Good news to all students! Asuu strike has been called off

The Committee of Pro-chancellors of Nigerian Federal Universities, on Tuesday, unanimously ordered immediate re-opening of Federal universities across the country.

The communiqué signed by the Chairman of the Committee, Professor Kimse Okoko, was made available to newsmen late Tuesday in Abuja.

The communiqué was issued at the end of the committee meeting to discuss the protracted strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other issues affecting the Nigerian university system.

The communiqué stated that the decision to re-open the Federal universities was unanimously agreed by all pro-chancellors in the overall interest of all concerned.

The pro-chancellors, in the communique, directed all vice chancellors to comply with the committee decision.

It's nt over until it's all over

Mtchew..... Dem dey craze

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Dey demsef knows

i dont understand

omaba1 wrote:

i dont understand

Wat's dia dat u don't understand; People Deceiving People (PDP)!

Safex wrote:

omaba1 wrote:

i dont understand

Wat's dia dat u don't understand; People Deceiving People (PDP)!

u dont want to sleep bcos man u won abi lol? for the issue strike i just want to be sure b4 i tell my brother.

dem never call am off ooo

omaba1 wrote:

Safex wrote:

omaba1 wrote:

i dont understand

Wat's dia dat u don't understand; People Deceiving People (PDP)!

u dont want to sleep bcos man u won abi lol? for the issue strike i just want to be sure b4 i tell my brother.

Na u sabi. U beta don't waste ur credit callin anybody

They can force them @ all...

Not official @ all...still on strike...d only person dat can do so is d president of ASUU

Rubbish!

Is it true dat d strike is off?

Read lol

Adefrancey wrote:

Is it true dat d strike is off?

4 wia?

It is not by force to send info...pls! Next time copy ur info well and provide good heading...

This na November fool from Ashawo.
ASUU strike continues!

there are now tired for it!

says who

Asuu 4 FG 3

who tell una say ....! the battle line has just been drawn.

Wrong info. The struggle continues, pals...

Asuu for life i am behind asuu the Fg of nig can do nothing

Yes o

The turn taken by the face-off
between the Nigerian
government and Academic Staff
Union of Universities (ASUU) is
a case of extreme views,
leading to nowhere, a legal
practitioner has said.
The government, in what has been
described as a ‘military statement’,
on Thursday, directed all vice
chancellors and academic staff of
federal universities to “resume on
or before December 4 or
automatically cease to be staff of
the universities”.
Mr. Robert Clarke said that the
statement showed that both parties
did not reach a conclusive
agreement in the last meeting
between the union and the
President, Goodluck Jonathan.
“They gave the impression to the
whole world that they have reached
an agreement. There is something
wrong with the agreement. They are
not ordinary workers and for them
to make a somersault something
must be wrong somewhere,” he
said on Channels Television
breakfast programme, Sunrise
Daily, on Friday.
After the meeting with the
president, there were indications
that the union may call off the
strike, but the union, some days
back, wrote to the Federal
Government, demanding that the
payment of the arrears of four
months must be guaranteed before
they resume.
Mr Clarke blamed both the
government and the striking union
for not reaching a conclusive
agreement in the meeting,
describing the continuing strike as a
disgrace.
“For the union members to have
agreed to resume without taking up
such a vital issue as arrears of
salaries tells much about their
leadership
“We are in a democracy and the
right to go on strike is guaranteed
by the constitution. And it does not
state that if a worker goes on strike,
he forfeits the salaries for the
period he is on strike,” he
explained.
Not Frightened By Threat
The lawyer stressed that the
students were the ones suffering
and emphasised the need for both
parties to stop what he described as
a ‘hide-and-seek’ game and come
out plain with what their problems
were.
“Four months in the life of a student
is almost like a session,” Mr. Clarke
said.
The striking union, insisting that the
strike would continue, said that the
government’s threat to sack the
lecturers if they refuse to resume on
December 4 would not frighten
them.
A former leader of the Trade Union,
Peter Esele, said that the sack
threat was unrealistic and would
cause brain drain if implemented.
“If you sack all the lecturers, where
will you get the ones that will fill
the positions? This will further
bridge the divide between the
government and ASUU,” he
stressed.
The union embarked on a
nationwide strike on July 1,
demanding improved funding of the
institutions to meet international
standard.
One of the Nigerian government’s
transformation agenda is the
commitment to improving the
standard of education but critics
have said that the development in
the education sector showed no sign
of commitment form the
government.

Asuu vs fg wu go win?

CHECK THIS OUT The Federal

federal university vice-chancellors

their institutions

activities.

The government also declared that lecturers who fail to resume on or before December 4, would lose their jobs.

Supervising



The

Nyesom

conference in Abuja on Thursday.

The development

reactions, has consequently put the President Goodluck

meeting in jeopardy.

The meeting

students and parents on the resolution of the crisis but an accident on November 12,

which a

Festus Iyayi, lost his life, cast gloom on the calling off of the strike.

Iyayi and some

Benin chapter of the union were on their way to the Bayero University, Kano for a meeting

the

where

Jonathan was to be tabled before the NEC members’ for consideration.

Due to Iyayi’s death, ASUU

meeting

Thursday in Kano

members’

government.

The union, as part of its conditions for calling off the strike,

members’ salary arrears and a commitment on the part of the government to review the agreement in 2014.

They also

N200bn promised for this year as a condition for suspending the strike.

ASUU had in a

meeting on

following:

- that the

revitalisation

should be deposited with the CBN

disbursed to the benefiting universities within two weeks;

that



-

Agreement in 2014 be included in the final document as agreed at the discussion with the President;

- that a non-victimisation clause, which is normally captured in all interactions of this nature, be included in the final document; and

- that a new memorandum of understanding

be

shall

representative of government, preferably the Attorney-General

representative of ASUU, with the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress as a witness.

The letter dated November 25, 2013 which was addressed

through Wike was obtained by The PUNCH on Thursday. (See the letter at the end of

story).

But as

stakeholders

decision on the demands, Wike warned ASUU members

sacked.

To clearly

seriousness,

Education

advertise the positions of those who failed to resume.

He said, “Vice-chancellors should ensure that staff who resume for work are provided with the enabling environment for academic and allied activities.

“Any academic employee who fails to resume on or before

ceases to be an employee of the institution.

“Vice-chancellors

advertise vacancies (internal and external) in their institutions.

“The National

hereby directed to monitor the compliance of these directives by the various institutions.”

Wike said the government took the decision in the best interest of the country.

recalled



He

leadership, including one with Vice-President Namadi Sambo

issues of earned academic allowances and funding

universities were discussed .

Wike, who expressed surprise that ASUU returned

“unacceptable

“Government does not operate that way.”

He said Jonathan’s gesture was more than sufficient to guarantee the commitment of government to address all issues resolved at the meeting with the union.

The government was also not comfortable with the union’s request that the AGF should sign the MOU

renegotiation of the agreement in 2014.

Wike said, “To start with, the agreement you (ASUU) said the Federal Government should comply with, was it the AGF that signed it? It was signed

Education led by the Permanent Secretary. The AGF was not even part of the negotiation.

“We have made every effort to see that students go back to their schools. Each time government made frantic effort, you would hear one reason or the other(from ASUU). For us, we cannot continue to see this thing happens. We will continue to make sure that we stick to all we have agreed to do.

“If you cannot believe Mr. President, then who would you discuss with again? Mr. President cannot sit

discussion and at the end of the day the only thing you can do is to attach some new conditions.

“I don’t think that is acceptable to us. All we have promised them, we are going to do; we won’t go back. But bringing new conditions, we don’t think it is favourable. We don’t think it is for the good of this country.”

To pacify

government had increased their initial N30bn earned academic allowance by extra N10bn.

He said the government also offered N200bn for the next six years

universities with a request for them to draw their priority

assessment report on universities.

“We all agreed. ASUU said we should put the resolution down. That was done and signed by the permanent secretary,” he said.

The supervising

government had reviewed the entire situation and came

continuation of the strike was an attempt by ASUU to sabotage all efforts to address the issues.

“As a responsible government, we cannot allow the continuous closure of our public universities for this length of time as this poses danger to the education system, the future of

development”, he added.

Asked if the decision to compel the lecturers to resume work

Wike replied, “Leave legal implication for us. We have weighed all options and I

government has done all it is supposed to do.

“The Federal

commitments and obligations with respect to the 2009

stakeholders to appreciate the position of the government which is in the best interest of our dear country.”

- FG’s threat’ll fail –ASUU

But ASUU’s

Aremu, said the ultimatum to the university teachers

was not committed to implementing any of the resolutions it reached with the union.

Aremu

government could have such a plan when there was a shortfall of 60,000 lecturers in the nation’s universities .

He added that the threat would not hinder the union’s determination to ensure that

universities were well funded.

The ASUU

Federal Government is not willing to perfect the resolutions reached with the union. This is why we find it difficult to trust our leaders by their words.

“How can someone be threatening to sack lecturers when universities are already short-staffed by almost 60,000. We are not in a military era. The military tried it and failed. This one will fail again. They can re-open the schools. ASUU did not shut the universities. It was their

students to go back home.

“With the latest action, the government has shown that it is

been saying. We are saying that since we agreed at the meeting that N200bn is for 2012 and 2013

should deposit same in the Central Bank of Nigeria .

“ We are already in November and December is around the corner. If they don’t do that now, when do they want to do it?

“We are saying

clause should be included as agreed while the renegotiation of the 2009 Agreement should be included as agreed with the President.”

He flayed Wike for alleging that ASUU was making

government.

“Government should address the issue we sent to them in the letter and we are not demanding extra kobo. Under the military, the threat to sack lecturers

the current government has done

long path to make the strike linger

necessary,” Aremu added.

- SSANU warns of strike

But as Wike and the ASUU national treasurer

talking tough in Abuja and Ibadan, the

were

Senior Staff Association of Universities was also threatening to embark on strike over the possible

Assessment Report.

SSANU

government

workforce in the universities if the report was implemented.

The Chairman of the Western Zone of

association, Alfred Jimoh,

conference in Ibadan, Oyo State,

attempt by the

lead to another strike in the education sector.

He said the report was targeting members of the association by the claim that the system was top-heavy.

Jimoh said non-teaching members of staff of the universities had not enjoyed what their colleagues in the academics had

from.

He added, “It has been a common knowledge that the

universities constitute endangered species of the very hostile environment, in which they found themselves. With my position in the association and the privileged information at my disposal, I will like to say that the adjective “endangered species” is even mild to describe the precarious situation of the non-teaching staff of the universities.

“As it were,

university community, the teaching members of staff have finally gone for the broke, by goading the government to empanel a one-sided committee, comprising their members only, to conduct a NEEDS Assessment of the Nigerian

pre-determined report with a damming and damaging

teaching staff of the university system.”

Jimoh said the report among other things, claimed that the numerical strength of the non-teaching

the major conduit that drained the scarce financial resources of the universities.

“We frown on this as the report fails to match up the numerical

categories of members of

quantum of fund being expended on them in terms of

finances.”

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osas4jame wrote:

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one iron will bend

na so

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Nigeria jaga jaga... Wahala dey this country ooooo!

Less than few days to decide the winner

This matter can only take God 4 settlement.

GreatPal wrote:

This matter can only take God 4 settlement.

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stainlez wrote:

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Nasu to join soon
http://www.ngscholars.com/2013/11/nasu-plans-solidarity-strike-support-ASUU/

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tutor

ASUU strike has been called off
Source:http://www.osundefender.org/? p=137994

Gud news...

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