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ASUU members met with the House of Representatives in Abuja on September 29, 2022.
ASUU members met with the House of Representatives in Abuja on September 29, 2022.


The House of Representatives led by Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila met with members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Thursday.

The meeting is geared towards ending the union’s seven-month-long strike.

Also in attendance were the Minister of Labour, Head of Service and the Director-General of the Budget Office, among others.

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 satisfactorily meets its demands.

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

One bone of contention for the 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.

Source:
https://www.channelstv.com/2022/09/29/reps-meet-with-ASUU-in-bid-to-end-seven-month-strike/

FG-ASUU meeting Today

Strike: House leadership to dialogue with Buhari over ASUU demands next week, says Gbajabiamila

The leadership of the House of Representatives will seek an audience with President Muhammadu Buhari on the resolution of the ongoing face-off between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) with the outcome of its interactions with stakeholders in the dispute, Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila said on Thursday.

This is as the office of the Accountant General of the Federation (AOGF) revealed its readiness to accommodate issues of concern to ASUU over the payment platforms, Integrated Payroll Personnel Information System (IPPIS) and the University Transparency Accountability Solution (UTAS) that constituted a major part of the issues that led to the strike.

According to the Speaker, the leadership, in the next couple of days, will put up a report of its interactions with key stakeholders in the dispute and come up with recommendations that will enable the President to view the issues at stake from an informed second option.

Speaking at the last meeting of the House leadership with stakeholders, Gbajabiamila said the information gathered from the extensive interactions would assist the leadership in arriving at fact-based recommendations for the resolution of the crisis.

Those in attendance included the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha; the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Sen Chris Ngige; Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Folashade Yemi-Esan; the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), Mr. Sylva Okolieaboh; the Director General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Ben Akabueze; the Director General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa, represented; as well as the Chairman, National Salaries, Incomes and Wages Commission, Ekpo Nta among others. Also present was the delegation from ASUU led by its president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke.

Saying that the interest of the children that had been at the receiving end of the trade dispute should be paramount, Gbajabiamila appealed to both sides to give in and make concessions from their initial demands.

He said: "We will put together our recommendations and our thoughts and take it to Mr. President, that’s why we are here to interface and look for solutions.

“Again let me repeat, we are running a government, nobody, no individual, no group, whether you are legislative, judiciary or whatever can be above the government, can be above the law.

"We can’t be against and I’m speaking specifically to ASUU, we did not say because the court has given judgment, that’s the end of our conversation. In spite of the court judgment, we are still looking for solutions, we didn’t even address it here, I don’t want to address it.

“Otherwise, we could’ve said, if government has given judgment, I don’t know if there’s a stay of execution, I don’t know.

"We are appealing to you, the Judiciary has spoken, the Executive has spoken, the Legislature is about to speak together with the Executive; everybody cannot be wrong and only one person is right. For me I’m happy with the solution on UTAS, no victor, no vanquished, everybody is being carried along.

“for the sake of emphasis, the House is pleading with you, let’s put all interest aside and look at the interest of our children.

“The white paper we told you we’ll get, the letter is here, it’s now waiting for the President’s final approval.

“On revitalization, I asked the DG budget here if provision has been made in the budget. We made a promise to you, and we are staying by that promise.

"Regarding the issue of UTAS, you said you haven’t seen the report; we have it here, so we’ve been working for you".

During the interactions, following questions from the Speaker, the AGF, Okolieaboh revealed that his office was ready to accommodate issues of concern to ASUU over salary payment if that would bring the crisis to an end.

While the Director General of the NITDA, also disclosed the readiness of the agency to continue the integrity test on the payment platforms.

Following complaints of the federal government's attempt to strip the Universities Governing Council of its administrative power through the deployment of the IPPIS, the Head of Service, Yemi-Esan allayed the fears of the striking lecturers that the government would not take away the responsibilities of the Governing Council of Universities in the administration of the schools.

Speaker Gbajabiamila assured the striking lectures that the House leadership would invite the ASUU leadership following the outcome of the meeting with the President as soon as it was held.

“When we make our recommendations, we are going to meet with Mr. President and interface on your behalf”, he assured them.

ASUU hiding something from us – NANS

The President of the National Association of Nigeria Students, NANS, Comrade Usman Barambu, has accused the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, of hiding something from the students following the union’s refusal to allow them to observe proceedings of its negotiation with the federal government.

Speaking with DAILY POST, the NANS President argued that the union should call-off the strike and continue negotiation afterward.

According to him, it’s unfair that after the court ruling asking ASUU to return to class, the union remains adamant.

Recall that a recent judgment has ruled in favour of the government where ASUU was ordered to return to class while negotiation continues.

ASUU has since appealed the judgment and has remained unmoved by the court’s judgment.

But the NANS President said: “They have to call-off. They didn’t say they are not calling off. They said they have to appeal, hence nothing stops them from going back to class when the appeal process is on.

“If they appeal and the Appeal Court upholds the industrial court order, they will go back to class. If the court grants the appeal, the federal government has the opportunity of appealing the case. “

Accusing ASUU of a hidden agenda, the students union president said he had proposed to both ASUU and the federal government to be part of their negotiation and that while the government agreed, ASUU declined, fueling suspicion that they are hiding something.

He said, “But the problem is the ASUU. Why have they refused to call-off? I think they are hiding something. Why did they refuse that I should be part of the observers in their negotiation so we can clearly understand the stage they are right now?”

“The federal government under the ministry of labour approved that we are part of the negotiation, at least to observe, but ASUU declined, saying they can’t sit with their children and that it’s not in their tradition. Obviously, there is something they are hiding. As a leader of the Nigerian students, I said I want to observe, but the ASUU president declined. We will hold a press conference on this,” he told DAILY POST.

Recall that ASUU has been on strike for the past 7 months and all efforts to end the strike have failed. The union is requesting the implementation of all its agreements with the federal government.

Source:
https://legitloaded.com.ng/ASUU-hiding-something-from-everyone-nans/

* Obey ruling, return to the classrooms, FG tells university teachers

The striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), yesterday approached the Court of Appeal, Abuja for an order to stay the execution of a court judgement ordering it to end its ongoing nationwide strike.The university teachers have been on strike since February 14, to press home their demands for improved funding for universities and a review of salaries for lecturers, among other issues.

Justice Polycarp Hamman of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Abuja Division, had on Wednesday, while delivering ruling in an interlocutory injunction application by the federal government, restrained ASUU from continuing with the strike.

The judge had predicated his decision on Section 18 of the Trade Dispute Act, that empowers him to make such decisions in the interest of the nation.Dissatisfied, the university lecturers yesterday filed a Notice of Appeal to challenge the order of the Industrial Court.ASUU through its lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, had in a motion sought the leave of the court “to appeal against the interlocutory ruling of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria per Honourable Justice P.1. Hamman.”The appellant also prayed the court for another order, “staying execution of the order of Justice Hamman … pending the hearing and determination of the interlocutory Appeal.”

ASUU is claiming that the ruling of Justice Hamman affects its fundamental rights to fair hearing, adding that it would be in the interest of justice to stay the execution of same pending the hearing and determination of the Appeal arising thereto.In the 14 grounds of proposed notice of appeal, ASUU is claiming that the trial Judge “erred in law and thereby occasioned a miscarriage of justice when he decided to hear and determine the Respondents’ motion for interlocutory injunction when he knew or ought to have known that the substantive suit filed by the Claimant was not initiated by due process of law.”

ASUU in grounds two of the appeal also claimed that Justice Hamman misdirected himself in law and occasioned a miscarriage of justice when he decided to hear other motions before the motion challenging court’s jurisdiction on the matter.The appellant further submitted that the learned trial judge erred in law when he held that “pursuant to Section 17 of the Trade Dispute Act, Section 18(1) E mandates the members of the Defendants/Respondents not to take part in any strike pending the determination of the suit.”

After several failed attempts to get the striking lecturers back to work while negotiations continue, the government opted for the current court action and prayed the court to compel ASUU to end the nearly seven months old strike in the interest of the nation and the Nigerian students who are suffering the most from the strike.The Ministry of Labour had approached the industrial court to challenge the refusal of the striking lecturers to end the nearly seven months old strike, claiming that millions of students have been out of school since February 14, 2022 when they went on strike.

The federal government yesterday urged the public university lecturers to heed the ruling of the National Industrial Court by calling off the seven-month old strike and returning to the classrooms.Minister of Labour, Chris Ngige, who made the government position known, advised ASUU to obey the court ruling and call off its ongoing nationwide strike, while negotiations are ongoing.

He gave the advice while speaking with newsmen in New York on the sideline of the United Nations General Assembly.Ngige said: “I’m not ASUU but the maximum in law is that when there is a court judgement or ruling or order you must first obey and then we can apply for an appeal if you so desire or apply for stay, that is stay of execution.

“So, the maximum in law, jurisprudence and everything about the law, is that you obey the court’s ruling, judgement or order, no matter how bad.“So, we expect them to get back to the classrooms but that doesn’t foreclose negotiations, the negotiations should be on as a matter of fact, it will be on officially and non-officially. For example, the House of Representatives had invited us to come and brief them. And together, they are stakeholders.“You heard Mr. President said to the committee of Pro-Chancellors, when they visited him, that he would do consultation as per the two request on putting an icing on the cake, on the government’s offer to ASUU members and the issue of resettlement fund to cushion the effect of the ‘no work no pay’ situation they found themselves.”

Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has waded into the brewing conflict between the Federal Ministry of Labour and ASUU over alleged non-rendition of annual financial returns and audited accounts by the union.Ngige had accused the leadership of ASUU of failing to submit the annual audited account of its finances as required by law for the past five years.Owing to this, he said the union was in violation of the relevant section of the Trade Union Act requiring unions to submit their audited account to the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment at the office of the Registrar of Trade Unions.

Ngige disclosed this in Abuja during a meeting with the Nigerian Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA), a new group seeking registration, stating that ASUU risks losing its certificate of registration.He said the law requires that the union and other registered trade unions to audit their account at least once every year and to indicate how they utilise the funds accruing from check off dues paid by their members.Ngige said that by not submitting the audited accounts for five years running, the union has violated the provisions of Section 37(1) of the Trade Union Act (CAP TILFN 2004).

He said ASUU’s registration as a trade union may be withdrawn because of this.However, NLC has written to the Registrar of Trade Unions, pleading that it should accept and file the annual financial returns and audited accounts, presented by ASUU on September 9.In a letter signed by NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, addressed to the Registrar of Trade Unions and copied to the Minister of Labour and Employment yesterday in Abuja, Wabba said: “We understand that ASUU has responded to your query to submit its Annual Financial Reports and Audited Accounts within 72 hours“ASUU responded to the query through their letter dated Sept. 9. In the letter, the union posited that it had submitted the Annual Financial Returns and Audited Accounts for 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.

“ASUU also averred that the union has now rendered the account for 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 as at 9th September 2022.“All these submissions were made in less than 72 hours in compliance with your query as conveyed in your letter.“We also understand that ASUU sent one of their staff and their external auditor to personally deliver the requested financial documents on Sept. 9.“But their efforts to submit the documents were rebuffed by your staff who insisted that they were under instructions not to accept any document from ASUU.“ASUU subsequently sent the requested financial documents through courier services but again the staff in your office refused to receive the Annual Financial Returns and the Audited Accounts from ASUU.”

biafranrealson:
Should they go back on an empty stomach, it is the same as being is strike , cause they will just come to class for gisting

On empty stomach? They said the job of a lecturer is not just teaching but also researching and community service that's why they should pay them the 7 months salary since they only stop teaching but I ask who are they researching for and where are they doing the community service.


To be honest if you listened to ASUU president speech when he made that doctor and court stuff you will know they are prepared to inflict pains on students in definitely they force them to call the strike off.

They are upset not because of Students or Revitalization but because of their salary and mostly because they have promised their members light in the end of the tunnel which is that 7 months salary mind you if eventually FG don't settle them that money they will be problem in the union and that's why the executives are doing their best to get something out of the strike.

FG are not serious at all but ASUU fighting FG for 7 months salary is wrong that's something they should've peacefully negotiated not force on FG. As for the court decision if you understand it, it's the right decision.

If indeed FG hasn't met some of their demands then the court would've over turned FG's case but they have met some demands to a point ASUU should've called the strike off according to the constitution but ASUU didn't maybe due to lack of trust and that's why FG pounce on the opportunity and sue them to court.

Mind you they is no winner in that case the judge only followed the constitution which compelled ASUU to call off the strike as the case is in Court that's all.

The Senates and Reps can easily pressurize FG to fulfill ASUU demands, for me I don't know what and what has been negotiated cause both sides are not saying 100% truth.

For that 7 months salary ASUU should use wisdom and not brute force.

SporaD8:
Taah!
Going by your President antecedent, Court orders are made to be disobeyed!!!

Yeah Buhari might be but no ASUU I really fault the Senates and Reps on this.

They are not telling FG not to pay ASUU or neither FG forcing not to pay them.

The Court only wants ASUU to call off the strike since some certain demands are met and that's why FG took them to court in the first place.

That's stupidity, why wait for Buhari to come back?

He can be communicated with on zoom and brief upon and let him take his decisions cause the matter is a pressing one moreover why meeting Buhari what's Minister of Education there for cause he and Ngige are same people who Buhari will listen to.

Moreover Reps are too late, they should've acted swiftly ever since I praise them though unlike those useless senators.

Let's wait and hear the Industrial Court judgement today, the problem with this country is we don't know who to trust or believe.

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No be this man way e office day for S.E.E.T complex?

This man do my guy Waka for ENG 226 na him be course coordinator that time

Like seriously this TV go predict correct scores for me, na 36M or na 3.6M cause na only 8K na they just write full the description.

Kenneth10110:
There would be public holiday's during election dates or would student be writing exams while election is on ?.

Even if there is public holiday I can't vote cause my voting center is in Delta and I school in Imo except inec twerk the rules.

Make them come still tell us say na the Queen na make ASUU STRIKE na.

In Kendrick Lamar voice "Clout chasing hell of a disease brother"

It's a war Nigeria lost. In war they is no victor. That woman is just talking for talking sake, who stopped slavery, it's still the same Britain.

We the Igbos have moved on but still we honour those who died during the war.

If she had issues with the Queen you should have confronted her when she was alive not when she is dead you start blabbing.

Proud daughter of Igbo my foot you suppose to know here in Nigerian as a whole gay or lesbianism is an abomination, you are not one of us.

Grandmeister:
Lol. Uju is from the Igbo race, her mothers fought the warrant chiefs in the infamous Aba women riot in 1929. Women fought with pestles and lost their lives but they got what they wanted. The tax imposed on them was abolished. Her people fought in the civil war and she lost family members (which was her main anger and reason for that tweet). And YET you say her forebears chose slavery over death?? Do you now see how dumb you sounded? Instead of demanding history back into your academic curriculum from fellow men like you who you call ‘leaders’ you are here cussing uju. Uju has more balls than most Nigerian men.

Don't say Nigerian men cause if she was so concerned let her go fight Buhari that declared ipob terrorists. The Queen is far better than her what the whites did was not good but it's nature we Africans would have done the same if we developed more earlier. It's domination even in Nigeria we have our own war going on.

Mitsurugi:
I believe you're referring to Queen Victoria. We've all since been allotting some of Victoria's atrocities to Elizabeth II.

Nigerians no know history at all. Before the white came we have being killing ourselves and taking people as slaves.

wirinet:
What do you mean by oversaw? Was the the one that instigated or started the civil war? Was the the one that instructed the government of James Harold Wilson to support Nigeria as against Biafra?

What exactly were her direct roles in the Nigerian civil war according to your accusations?

No mind these people they just follow what they hear. Queen do this queen do that small time they go say na queen kill people for endsars.

Tochj:
Our problems in Africa is that many of us don't know History.
Do you know how Attah of igala died?
The Queen contributed.
Do you know what killed Jaja of Opobbo?
The Queen killed him.
The Queen stole large amount of diamonds from S/A.
Mandela survived by God's grace.
Wishing the Throne well is bcuz of God
If not She commited Atrocious acts in the world.

Where is the proof? Hope you know UK had a prime minister then. If una no blame American una go blame queen, no be the same England colonize Ghana still yet they are better than us.

Leave the past abeg make we chase our future most of us in this country are haters that's all, we hate one another due to ethnicity or religion and we transfer that hate to other countries.

Some people are just saying stuffs cause of feminism.

She has freedom of speech we know definitely but she forgot if not for the whites she would have been stoned to death in 9ja here for abomination .

Grandmeister:
I dare you to call Jeff bezos a hypocrite even on Twitter…90% of you Nigerian men can’t dare it. Because the white man is your alpha and omega. She gave a middle finger to the hullabaloo around the Uk queen’s death (as did many other nationalities), she called out Jeff bezos who tried to shut her down for her opinion but you call her a coward for not going from America to Uk for an interview? Spineless Nigerian men lol.

Hahahaha, our problem is not Elizabeth our people is bad government so whether she gives them middle finger or not that's her problem.

The woman is dead let her be after all if she hated the Queen that much she should have gone to meet her personally and tell her to her face.

She is just chasing after clouts go through Nigerian history well you will know the whites saved us from some of our barbaric culture.

It's wrong to disobey the law but auctioning people's hard earned properties is very bad more them the political leaders has broken the law countless times I ain't seen anyone punishing them.

GreyLaw:
It doesn't matter. The woman has no fault and I don't blame her for anything. The land you call home today, for forebears fought, killed and maimed others to hold that land down. The Queen is not a democrat. She was the leader of a kingdom, an empire. They don't smile. Everything they did, they did for the good of their kingdom first before considering others. That's how every kingdom was run in the days of old. You complain because your own kingdom was outgunned, outfought, outmaneuvered and then subsequently plundered. It's all part of the package.

Oyo empire, Benin empire, etc were warriors who also killed and plundered other empires. Don't be emotional about it. It's just how the world worked and still works. Your politicians are doing it to you now terrorising, stealing, and killing people via religious intolerance etc. The US is also doing it to the world. Russia is doing it to Ukrained and did it to Georgia. So long as the sun shines, people would always want to rule others.

Fact �

Mtchewww, all the same the woman is dead let her be, Nigeria is where she is today cause of our leaders or is queen Elizabeth the one looting funds here.

For my though colonialism is bad but I swear to you if given the chance we blacks would have done the same to whites. Men are just so obsessed to acquire knowledge and power to dominate others. If you look deep to our history in Nigeria you will find out most tribes, community go to war for land / territory or maybe domination.

We humans hide under civilization but deep down in us there is this urge for competition and dominance that's just it so in a civilized sense colonialism is bad but it's natural.

ALLTIMES:
Five university students and the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) have filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari’s.... Read more ��


https://www.alltimes.com.ng/serap-students-sue-fg-over-failure-to-comply-with-asuus-requirements/

What are ASUU requirements??

kingi777:
I think FG sees university lecturers as mere civil servants that is why they don't have regard for them. The truth is that for you to qualify to lecture in the university, you must develop your self by acquiring higher degrees such as MSc and PhD. Even though some people would say it doesn't matter, it costs a lot to do research especially for those in sciences due to dollar exchange rate as most of the reagents and equipment are imported. When you suffer to get this qualifications, they start paying you with meagre salary. I think ASUU has been listening to the cry of the masses by calling off the strike in the past without achieving anything. Somepeople are against ASUU getting decent pay by comparing them with civil servants that do not need research publications, conference attendance and higher certificates for promotion. A lecturer works all round the corner, both at night and weekends without rest. Most of them slump and die due to stress from overload of work duties. The truth is that most universities are understaffed and that’s why ASUU is asking for earn allowance due to over admission of students. I've been privileged to attend a conference in South Africa and I saw the cars/machines driven by lecturers and I was awed. They are really paid well. But I noticed in Nigeria, lecturers are no more proud of their work because of let down by even students as they can hardly buy decent cars or live in good neighbourhood. Universities are built every day but no provision of lecturer's quarters unlike in the 60s. Some enemies of education would also say what are the lecturers teaching, but nigerian graduates are doing wonderfully well in different parts of the world. They follow the NUC curriculum and are checked via accreditation. FG has to stop demoralising lecturers by paying them well so as to encourage them to concentrate and put in their best for the betterment of students. Why should an MSc holder working with TETFUND for eg be paid NGN700,000 as entry salary while a PhD holder starts with less than NGN130,000/140,000 in the university? Go to TETFUND and verify, you won't see children of nobody there; most of them are children of Senators, governors, ministers, emirs etc. Meanwhile, the TETFUND came through the effort of
ASUU o. Yet a professor earns less than NGN450,000 and the government feel good. Some say Fg don't have money so what's the rationale for spending billions on school feeding? The Fg is making the university unattractive and if care is not taken, education in Nigeria will be affected as it's only those who don't have a choice that would like to lecture as the best brains won't consider doing suffer head for nothing.

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Stop exaggerating, no job is easy and moreover most Lecturers are not qualified to be called lecturers they have certificates but they can't teach.

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If you Blame FG you are correct � if you Blame ASUU you are also � correct.

FG no care about Education and same with ASUU.

FG digging the grave to bury education while ASUU is covering it up with cement and gravel.

ASUU problem na money their own money not revitalization or anything cause from the look of thing UTAS and 2009 agreement has been agreed on.

OP thanks for this knowledge.

You did well.