THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Delta State University, DELSU, Abraka, Chapter, yesterday, called on stakeholders, including civil society organisations, traditional rulers, church leaders and other well-meaning Nigerians, to prevail on the Federal Government to fully implement the 2009 ASUU/FGN Agreement; 2012 Memorandum of Understanding, MoU; the Needs of Assessment Report, and stop playing politics with the future of the country’s children.
The chapter, in a statement issued by its chairman, Dr. Emmanuel Mordi, said that the Federal Government should be held responsible for the delay in calling off the nationwide strike embarked upon by the union.
Wednesday, 2 October 2013
ASUU Strike: NANS Disrupts Independence Activities In Ibadan
Activities making the 53rd independence anniversary were, yesterday, disrupted in Ibadan, Oyo State, by protesting members of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Zone D (Southwest) who blocked major roads in parts of the state calling on Federal Government and striking University lecturers to resolve their face-off.
They started the protest at about 9:30 am and marched through Agbowo, Mokola round-about, Total Garden, Agodi-Gate and stopped at the Iwo-Road inter-change.
Numbering over 1000, they complained among other things, the underfunding of the education sector and chanted anti-government slogans, accusing the Federal Government of lackadaisical attitude towards education.
To ensure that the protest did not go out of control, security agents kept watch over them.
The angry students through their leader, Monsuru Adeyemo said, “There is urgent need to save Nigeria’s education sector from total collapse from claws of capitalist ruling elites.
“As a result of poor government funding, in spite of stupendous wealth of the country, Nigeria’s public education, from primary to tertiary levels is bedeviled with lack of adequate facilities for proper teaching, learning and research.
“Hostel facilities in the few schools where they still exist are dilapidated and insufficient, that is why over 10 million children are out of school in Nigeria.
”Only just this year, about 1.7 million candidates sat for the Unified Tertiary matriculation Examination (UTME) and from the available space in all the Universities, polytechnics and Colleges of education in the country only less than 29 per cent of the total candidates will be admitted, thus leaving out over 1.2 million candidates.
“We have to actively join the struggle to force the government to implement the agreement with all unions so that tertiary Institutions can be reopened. if this agreement is fully implemented, it will mean better funding of education and a great relief to overburdened students”
They started the protest at about 9:30 am and marched through Agbowo, Mokola round-about, Total Garden, Agodi-Gate and stopped at the Iwo-Road inter-change.
Numbering over 1000, they complained among other things, the underfunding of the education sector and chanted anti-government slogans, accusing the Federal Government of lackadaisical attitude towards education.
To ensure that the protest did not go out of control, security agents kept watch over them.
The angry students through their leader, Monsuru Adeyemo said, “There is urgent need to save Nigeria’s education sector from total collapse from claws of capitalist ruling elites.
“As a result of poor government funding, in spite of stupendous wealth of the country, Nigeria’s public education, from primary to tertiary levels is bedeviled with lack of adequate facilities for proper teaching, learning and research.
“Hostel facilities in the few schools where they still exist are dilapidated and insufficient, that is why over 10 million children are out of school in Nigeria.
”Only just this year, about 1.7 million candidates sat for the Unified Tertiary matriculation Examination (UTME) and from the available space in all the Universities, polytechnics and Colleges of education in the country only less than 29 per cent of the total candidates will be admitted, thus leaving out over 1.2 million candidates.
“We have to actively join the struggle to force the government to implement the agreement with all unions so that tertiary Institutions can be reopened. if this agreement is fully implemented, it will mean better funding of education and a great relief to overburdened students”
ASUU Strike: No Work, No Pay, FG Seize Varsity Lecturers Salary
The Federal Government has invoked the ‘no work, no pay’ labour rule against striking University lecturers as their industrial action enters the 93rd day with no end in sight.
Some of the federal University vice chancellors have not paid the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) members their August and September salaries in compliance with the government’s directive.
Some branch chairmen of ASUU see the government and vice chancellor’s move as an attempt to break the rank of their members, insisting that their members are resolute on the ongoing strike.
Some ASUU branch chairmen told Daily Sun that text messages were sent to vice chancellors to apply the ‘no work, no pay’ labour rules to academic staff on strike and that the decision had affected the payment of salary of non-academic staff in the University system.
According to one of the branch chairmen, he and his exco confronted their University management over the salary delay and the he showed them the text message asking them not to pay salary to ASUU members.
He stressed that the ‘no work, no pay’ labour rule had never worked, pointing out that ASUU has a counter-measure, which was ‘no pay, no work,’ and that the union was not on strike because of salary increment.
Sources stated that at the ASUU Ibadan zonal meeting held at the University of Lagos, UNILAG, the Vice Chancellor, Prof Rahmon Bello, tried in vain to defend the delay of September salary.
Also, the ASUU chairman, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, FUNAAB, Dr. Biodun Badmus, told Daily Sun that the vice chancellor got text messages not to pay salaries and revealed that the University had not received August salary from government.
His words: “Any vice chancellor that has paid August salary did so using the University’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). We are not bothered about the salary issue, because at the end of the day, they will still pay us.”
Meanwhile, the union has faulted the conduct of Post Utme examination by the Universities during the strike without the involvement of academic staff and urged the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to intervene on the issue.
Drafted from: Daily Sun.
Some of the federal University vice chancellors have not paid the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) members their August and September salaries in compliance with the government’s directive.
Some branch chairmen of ASUU see the government and vice chancellor’s move as an attempt to break the rank of their members, insisting that their members are resolute on the ongoing strike.
Some ASUU branch chairmen told Daily Sun that text messages were sent to vice chancellors to apply the ‘no work, no pay’ labour rules to academic staff on strike and that the decision had affected the payment of salary of non-academic staff in the University system.
According to one of the branch chairmen, he and his exco confronted their University management over the salary delay and the he showed them the text message asking them not to pay salary to ASUU members.
He stressed that the ‘no work, no pay’ labour rule had never worked, pointing out that ASUU has a counter-measure, which was ‘no pay, no work,’ and that the union was not on strike because of salary increment.
Sources stated that at the ASUU Ibadan zonal meeting held at the University of Lagos, UNILAG, the Vice Chancellor, Prof Rahmon Bello, tried in vain to defend the delay of September salary.
Also, the ASUU chairman, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, FUNAAB, Dr. Biodun Badmus, told Daily Sun that the vice chancellor got text messages not to pay salaries and revealed that the University had not received August salary from government.
His words: “Any vice chancellor that has paid August salary did so using the University’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR). We are not bothered about the salary issue, because at the end of the day, they will still pay us.”
Meanwhile, the union has faulted the conduct of Post Utme examination by the Universities during the strike without the involvement of academic staff and urged the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to intervene on the issue.
Drafted from: Daily Sun.
Ex-Student Leaders Plead FG To Honour Agreement With ASUU
Some former students’ leaders have called on the Federal Government to honour the agreement it entered with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU to save the educational sector from collapse.
The ex-students’ leaders, who spoke on Tuesday under the auspices of the Past Rivers State Students’ Leaders’ Forum, explained that though the Federal Government had continued to appeal for the understanding of the striking lecturers, it was necessary for the government to show more commitment toward resolving the problem.
Chairman of PARSLEAF, Mr. Amakiri Amakuro, told newsmen in Port Harcourt that the disagreement between ASUU and the Federal Government would have been resolved if government had acted swiftly on the warning notice from the union.
Amakuro also charged ASUU, other unions in the nation’s tertiary Institutions and stakeholders in the educational sector to embrace peace and return to the negotiating table with government in the interest of the country.
“We appreciate the Federal Government’s appeals for understanding and commitment to meeting ASUU’s demand. We, however, call on the Federal Government to make further commitment to honouring the agreement entered into with ASUU in order to save the educational system from total collapse.
“We also call on the leadership of ASUU to explore other means of engaging with government in drawing their attention as the option of strike is no longer fashionable and acceptable.
“If strike must be used, it should not last for more than a few hours as is the practice in developed countries. We passionately appeal to the Federal Government, ASUU and other stakeholders in the educational sector to sheathe their swords,” he said.
The ex-students’ leaders, who spoke on Tuesday under the auspices of the Past Rivers State Students’ Leaders’ Forum, explained that though the Federal Government had continued to appeal for the understanding of the striking lecturers, it was necessary for the government to show more commitment toward resolving the problem.
Chairman of PARSLEAF, Mr. Amakiri Amakuro, told newsmen in Port Harcourt that the disagreement between ASUU and the Federal Government would have been resolved if government had acted swiftly on the warning notice from the union.
Amakuro also charged ASUU, other unions in the nation’s tertiary Institutions and stakeholders in the educational sector to embrace peace and return to the negotiating table with government in the interest of the country.
“We appreciate the Federal Government’s appeals for understanding and commitment to meeting ASUU’s demand. We, however, call on the Federal Government to make further commitment to honouring the agreement entered into with ASUU in order to save the educational system from total collapse.
“We also call on the leadership of ASUU to explore other means of engaging with government in drawing their attention as the option of strike is no longer fashionable and acceptable.
“If strike must be used, it should not last for more than a few hours as is the practice in developed countries. We passionately appeal to the Federal Government, ASUU and other stakeholders in the educational sector to sheathe their swords,” he said.
Kwara State Polytechnic, KWARAPOLY Postgraduate Diploma 2013/2014
Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for admission into the following Postgraduate diploma Programmes of the Kwara State polytechnic, KWARAPOLY Ilorin in the 2013/2014 Academic Session:
1. AGRICULTURE AND WATER ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
2. BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
3. CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
4. DEMOGRAPHY AND SOCIAL STATISTICS
5. ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
6. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
7. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
8. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM
9. HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
10. MANAGERIAL PSYCHOLOGY
11. MARKETING
12. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
13. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
14. PUBLIC RELATIONS
15. RURAL DEVELOPMENT
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Applicants should have the following minimum qualifications:
a) HND/Bachelor Degree or equivalent in relevant area
b) Five (5) relevant Ordinary Level Credits including English Language and Mathematics at not more than two sittings
c) Satisfactory evidence of completion or exemption from the National Youth Service Corps where applicable.
METHOD OF APPLICATION
Applications for admission will be done fully online. To make online payment for PGD Programme, follow the link through the School website: www.kwarapoly.edu.ng and other instructions there.
Notes:
1. All applications attract a charge of Ten Thousand Naira (N10,000.00) only, exclusive of bank and other charges.
2. All payments for application should be made through the “College Pay” using your Debit Card, Master Card or Prepaid Card
3. All applications close on Tuesday, 31st December, 2013.
Signed
M. O. Salami
1. AGRICULTURE AND WATER ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
2. BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
3. CIVIL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
4. DEMOGRAPHY AND SOCIAL STATISTICS
5. ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
6. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
7. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
8. GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM
9. HOSPITALITY MANAGEMENT
10. MANAGERIAL PSYCHOLOGY
11. MARKETING
12. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
13. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
14. PUBLIC RELATIONS
15. RURAL DEVELOPMENT
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Applicants should have the following minimum qualifications:
a) HND/Bachelor Degree or equivalent in relevant area
b) Five (5) relevant Ordinary Level Credits including English Language and Mathematics at not more than two sittings
c) Satisfactory evidence of completion or exemption from the National Youth Service Corps where applicable.
METHOD OF APPLICATION
Applications for admission will be done fully online. To make online payment for PGD Programme, follow the link through the School website: www.kwarapoly.edu.ng and other instructions there.
Notes:
1. All applications attract a charge of Ten Thousand Naira (N10,000.00) only, exclusive of bank and other charges.
2. All payments for application should be made through the “College Pay” using your Debit Card, Master Card or Prepaid Card
3. All applications close on Tuesday, 31st December, 2013.
Signed
M. O. Salami
ASUU Strike: UNIABUJA Students To Withdraw Support For Union
Students of the University of Abuja, UNIABUJA on Monday, staged a
peaceful protest over the current Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) strike action, describing it as selfish.
Mr Nathan Oguwike, leader of the Students In Nigeria Re- awakening Initiative (STIRIN), a non-governmental organisation in the university, said students were tired of staying at home. Oguwike said ASUU should stop using students for bargain and urged them to immediately call off the strike to avoid further suffering on the part of students.
According to him, students will no longer support the action of ASUU, which he described as a selfish one. ‘’In this continuous strike action, ASUU is just being selfish because the students’ interest are not being protected. ‘’We have been patient enough and now we see that they are not ready to shift ground; neither is the Federal Government ready to meet all their demands. We are therefore, saying enough is enough. ‘’ASUU should go and settle their differences with the government in court, we do not want to be part of it. All we want is to return to class,’’ he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the students first converged at the University mini campus before moving out to town, where they were later disbanded by the police. Meanwhile, the DCO, Police Area Command in Gwagwalada, Mr Jacob Popogbe, said the police were aware of the students’ protest and had drafted their personnel to maintain law and order. ‘’Everything is under control. Our men are out there to make sure that the students have a peaceful protest’’ he said.
NAN further reports that all efforts made to interview Mr Waziri Garba, the Information Officer of the University on the students’ action failed.
peaceful protest over the current Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) strike action, describing it as selfish.
Mr Nathan Oguwike, leader of the Students In Nigeria Re- awakening Initiative (STIRIN), a non-governmental organisation in the university, said students were tired of staying at home. Oguwike said ASUU should stop using students for bargain and urged them to immediately call off the strike to avoid further suffering on the part of students.
According to him, students will no longer support the action of ASUU, which he described as a selfish one. ‘’In this continuous strike action, ASUU is just being selfish because the students’ interest are not being protected. ‘’We have been patient enough and now we see that they are not ready to shift ground; neither is the Federal Government ready to meet all their demands. We are therefore, saying enough is enough. ‘’ASUU should go and settle their differences with the government in court, we do not want to be part of it. All we want is to return to class,’’ he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the students first converged at the University mini campus before moving out to town, where they were later disbanded by the police. Meanwhile, the DCO, Police Area Command in Gwagwalada, Mr Jacob Popogbe, said the police were aware of the students’ protest and had drafted their personnel to maintain law and order. ‘’Everything is under control. Our men are out there to make sure that the students have a peaceful protest’’ he said.
NAN further reports that all efforts made to interview Mr Waziri Garba, the Information Officer of the University on the students’ action failed.
ASUU Strike:Obasi gives credit to UNILORIN and blame Poor Varsity Education Standard on Result Of Greed And Poor Vision, Not Inadequate Funding- Obasi
This week, Obasi. D. C. Chinedu of VNTI take a more critical assessment at the ASUU Strike, Falling standard of Nigerian Universities, especially the South Eastern Institutions, and Their Claims of Poor Funding.
Its all greed, and all about their pockets.
They are keeping the Nigerian students(future leaders) at home Just because of “their Unpaid allowances”, not even monthly salaries.
The University Of Ilorin, UNILORIN, an Institution to consider, is not a member of the Union, and they are doing fine:
• Academically
• Infrastructurally
• In terms of student Life
• In terms of teaching culture
• In terms of the quality of graduates
• In terms of her tuition fees
• Technologically advanced
One of the best, if not the best in Nigeria.
Don’t go on Unnecessary strikes to destroy the mindset of their students.
All This, Without being a member of ASUU, or receiving any benefits of membership.
As a point to note, Federal allocations to Nigerian Universities, are shared equally by age and Size of the Institutions in the same class.
Now tell me, Is it not the same amount of Money that the Federal Government provides to the other Federal Institutions???
Especially those in the South East Of Nigeria???
Take a Look at UNILAG , UI, OAUIFE and other South-Western Universities and Compare their Standard, Facilities, Infrastructures, Tuition Fees With those in the south East of the Nation.
Having equal Allocation from the federal government, You would agree with me that the Poor standard of academic and infrastructures in the south Eastern Universities is more as a result greed and Poor Management without Vision, than Inadequate Funds, else, Someone is not telling us the truth here.
Only in the Person of Prof. Bartholomew Ndubuisi Okolo, The University Of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN has found a rare Missing gem who is on a mission with a vision to transform the Face of Africa’s Once greatest University with more buildings, structures, to cover the shame of an Institution who before his appointment has more Uncompleted buildings and dilapidated Classes than Standard ones.
The Falling Standard Of education In Nigeria Is Basically not a result of Inadequate Funds but more as a result of Greed, Mis-management of available funds, and Poor Vision of the Institution Leaders.
Having The Best Facilities, Structures, Laboratories and Standards in Nigerian Tertiary education Sector, the Universities Of Lagos, UNILAG, Ibadan, UI, ile-Ife, OAUIFE, and Ilorin, UNILORIN, still charge the standard, low(lowest) tuition fees for a Nigerian University, with none of them exceeding the N20,000 mark for a first year student ion a federal University.
The question is, Where do they get the funds used for their development and infrastructures???
This is in comparison with south-Eastern Universities like the University Of Nigeria, UNN, the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, UNIZIK, Federal University Of Technology, Owerri, FUTO, and others, none of them collecting less than N50,000 as tuition fees, with FUTO looking more ridiculous having an admission acceptance fee of N40,00 to be paid by an excess of 4,500 newly admitted students each year.
In The University Of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN tuition fee receipt, She has a “Developmental Fee of N20,000″ payable by all students.
The question is, What are all this Funds used for??
And why do these institutions look more like abandoned projects, especially the roads of FUTO and UNIZIK??
To move education forward in the country, especially in the south East, we need born leaders in the Varsity management, who are determined to create changes, and a vision to be ahead of others, not on a mission to extort more money from her students, their parents, and the Federal Government all in a single package of “Inadequate Funding”.
A Management who can be Able to do what they can with what they have.
Much more has to be done about the Management of these institutions, rather screaming Inadequate funding Like a vampire thirsty for blood, if any progress would be observed in our tertiary education sector.
Its all greed, and all about their pockets.
They are keeping the Nigerian students(future leaders) at home Just because of “their Unpaid allowances”, not even monthly salaries.
The University Of Ilorin, UNILORIN, an Institution to consider, is not a member of the Union, and they are doing fine:
• Academically
• Infrastructurally
• In terms of student Life
• In terms of teaching culture
• In terms of the quality of graduates
• In terms of her tuition fees
• Technologically advanced
One of the best, if not the best in Nigeria.
Don’t go on Unnecessary strikes to destroy the mindset of their students.
All This, Without being a member of ASUU, or receiving any benefits of membership.
As a point to note, Federal allocations to Nigerian Universities, are shared equally by age and Size of the Institutions in the same class.
Now tell me, Is it not the same amount of Money that the Federal Government provides to the other Federal Institutions???
Especially those in the South East Of Nigeria???
Take a Look at UNILAG , UI, OAUIFE and other South-Western Universities and Compare their Standard, Facilities, Infrastructures, Tuition Fees With those in the south East of the Nation.
Having equal Allocation from the federal government, You would agree with me that the Poor standard of academic and infrastructures in the south Eastern Universities is more as a result greed and Poor Management without Vision, than Inadequate Funds, else, Someone is not telling us the truth here.
Only in the Person of Prof. Bartholomew Ndubuisi Okolo, The University Of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN has found a rare Missing gem who is on a mission with a vision to transform the Face of Africa’s Once greatest University with more buildings, structures, to cover the shame of an Institution who before his appointment has more Uncompleted buildings and dilapidated Classes than Standard ones.
The Falling Standard Of education In Nigeria Is Basically not a result of Inadequate Funds but more as a result of Greed, Mis-management of available funds, and Poor Vision of the Institution Leaders.
Having The Best Facilities, Structures, Laboratories and Standards in Nigerian Tertiary education Sector, the Universities Of Lagos, UNILAG, Ibadan, UI, ile-Ife, OAUIFE, and Ilorin, UNILORIN, still charge the standard, low(lowest) tuition fees for a Nigerian University, with none of them exceeding the N20,000 mark for a first year student ion a federal University.
The question is, Where do they get the funds used for their development and infrastructures???
This is in comparison with south-Eastern Universities like the University Of Nigeria, UNN, the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, UNIZIK, Federal University Of Technology, Owerri, FUTO, and others, none of them collecting less than N50,000 as tuition fees, with FUTO looking more ridiculous having an admission acceptance fee of N40,00 to be paid by an excess of 4,500 newly admitted students each year.
In The University Of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN tuition fee receipt, She has a “Developmental Fee of N20,000″ payable by all students.
The question is, What are all this Funds used for??
And why do these institutions look more like abandoned projects, especially the roads of FUTO and UNIZIK??
To move education forward in the country, especially in the south East, we need born leaders in the Varsity management, who are determined to create changes, and a vision to be ahead of others, not on a mission to extort more money from her students, their parents, and the Federal Government all in a single package of “Inadequate Funding”.
A Management who can be Able to do what they can with what they have.
Much more has to be done about the Management of these institutions, rather screaming Inadequate funding Like a vampire thirsty for blood, if any progress would be observed in our tertiary education sector.
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