The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it may not honour further calls by Federal Government for a meeting on the way forward over the current strike by its members.
The union’s National President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, said this on the sideline of a news conference on the update of the union’s struggle to salvage the country’s public universities from deterioration on Sunday in Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the members of the union, under the aegis of ASUU, had on Nov. 4, embarked on what it had described as a ‘total, comprehensive and indefinite strike’.
Members of the union were protesting the non implementation of agreements entered into with the federal government in 2009 and 2017, as well as funding and improved welfare for members, among other issues.
According to Ogunyemi, to ensure that the agreements were implemented,union had held series of consultative meetings with the government and written series of letters with little or nothing to the effect.
He noted that it was against this backdrop that union resumed strike on Nov. 4. “Since the commencement of this strike, we have had six meetings with agents of the Federal Government, with no clear commitment from government to resolving the issues we presented. “Government appears to have adopted ‘keep them talking’ strategy while deceiving the public that progress was being made and that partial agreements had been reached between union and government.
“We want to say that government has continually and falsely raised the hopes of the Nigerian public on the state of duscussion with our union and we may not be interested in holding further dialogue with them until we see signs of commitment and sincerity in addressing the issues before them.
“Our expectation from a very responsive and sincere position is that by now, all outstanding issues would gave been resolved to the satisfaction of both parties.
“Unfortunately, government is yet to show commitment and sincerity in addressing these problems,” he said. According to the don, on the renegotiation of federal government/ASUU agreeement, there are still unresolved issues about the leadership of the government team. “We have strong reasons to believe that the continuation of Dr Wale Babalakin as the head of the renegotiation with ASUU will not yield good fruit,” he said
Its
really not looking good for Nigerian actor and comedian, Williams
Uchemba who has been accused of using the Youth Assembly platform for
fraud. Immediately the news went viral about 24-hours ago, the United
Nations younth Envoy issued an 'urgent statement' to clear themselves
and now, the Youth Assembly who Williams claim to represent have also
denied him. See their statement below and find Williams' reaction HERE
The
widow of one of Nigeria's fallen hero, Lt. Col. Ibrahim Sakaba, has
refuted claims made by PDP Presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, that
he reached out to her via phone this yuletide. Sakaba was killed during
the Boko Haram attack in Metele, Borno state in November. Atiku shared
the picture on the left on his twitter handle yesterday December 23rd
with claims that he spoke with the widow''This Christmas, I urge all
Nigerians to spare a thought for our military on the frontlines on the
war on terror. I had cause to telephone Lt. Col. Ibrahim Sakaba’s widow
this Yuletide. I am touched by her devotion & love for her husband
who paid the supreme sacrifice for Nigeria.However, late Sakaba's widow,
Seun, has denied the claim. See what she wrote on her instagram page
below
Nicki
Minaj and her new boyfriend, Kenneth 'Zoo' Petty, who is a convicted
rapist and murderer are still going strong.Days ago, Kenneth Petty got
Nicki Minaj‘s birth name “Onika” tattooed on his neck to prove his love
for the Queen rapper.Now Nicki has professed her love for Kenneth Petty
on the sand at a beach in new lovely photos.In the photos she posted to
her Instagram, Nicki is pictured wearing a huge ring on her finger while
posing next to where she wrote Kenneth’s names.The message reads 'Onika
“hearts” Zoo. 
Over
the weekend, Scott Disick, 35, headed off to holiday to Cancun in
Mexico with his three children, their mother Kourtney Kardashian, 39 and
his current girlfriend Sofia Richie, 20.At one point, Scott's ex
Kourtney and his girlfriend Sofia were enjoying each other's company as
they looked at something on Kourtney's phone.
The
father of three shared a photo of them as they lounged side by side on
deck chairs and wrote: 'What more can a guy ask for. THREE’S
COMPANY.'Kourtney’s sister Khloe took to Twitter to praise the trio for
their co-parenting, tweeting: ‘Beyond proud of all of them!!!! This is
LOVE!! Your children before anything else!! All amazing adults right
right!!!’ The trio were later pictured with Kourtney and Scott's
children enjoying dinner together.
The
couple who were once rumored to be having marital crisis, were loved up
in this picture with billionaire businessman, Emoney and his wife at
their Christams party which held over the weekend.
PDP
vice-presidential candidate, Peter Obi, says Nigeria will be finished
if President Buhari is allowed to remain in office for another four
years. Obi said this when he spoke at a conference in Lagos over the
weekend. “We need to know where we are going as a nation but with Buhari
at the helms of affairs, we do not know where we are going. Buhari is
not in charge of this government as he does not know or care what the
poor people are going through. Nigerians are currently the poorest
people on earth, yet the Muhammadu Buhari administration of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) is still looking at taxing them the
more. Take look at the budget presented by the President a few days ago
and you will see that it does not give anyone hope instead, it tells us
that we are still where we have always been. A quarter of the budget is
meant to service debts, and that is about 60% of the budget while the
President keeps telling Nigerians to tighten their belts because of the
harsh times staring at us in the future.“Does that give anyone
confidence in this government? Not at all, I dare say. While presenting
the budget, he said that the government is looking for ways to tax
Nigerians the more. What are you taxing the poor people for? Does that
give any one of us hope in this government? That means that if we keep
them for the next four years, we are finished.” he said
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