ANDTHAT WE ARE NOT HAPPY.. if we can do such a thing within 2daysam sure even international newslike CNN and BBC will be compelled to send their news crew to Nigeria to withness the protest... and our government will know the youths have awoken. am not interested in gaining popularity and I will advice that we don't allow any body or union or party to join usin the protest.. the protest is simply for Nigerian youths... justus showing the world that we need change in our nationplease don't let this die.. please share. if there is positive response. we should post a datenation wide for us to observe it. thank you all.

ZackiGp: and you too.

seun is not payin anybody for comments,so if you don't v anytin to post rather than lies just switch off ur phone. THE lie u lied on saturday is stil tellin on my sister.Bloody liar.mod can ban me,i don't care..

ZackiGp: I dnt fink this meeting wil hold today, we are stil awaiting call frm the president.

this guy again,, last saturday he said no nec meeting now he is saying same tin. Holy ghost fire take care of this guy.

GEJ is lunching the third phase of youwin on ait right now, and even dancing to 2face live performance. and you people and ASUU want to still meet with him today? ASUU una father..

The duration of #ASUU
strike from year 1999 to
the present is = 2years
10months 1week 26days
19hrs 30mins 15secs.
Question-
a. When will the present
strike end? 2014?
b. Will there be more
strikes in later years?

VARSITY teachers have
agreed to suspend their
five months old strike,
The Nation learnt
yesterday.The Academic
Staff Union of
Universities (ASUU) has
given three conditions
to be tabled before
President Goodluck
Jonathan today. If the
terms are acceptable to
the Federal Government,
the union will call off
the strike.The ASUU
leadership has banned
its local chapters and
zonal chairmen from
talking to the media
until after the session
with the President.ASUU
President Dr. Nasir Issa
Fagge and other leaders
of the union were being
expected in Abuja last
night.According to a
source, who was part of
the ASUU session at
Mambayya House in
Kano, the conditions are:
•commitment from the
President that any
review or
reconsideration or
renegotiation of the
2009 Agreement will
not substantially affect
the pact which is the
cause of the ongoing
strike;•immedia te
payment of all
outstanding salary
arrears and allowances
of varsity teachers
without victimization;
and•a written
commitment from the
President that the
Federal Government will
commit N225billion
annually to the funding
of universities for the
next four years.There is a
fourth condition, which
is said to be “personal”
to ASUU, bordering on
the need to be wary of
gradual loss of public
sympathy.The union
leaders were said to
have recognised public
goodwill for the strike
and the need to avert
any action that could
erode such
confidence.The source
said: “Our leaders are
meeting with the
President on Monday to
table these conditions.
Once the President
accepts these three
terms, the strike will be
called off.“In principle,
members voted about
60-40 per cent to call
off the strike, but they
added a caveat – that
ASUU leaders should
extract a commitment
(signed and sealed) from
the President.The union
is said to have insisted
on the three conditions
because during talks
with the Federal
Government, it was
apparent that the
government wanted a
renegotiation of the
2009 Agreement.“If
ASUU had accepted to
renegotiate the entire
Agreement , it means
there will be no basis for
the ongoing strike. The
worst that can happen is
either having the
abridged version of the
2009 Agreement or a
phased implementation
of the document,” the
source added.The
Adekunle Ajasin
University, Akungba-
Akoko (AAUA), Ondo
State became at the
weekend the third
institution to break ranks
with the striking
union.It asked its
students to return to the
campus today. Lecture
are to start on
December 2, according
to the Registrar, Mr.
Bamidele Olotu.Enugu
State University of
Technology (ESUT),
Enugu, and the Ibrahim
Badamosi University,
Lapai, in Niger State had
earlier directed the
reopening of the
schools.The registrar
directed students to
begin their registration
on the school portal
immediately.AAU A
Student Union President
Julius Adeniyi
welcomed the
resumption plan and
assured his fellow
students of a hitch-free
semester.He said: “We
are dying and wasting
away our time at home;
and I am backing my
Vice Chancellor on the
resumption date. We are
coming in and nothing
will happen.”

President Jonathan returns to Nigeria tomorrow -ow.ly/27UbWJ

No mata hw xpensive
ur wristwatch is,as far
as it canot tel d tym
ASUU wil call off d
strike it is as useless as
the "P" in psychology

ASUU strike will be
called off SOON, that
"soon" is similar to the
one in "Jesus is
coming SOON"

All Davido songs, sometimes i wonder who is giving that boy those lyrics.... Thank God the DJ, radio stations and the marketers are not like Nairaland moderators, he would v bin serving 1yr out of his 20yrs ban...

@everybody, this ZackIGP is no nec member. GO tru his previous posts on nairaland, u wil see wat i'm talkin about.

ASUU STRIKE
UPDATE: Friday NEC
meeting not rumour
– Dr. Lawan
Abubakar
CULLED FROM EPOCH
TIMES
The ASUU strike 2013
continues, but the latest
update is a good one. A
union official has
confirmed that the
postponed National
Executive Council
meeting–which was
postponed after the
sudden death of Festus
Iyayi–is slated to be
held on Friday.
At the meeting, it is
expected that the union
will call off the months
long strike.
Dr. Lawan Abubakar,
the chairman of the
ASUU branch at
Abubakar Tafawa
Balewa University,
Bauchi told the Daily
Post that the rumor is
true: the union will hold
the council meeting on
Friday.
The union leadership
and President Goodluck
Jonathan’s team met
two weeks ago and
there was optimism all
around afterward. The
leadership took the
federal government’s
offer to the union
branch leaders, who
then voted at each
school across the
country regarding
whether to continue
the strike or not. The
clear majority voted to
end the strike.
That set up the NEC
meeting, which was
originally supposed to
be held on November
13. If the union had
voted to end the strike,
then a meeting was
planned with Jonathan
the next day to finalize
the move.
But on November 12
the sudden death of
Iyayi, a former ASUU
president, shocked the
union, prompting
leadership to call a 7-
day mourning period,
and throwing into
question any ending of
the strike.
Now the union will
meet on Friday, and
likely vote to end the
strike.
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@op, i understand your feeling.urz is only car n u re complainin. I wash d dishes, go to d market, weed all the grass, go to church almost everyday.. The most annoyin part is that jahovah witness visits me everyday cos dey knw i wil definately b at home.

@Op girl fríend, l m on my knees begging just like the guy you contacted to wríte yöur exam for you. There is nothíng you can do since th€ main man has got you on this, the lecturer may be a guest on naìraland or his friends members ör guests too. Í know what i`m talking cos all most all the lecturers @ my location are guests here, you may suceed ín settin up the lecturer but the guy that wrote the exam for you may beat craze man out öf you cos u wil suceed in ending hís care€r. so my own token is.............. To dö what the lecturer wants, since you are not marri€d it wont hurt anybody..... you wil b happy, the lecturer wil be happy...... just 1hr wíl save her all the stress. schöol may resume mönday, so let her start practising all th€ styl€ before monday.. thís may make the lecturer forget the #50k....

BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!
Ngige Declared Winner
On the Internet.
Areas he won heavily
include:
Adamawa
========= 45000
zamfara
==========
60,000
Jigawa
===========
40,000
Ekiti
=============10
,000
Osun
============25,
000
Ogun
============27,
000
Lagos
============100
,000
Facebook
==========10mil
lion
Sahara Reporters
=====500,000
Okija shrine
=========700,00 0
Anambra
========== 1 LGA.
Some Igbos will be
deported from OSUN,
Lagos pretty soon and
Boko haram will
intensify bombing.
Watch. The Rooster is
crowing louder and
clearer.......
Up Ngige!!
UP APC!!
UP BOKO HARAM
PARTY!!

BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!
Ngige Declared Winner
On the Internet.
Areas he won heavily
include:
Adamawa
========= 45000
zamfara
==========
60,000
Jigawa
===========
40,000
Ekiti
=============10
,000
Osun
============25,
000
Ogun
============27,
000
Lagos
============100
,000
Facebook
==========10mil
lion
Sahara Reporters
=====500,000
Okija shrine
=========700,00 0
Anambra
========== 1 LGA.
Some Igbos will be
deported from OSUN,
Lagos pretty soon and
Boko haram will
intensify bombing.
Watch. The Rooster is
crowing louder and
clearer.......
Up Ngige!!
UP APC!!
UP BOKO HARAM
PARTY!!

BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!
Ngige Declared Winner
On the Internet.
Areas he won heavily
include:
Adamawa
========= 45000
zamfara ==========
60,000
Jigawa
===========
40,000
Ekiti
=============10
,000
Osun
============25,
000
Ogun
============27,
000
Lagos
============100
,000
Facebook
==========10mil
lion
Sahara Reporters
=====500,000
Okija shrine
=========700,00 0
Anambra
========== 1 LGA.
Some Igbos will be
deported from OSUN,
Lagos pretty soon and
Boko haram will
intensify bombing.
Watch. The Rooster is
crowing louder and
clearer.......
Up Ngige!!
UP APC!!
UP BOKO HARAM
PARTY!!

BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!
Ngige Declared Winner
On the Internet.
Areas he won heavily
include:
Adamawa
========= 45000
zamfara ==========
60,000
Jigawa
===========
40,000
Ekiti
=============10
,000
Osun
============25,
000
Ogun
============27,
000
Lagos
============100
,000
Facebook
==========10mil
lion
Sahara Reporters
=====500,000
Okija shrine
=========700,00 0
Anambra
========== 1 LGA.
Some Igbos will be
deported from OSUN,
Lagos pretty soon and
Boko haram will
intensify bombing.
Watch. The Rooster is
crowing louder and
clearer.......
Up Ngige!!
UP APC!!
UP BOKO HARAM
PARTY!!

BREAKING NEWS!!!!!!
Ngige Declared Winner
On the Internet.
Areas he won heavily
include:
Adamawa
========= 45000
zamfara ==========
60,000
Jigawa
===========
40,000
Ekiti
=============10
,000
Osun
============25,
000
Ogun
============27,
000
Lagos
============100
,000
Facebook
==========10mil
lion
Sahara Reporters
=====500,000
Okija shrine
=========700,00 0
Anambra
========== 1 LGA.
Some Igbos will be
deported from OSUN,
Lagos pretty soon and
Boko haram will
intensify bombing.
Watch. The Rooster is
crowing louder and
clearer.......
Up Ngige!!
UP APC!!
UP BOKO HARAM
PARTY!!

unijos has not agreed

ogeoflyf: Unimaid nko!!

students still dey dere.

lirusehn: i bet u ma soul u ar crazy? Immaturity has bin deep seated in u

I was not talking to you so why the insult? Only referring to one sales girl in my location. Thinking i'm a dropped out, not knowing ASUU is on strike.

lirusehn: i bet u ma soul u ar crazy? Immaturity has bin deep seated in u

I was not talking to you so why the insult? Only referring to one sales girl in my location. Thinking i'm a dropped out, not knowing ASUU is on strike.

opylas: Till 9months time, shey?

Thank you jare, tell them the strike is only affecting university students and not some sales girl talking rubbish.. Thinkin loud Dou.

Yes! Pack your bags!A source close to top guns in the Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU) has toldThe City Reporters the lecturers will ditch their four month old strike this weekend so students could resume on November 18 (next Monday).The source said there was no way the union could reject the new offer of N220bn a year tabled by President Goodluck Jonathan during amarathon meetingwith ASUU last week Tuesday.ASUU had come out of that meeting to tell Nigerians it needed time to deliberate on the new deal and reach a consensus among it members before talking to the press.A top official of the union, has however said the government could not be trusted even on the new offer, and that ASUU’s members were divided over thegovernment’s offer. He, however raised a beam of hopeby saying the majority still decided to give the government the benefit of the doubt.As ASUU executives meet this Wednesday, if the fate of the strike is down to a vote among the striking lecturers, as suggested by ASUU chairman, Nasir Fagge, the four month old impasse may surely end this week.ASUU went on strike July 1 over the non-implementation of a 2009 agreement it had with the government with a key component of the memorandum of understanding the allocation of26% of Nigeria’s total budget toeducation.Although the government is planning to allocate just 9% of the 2014 budget to education, ASSU now seems set to end thestrike after government offers that would surely boost lecturers’ take home pay and improve varsity infrastructure.