Murtala Ajaka, deputy national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), says Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, should resign if he cannot support Bola Tinubu, the party’s standard bearer.

Ajaka was reacting to comments made by Ngige when he appeared on Politics Today, a programme on Channels Television.

When asked whether he would endorse Tinubu or back Peter Obi, the flagbearer of the Labour Party, Ngige described the question as “difficult”.

“Both of them are my friends. My choice will be in the ballot box. Whether conscience or no conscience, on that day in February, I’ll have one vote,” he had said.


In a statement on Saturday, Ajaka criticised the minister over the remarks.

“The presidential primary election had long ended and the party had settled for the choice of Senator Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, hence all the party leaders should put their ambitions behind them for now to deliver the party’s presidential ticket,” the deputy spokesman said.

“It is expected of a serving minister in an APC government to be a trusted Apostle of Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s presidency in 2023, who along other party leaders laboured to ensure the enthronement of the same government in 2015 which they are now serving in.


“Chief Ngige and other APC appointees, especially in the federal cabinet should not forget in a hurry that they are holding onto party’s mandate, hence the need to protect it with whatever it requires, but if they can no longer protect the interest of the APC in public and that of our presidential candidate (Tinubu), I think the honourable thing to do is to step aside from the government formed by the APC.

“With this type of public comment from a sitting minister in a ruling party who cannot declare on national television his choice of presidential candidate, how on earth is the party expected to fare in the forthcoming presidential election?”

https://www.thecable.ng/ngige-should-resign-if-he-cant-support-tinubu-says-apc-deputy-spokesman/amp

Ebubu:
They want to play the ostrich, refuse to call off strike and dare FG to do its worst so they can play victim mentality when govt acts that they’re being oppressed

ASUU this ASUU that, seriously ASUU should be thanked for keeping lazy youth like u busy

See them shameful uchins blindly defending this anti people government, Buhari is borrowing 11 billion for his feeding and osinbanjo but bcs u were born to defend failures u can't see. in article 18 of of constitution 3 it says (b) free secondary education;
(c) free university education; and
(d) free adult literacy programmer.
The government is breaching the constitutional provision, Unfortunately most are blind and hypocrite that they can't hold government accountable

JJuanMiguel:

Provosts and Deans will monitor if everything is going on as it should be.
That will determine if the lecturers will get half October salary.

Any disgruntled lecturer who victimises students will face disciplinary committee.

One thing for sure is that university education in nigeria will not be the same again after the strike

AsuuKiller:



Oga lecturers If they born you well don't resume


Ngige will deal with you and your useless leader Osadeke

the thing is that lecturers can resume then what next

AsuuKiller:



Oga lecturers If they born you well don't resume


Ngige will deal with you and your useless leader Osadeke

Hhh the thing is that do me I do u

sreamsense:

Are you the only union government is elected to improve its standard? You hide under canopy of fighting for students when truely you are fighting for yourselves in selfishness.

It is never by force to work as lecturers if you think the money is too small. Since you know politician are getting jumbo pay, why not go to where you know money is in politics instead of constituting nonsense into our institutions? Prof, doctors, engineers are also in politics, go and join them instead and let those young and vibrants that want to work and satisfy with the pay get recruited. After all many of you are only collecting salary without being productive.

Research that will attract funds from organizations, you can not do except publishing students' copied work, teaching, majority of lecturers can not transfer knowledge to younger generations because many of you never work in the industries for one day before comming into academic which make many of you transfer so dull knowledge to students graduating on yearly basis without basic relevant skills from so called ASSU-universities.

Now, you just want to get your own national cake by force and thereby ends up putting yourselves at ridicule. Now, to embark on another strike in the future now will attract shame and ridicule from masses. Your wings have been cut

Don't let emotions override u, u want lecturers to be carry out research without providing enabling environment for them, common light some time u have to buy fuel for generator from that little salary that u are getting. If wishes are horses, beggars too will ride. Nigerian lecturers are one of the poorest paid in the world. Despite the way that academics in Nigerian public universities are handled, their research outputs are visible in the global research database. Like Prof Amoka said: If political office holders should make one-tenth of the efforts and sacrifices made by academics in our public universities, they will be celebrated as heroes in office.


Talking of funds

Despite the horrible condition of service of academics in the country, Nigerian academics are winning research grants. An Associate professor at Bayero University Kano recently received a research grant of £969,680 from Wellcome. A senior lecturer at Ahmadu Bello University Zaria recently won a research grant of about 48,000 USD from Geophysics Without Borders. Other researchers from the Federal University Dutse won a grant of $59,930 from The World Academy of Science (TWAS) and €220,801 from the African Academy of Science on renewable energy. These are just a few of the grants won by academics within the strike period.

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itsRhamzy:
No one is begging you to work by force. If you're not happy working with the FG, resign and go look for work elsewhere. Don't come here and complicate students lives by making them spend extra years in school for your own sake. Our universities must open right now with or without any striking lecturers. Nonsense.

The government are elected to improve standards of living, education and so on for citizens, and this Buhari government failed in all that, if it were in sane countries he would have resigned or impeached but bcs its in nigeria uchins are even supporting him

seunlayi:
can you tell this to your boss?
ASUU don bite Wetin pass am. This striking pattern for demands must STOP. lol, they may not even receive their salaries sef

If they did not receive their salaries its students that will be at the receiving end

This Ngige_buhari has created more problem to the university system than finding solutions they have already killed education now in nigeria, those uchins up their supporting directionless government bcs of one malu's ambition don't know what is coming for them. to Buhari u can force a horse to river but u can't force it drink water.

JJuanMiguel:

That means people like us who have never supported any government are better off in terms of impartial judgment. That's why I'm on the students side.

You supported APC and didn't get the reward you expected, hence you want everything to go against them. That's where we are different.

Yes I support Jonathan and vote against him when he failed thinking that apc is the solution to all our problems now, but unfortunately Buhari is the most dumbest president ever, every nigerian citizen elect someone with the hope that he makes their life better. and know something I am not against tinubu bcs I can't blame him bcs of Buharis failure, and I don't want him.

JJuanMiguel:

But they will lose their 8 months salaries and more as long as they remain at home.
It's immoral to stay off work for 8 months and cry about empty stomach.

You can try it, abandon your source of income for 8 months and tell us the outcome

Go and drag ASUU from home na, let me see how the government will make ASUU to resume, and if they eventually resume they will not teach let the students keep drinking their kunu in hostel

JJuanMiguel:

But they will lose their 8 months salaries and more as long as they remain at home.
It's immoral to stay off work for 8 months and cry about empty stomach.

You can try it, abandon your source of income for 8 months and tell us the outcome

Go and drag ASUU from home na, let me see how the government will make ASUU to resume, and if they eventually resume they will not teach let the students keep drinking their kunu in hostel

JJuanMiguel:

You have to remove politics first to see things clearly

my effort and time that I wasted supporting apc u did not do 30% of that so u can't tell me about politicising things.

Bb

JJuanMiguel:

You are not up to date.
2015, $10 was still 2k naira.
So if bad governance is enough for Nigerians to look the other way, Buhari has done more than enough even before his re-election.

Many of us are against this government on a normal day, but as far as this ASUU strike is concerned we are on same page with fg.
They should torture ASUU till ASUU become sensible that you can't approach a problem with another problem.

let me tell u whether u like it or not buhari have damaged and is damaging tinubus chances, and many orthers will not vote completely or will not vote for APC bcs of Buhari

muykem:
ASUU members should join politics also so they can be stealing. They should stop delay our children in the school.

Must every one join politics to be paid well in this country, ist a sin to not be a politician, wallahi nigerians are not worth fighting for, always pursue ur interest alone let what ever will happen to them to happen

JJuanMiguel:

If he stops working, he will start lamenting about empty stomach like ASUU.

since he will lament then he should Bleep off and allow ASUU to do their thing, if fg is not just Mal treating orther sectors but cannibalising them and they decide to keep quite, ASUU dosnt care. ASUU is after its personal interests first

JJuanMiguel:

Lol
You people are delirious
You just want everything to get as bad as possible so as to use it against APC without minding the consequences on others

I would not have reply u, but let me teach u something, it's Buhari that is destroying tinub's/apc chances so u should call him to order

muykem:
They have option of resignation if they are not pleased with their work. Many of them will eventually lose their job after this judgment. I am not supporting federal government but ASUU is inconsiderable. There's no sector or federal government workers that are being treated better than ASUU.

tell that to the present government that used to supports ASUU back then, that since it failed on its promises that they were elected to do they should resign

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Yes they should resume on empty stomach. Did they work? Very stupíd modafokers![/quote

the work that is waiting for them to finish will u do it for them, it's either u pay them or new semester afresh

muykem:
They have option of resignation if they are not pleased with their work. Many of them will eventually lose their job after this judgment. I am not supporting federal government but ASUU is inconsiderable. There's no sector or federal government workers that are being treated better than ASUU.

bcs orthers are not treated well, ASUU should fold its arm and be watching fg stealing trillions daily, how about u stop working bcs orthers are unemployed

Neddyogu:

Other unions that resumed, did they do so on full stomachs? Nonsense! They should go to blazes!

Just bcs orthers resumed dosnt mean Assu have to, ASUU won't succumb to pressure from uchins bcs of their useless interests

these kind of injustice only happens in nigeria, u want want them to resume on empty stomach, them Come make them resume na, Buhari should start obeying court first before ASUU, nonsense vegetable president

Foremost Nigerian constitutional lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN has insisted that registering splinter academic unions of universities will neither dismember nor disorganize the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

Falana made this assertion in an interview on Arise TV’s Newsday on Wednesday.

Recall that the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige on Tuesday, approved the registration of two new academic unions and ordered the newly registered unions to return to classrooms.

The two unions included the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA) and the Nigerian Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA), who according to Ngige, had declared their rejection of ASUU’s modus-operandi.

But, Falana described the registration as illegal and a desperate measure by the government to break the strike.

According to Falana, ASUU has been at the forefront of sanitizing the Nigerian university system looking for funding to power the universities.

He said, “Government has tried various measures but the latest one is perhaps going to embarrass the government because it is an illegal exercise and won’t work. ASUU is today one of the most organised and united trade unions in Africa.

“Under the current Labour Law regime in Nigeria, you cannot have two unions or three unions in the same sector. In other words, within the academia in Nigeria, there can only be one registered trade union that is the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) registered pursuant to the Trade Union Act as amended,” he said.

He added that the development will result in proliferation of academic unions, adding that the economy will suffer for it.

“We are going to have to have a mushrooming of trade unions, which threatens industrial peace in the country. We cannot have two unions in the university nor can we have two unions in other unions in the country. Politically it wont work,” he said.

He advised the government to return to the drawing table and ensure that proper advice is sought in order not to expose the country to ridicule

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https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/10/registering-splinter-groups-illegal-wont-disorganize-ASUU-falana

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The newly registered Congress of Nigerian Universities Academics (CONUA) has appealed to the Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU), and the Federal Government to reach an “amicable agreement” so that students of public universities can return to the classrooms.

“We’ve not been on strike, we just appeal to the Federal Government and our sister union (ASUU) to reach an amicable agreement so that the universities can be open so that we can go back to doing our teachings,” CONUA National Coordinator, Niyi Sunmonu, said on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Wednesday.

The official also called for collaborative engagement among all the registered academic unions on issues of concern.

As talks between ASUU and the Federal Government broke down amid the over seven-month strike by ASUU, the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige, on Tuesday, registered two factional academic unions – CONUA and the National Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA).

The minister explained that the two bodies will exist alongside ASUU, adding that the two associations will enjoy the rights and privileges accorded to other academic unions in the tertiary education system.

ASUU has been on strike since February 14, 2022, over unpaid allowances, poor welfare, and payment software, among others.

‘CONUA Not On Strike But Our Members Are Not In Classrooms’
Sunmonu, a lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, in Osun State, South-West Nigeria, said CONUA was formed in 2018 after a fallout with the ASUU branch in the university over “constitutional violations” and the selection of a vice-chancellor.

According to him, CONUA first filed an application for registration in April 2018, and the union has members in 17 universities in the country.

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“We expect to have more members with the recognition and registration by the Federal Government,” he said, adding that CONUA has over 600 members in OAU alone.

Sunmonu, who insisted that CONUA members have not been on strike, said his members have not been to the classrooms as students were forced out of campuses.

“CONUA as an organisation has not been on strike. There has been no time that a strike was declared,” he said.

Asked whether the ASUU strike has so far affected CONUA, he said, “ASUU is an independent union and it has no bearing over another union.

“We stopped teaching in OAU when the students were asked to vacate campuses. I had concluded all my lectures before our students were asked to leave OAU on 27th March this year.”

‘I’m Not An APC Member’
The CONUA coordinator also distanced himself from partisan politics. When asked whether he is a member of the All Progressives Congress, he said, “I am not a member of APC or any political party.”

Part of the lingering issues between ASUU and the Federal Government is the payment software. Whilst the government currently subscribes to the Integrated Payroll and Personnel information system (IPPIS), ASUU believes the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) is more efficient.

On whether CONUA is for IPPIS or UTAS, Sunmonu said there is no payment software that is foolproof, insisting that the bone of contention is the quest for a better wage structure regardless of how it is paid.

‘Our Salaries Have Not Been Paid’
The official said the salaries of CONUA members have also not been paid like their ASUU counterparts.

“Our salaries have not been paid though we have been working,” he noted.

Although he shared sentiments of underfunding of universities with ASUU, he faulted the approach of using industrial actions to press home demands. “Negatives of strike outweigh positives,” he said, stating that constructive engagements must be explored.


https://www.channelstv.com/2022/10/05/strike-reach-amicable-agreement-conua-appeals-to-fg-ASUU/

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has asked the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government to opt for an out-of-court settlement in handling the impasse between both parties.

The court took the decision on Wednesday while hearing the appeal by ASUU over the September 21 judgement of the National Industrial Court, which ordered the university lecturers to suspend their strike action.

Lead counsel to ASUU, Mister Femi Falana (SAN) and Mister James Igwe (SAN), lead counsel to the Federal Government are all in court.

ASUU has been on strike since February 14.

In August, the union declared a “total and indefinite” extension of its industrial action, noting that the government has failed to meet its demands satisfactorily.

The academics seek improved welfare, revitalisation of public universities and academic autonomy among other demands.

One bone of contention for academics is the non-payment of university revitalisation funds, which amounts to about N1.1 trillion.

But the Federal Government has said it doesn’t have the money to pay such an amount, citing low oil prices during the Muhammadu Buhari administration

https://www.channelstv.com/2022/10/05/strike-ASUU-fg-asked-to-opt-for-out-of-court-settlement/

Nigerians are hundred percent behind ASUU. Buhari Do your worst, you are useless , come 29may u and your cohorts especially this ngige will b history

as for the pill-shaped cutout, Apple is using different names to confuse their gullibles fans, what the hell is dynamic island, action mode instead of Optical image stabilization and so on. But the dynamic island is amazing tho and it's great idea and useful. The 14 and 14 plus are using last year's a15 chip apple knows isheeps will buy it no matter what.

Let me tell u, as a true northerner same state with Atiku, Tinubu that u are seeing I swear is a no walkover, whether we like it or not, northerners will vote for asiwaju massively.

Let me tell u, as a true northerner same state with Atiku, Tinubu that u are seeing I swear is a no walkover, whether we like it or not, northerners will vote for asiwaju massively.

Bb