The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has been given one week ultimatum to call off the ongoing strike.
The directive was given today, in Abuja by the acting Minister of Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike while speaking with journalists.
The union has been on strike since July 1 over the non Implementation of a 2009 agreement with the federal government.
According to reports, the lecturers at their NEC meeting last week in Kano, demanded that government should pay the four-month salary arrears being owed varsity lecturers while there should be immediate implementation of the N1.2tn offerred by the goverment to public varsities, starting with the release of N100bn this year, before the strike can be called off.
A demand the acting Minister Wike had described as ,”outrageous.”
Meantime, ASUU had said it would meet with President Jonathan on the decisions reached at its NEC meeting before any announcement will be made concerning the 5 months old strike. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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We are in Democracy not in Military regime. Only round table discussion will resolve sush a matter. Wike u can't intimedate accedemic gurus. U are a bull dog.
ReplyDeleteWike is confused. Did he think he is dealing with PDP politicians , advisers and police
ReplyDeleteMr Nyesom Wike has nothing in his head he has an empty Head filled with ways to remain in public service and be seen as relevant. Mr wike prove you have something in your head.
ReplyDeleteHow can creating proof of an agreement you had made be seen As outrageous.
Lecturers have not been paid for 5months & you want them to resume with which money to feed themselves and energy .
Sorry Mr president you are joking. Even if you order for resumption, no activity will be going on & lecturers will not teach. Use your brains & resolve this matter. Not order & force. Dont fool yourselves.
They fought for the general welfare of nigerian institution both for students and staff asking for their salary arrears is not Outrageous. How do you expect them to teach without money in their pocket, no glucose in the head , no food in the stomach.
Please lets be reasonable in things we should be reasonable in and not to use order and force to cover our inadequacies
The federal government could nt do anything over aviation minister case bt its the educational sector that d wind of confusion led him to use power on. Shame to u
ReplyDeletewhat kind of advisers do the president have? wike, i am not surprice ooo. people like you dont have anything to contribute to this country. you cant even teach in the secondary school. God is watching you all. you have the right to talk to acadamic gurus like that.
ReplyDeleteWike, why pouring petrol in a burning fire again? You are adding more to the President headache. You seems not fit to handle the issue on ground. Military tried it in those days, they failed. You think ASUU will fear this jellyfish governmnent, you must be joking. Wike, wake up and be wise.
ReplyDeleteN255m Oduahgate, N500b Surep, N634b Kerosene subsidy and so on are not outrageous. WIKE, think about it.
ReplyDeleteYou ppl are talkin like unlearned ppl, ddnt you see d demands ASUU is givin federal govts? In fact, Nasir Faggae and all dose leaders of ASUU need 2b removed, it has gone beyond democracy...Are you ppl not tired of d strike? Imagine, dey said Jonathan shld write a written letter of agreement, what nonsense... Then they're now demandin for arrears payment, isit not a proof dat dey are fighting for deir pockets? You ppl are jst blind to see...don't worry, d money FG is 2giv dem for development and equipin, we shall see how many equipin dey shall do b4 lootin d money...thieves
ReplyDeleteYou are ignorant
DeleteI don't know why u have to publish your ignorance for people to see. Those people are out there fight for the decaying state of our institution and u are there calling for their resignation. I doubt if you've ever seen the four walls of a higher institution, talk less of what they need there.
DeletePls Let us be fair enof Asuu al dis y should hav made it clear 2 d federal govt dat d no work no payment issue is nt acceptable to dem. Bt dey did nt, nw dat dey already hav an agreement wit d federal govt to call of d strike dey ar nw bringing up dis y nw? Mean while initialy dey say day don't care abt d no work no payment policy.atleast dey should also sacrifice 4 student and nt 2 b selfish. Kingsley.
DeleteASUU is just greedy and selfish. They are fighting for their own pocket. Nigerian students should not be deceived,
ReplyDeletedont u know if they dont sign it GEJ will bck off soon and anoda strike will come up?, GEJ thinks Asuu is just a mio mio union, na atadite and acadamic gurus (TITANS) full there. how many years will it take FG to do d replacement of the whole lecturers? GEJ only gave them promise which they did far bck 2009 and wat hapen? notin.
ReplyDeleteno need to sack them, just dissolve them.
ReplyDeleteAsuu is just been selfish. Dey should also sacrifice 4 us 4 ones.
ReplyDeleteAsuu should nt be selfish. Dey should also sacrifice 4 us 4 ones.
ReplyDeleteSometimes, when these dealers that claim to be our leaders embark on long medical trips abroad, they still come back and collect all their entitlements. How about the endless vacations and other luxury trips they embark upon? Let's not even talk about all the financial scandals we hear everyday involving our public officers and their cronies. Are they not outrageous??? Wike and GEJ we need answers. FG should pay ASUU their allowances. They had an agreement and this current strike is the fall-out of non-implementation of previous agreement with ASUU. Had FG done the right thing, there would have been no strike. FG should fund our schools and use all the relevant agencies of government to supervise and monitor the way the money is spent. If any vice chancellor or teaching or non-teaching staff is found to corruptly enrich himself or herself with the fund, let the law punish such a person. I believe that sanity can still return to our institutions especially if the government is ready to sincerely fund our institutions and also empower the EFCC, ICPC, NPF to be truly independent and discharge their duties without fear or favour. Maybe the people who will participate in the sovereign national conference should enshrine it in our constitution that if you are a public officer in Nigeria, your children should neither attend private schools or study abroad from primary to tertiary level. May God bless Nigeria!
ReplyDeleteFG Prove Your Integrity by sealing an agreement you have made. What is the big deal in sealing an agreement you have made, if only you are truthful and ready to implement the agreement seal it, create a proof. We are tired of you fooling us, it is because your children are schooling overseas, you want to sack the lecturers do you know the length of time it takes to train a seasoned lecturer where will u get the ones you want to replace them with, from motor parks, It is because your children are studying overseas, what do you care
ReplyDeleteNigerian Students are asking FG to prove their integrity by creating a proof and sealing an agreement they have made.
ReplyDeletePay our lecturers their arrears and let us begin school tomorrow. They cant supply on empty pocket
let b sincere 2 ourselves pls. Fg, gv wht is sopoz 2 b given n b watchin weither wht asuu promised wil b done or nt. Both fg and assu should rememba dat God knws their house numba.
ReplyDeleteSo Jona want to DECIEVE US? He is delaying his budget presntation bcos, he knew there is no provision for #1m for university funding let alone #200b.
ReplyDeleteSeal the promises U and "WICKED" made and stop being a bully. MUMU Government.
U pple r just saying what u want on internet,u ve nt seen anything GEJ nd his evil pple wll nearly kill Naija.look @ it ,is gradual killing: no school,poor health,poor roads nd infrastructures,increase unemployment,no security,poor aviation,high level of corruption etc.so we must vote him out of power come 2013 by all means.I wondered how his 2n tenure would be if he won 2nd term.
ReplyDeleteIs this transfer of aggression or what? You missed solid 5 govs in ur so call meda party, do u now transfer that anger on us. You told us how wretched you were but succeed and assured us of same success. Are we to succeed at home. What kind of confusion is this. 4rm Iorjor Victor Terseer, Makurdi.
ReplyDeleteNyeson Wike, or what ever you call yourself, you think this is 'Ogboni' where u are at the head of affairs or what?. That was how you intimidated one of your younger brothers to join your so called 'Ogboni' before you can help him , but thank God the young man said to hell with your assistance and your Ogboni. That's how you have been intimidating young men and women to join your Satanic Ogboni before you can help them in your native Obio Akpor. Wike, for your information, ASUU is bigger and greater than your Ogboni.
ReplyDeleteWhile we are at this strike thing, we MUST remember that there is a regulation that says NO WORK NO PAY. If lecturers refuse to work then they should not expect to be paid. This is their own sacrifice for the nation as the students have sacrificed 6 months of their life to ensure that things get better.
ReplyDeleteAs for sacking of lecturers en-mass , they should know that all lecturers are a special breed of highly qualified people. replacing them will definitely not be an easy asignment weither from within or from without!
Mr GEJ is surrounded by thieves, thugs, militants, just imagine this "wiked" was shouting when passing the so call threat on assu. Can some1 tell me the difference between asari and "wiked", anyway their days are numbered come 2013 Gej and his company will be in his village and there wont be room for him in assu
ReplyDeleteKingsley Kuku, remember your days in UNAD - the then OSUA, remember your stand as an activist and your stand against the Ondo state government during the strike of 93/94, and 94/95. Now that you've joined them you are the one talking like this! Unbelievable!
ReplyDeleteTo the visionless leaders and the shortsighted and dishonourable minister of education, it is clear beyond doubt that you have nothing to offer this nation. If in a place where things work such people like you cannot be in that office. If by chance or by luck that they get there, this ASU strike would have removed them from office. Now you are talking that members of ASU should forget their pay, you are the one who is supposed to lose your job and all emoluments as needed sacrifice for allowing things like this to degenerate into a prolonged industrial action under you watch. It is a clear show of your inability, ineptitude and insensitivity to the plight of both the students and the lecturers. If Asu's should not be paid for demanding for a just cause, how can you justify a senator or rep member that is sleeping always in hallowed chambers and will still collect jumbo pay at the end of the month? So, you and your presidoo, Adoke and Finance minister did not see anything wrong in that, even Hon. Mark failed to mark them down, but happy and swift to pay for slouching around the hallowed chambers.
the most corrupt government in the recent time, try to compare Obasanjo regime with Gej. salisu buhari was removed, tafa balogun was jailed, wabara was punished along with education minister, alams was jailed, atiku was denied, detain militant(asari), just to mention few, Gej ; alams amnesty, oduagate, surep, police fund, romance militants, etc. youth be wise
ReplyDelete95% of yorubas voted for Gej, believing he will solve Nigeria corrupt problem but negative is d case, we have all agreed to vote him out come 2015, if he is not impeached because he now represent the minority. lets give more prepared person the task to lead this nation irrespective of the political party.
ReplyDeleteAll this coments are rubish una mumu no be small.....if they give messenger job for ABJ u go corrupt u people are talking as if u be angel wey never sin abegi leave GEJ alone
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