Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - An Update on Ongoing ASUU Negotiations Following Two Recent Meetings with Vice-President Namadi Sambo

1.The agreement signed previously was not honoured by the federal government, what is the assurance that the newly brokered agreement will be honoured.
2. As at last week, the ASUU leaders had to go underground because of rumours that they would be arrested on sight by SSS officials since the stoppage of salaries of ASUU members did not force us back to the classrooms.
3. By now the governments and their agents should realize that they cannot obtain allegiance from people ny force. The military regimes tried it and failed, so can the supposedly civilian leaders succeed. Only dialogue and mutual trust can solve this problem and get ASUU to call off the strike.

Prof Felicia A. D. Oyekanmi
Department of Sociology
University of Lagos
Akoka, Yaba,
Lagos Nigeria
Tel: {234} 1 7941757
Cell: {234}8056560970

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On Tue, 15/10/13, shina73_1999@yahoo.com <shina73_1999@yahoo.com> wrote:

Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - An Update on Ongoing ASUU Negotiations Following Two Recent Meetings with Vice-President Namadi Sambo
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
Date: Tuesday, 15 October, 2013, 8:10

God bless you
Prof. I fear I will lose my teaching capacity if
this strike endures beyond now. I no wan become antiquated
o! Biko, make we return to class. Adeshina
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Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - An
Update on Ongoing ASUU Negotiations
Following Two Recent Meetings with Vice-President Namadi
Sambo
         
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FEDERAL UNIVERSITY
OTUOKE

 

INTERNAL INFORMATION
RELEASE                     OCTOBER 14,
2013

 

AN UPDATE ON ONGOING
ASUU
NEGOTIATIONS FOLLOWING TWO RECENT MEETINGS WITH
VICE-PRESIDENT NAMADI SAMBO

 

From the Office of the
Vice-Chancellor

 

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Following two
meetings (on Thursday 19th Sept 2013 and Friday
11th Oct
2013)  of representatives of the AVCNU
(Association of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities,
led by CVC Chairman,
Prof. Hamisu of ATBU) and ASUU Representatives (led by its
President, Dr. N. Fagge)
with the Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,
Arc. N. Sambo,
Minister of Education Barr. N. Wike and others, 
all Vice-Chancellors have been urged to inform and enlighten
our academic
and other staff on the following developments so that we can
ensure a return to
normalcy in our universities within the shortest possible
time

1.      
Earned
Allowances:  The N30 billion already released will
now be increased to N40 billion, and should be regarded only
as first
installment, and not a once-and-for-all payment. Government
will top it up with
further releases once universities are through with the
disbursement of this
new figure of N40 million, so Vice-Chancellors are urged to
expedite this disbursement
within the shortest possible time using guiding templates
that have been sent
by the CVC.

2.      NEEDS
Assessment Capital Money:  Government was
cognizant and mindful of the
ability of Universities to effectively/efficiently utilize
the N100 billion fund
immediately, hence that figure.  However,
in addition to this N100 billion dedicated and
already made available for
2013,  N200 billion (increased from N150
billion previously agreed) will now be earmarked in the 2014
Budget as well as
each of the following three-four years until the
Universities are brought to
world-class standard.

3.      Project
Prioritization:
Universities will now be allowed to determine their
priorities  and not be "rail-roaded" into implementing
a
pre-determined set of projects with respect to the NEEDS
assessment.  Decisions are not to be
centralized.

4.      TETFund
Intervention:  Government assured
that the operations of the
TETFund will not be impaired, and that the regular TETFund
intervention
disbursement to Universities will continue, unaffected.  So
the NEEDS assessment capital outlays are
in addition to regular TETFund intervention.

5.      Project
Monitoring:  A new Implementation Monitoring Committee (IMC)
for the NEEDS Assessment intervention for universities  has
been set up to take over from the Suswan
Committee.  The new one is under the
Federal Ministry of Education and chaired by the Honorable
Minister of
Education. In addition, to build confidence and ensure
faithful implementation
and prevent any relapse as before, the Vice President will
meet quarterly with
the IMC to monitor progress.

6.      Blueprint:  ASUU
was mandated to submit a blue print for revitalizing the
Universities to the
Vice President.

7.      Official
Agreement Document:
A signed document would be issued very soon to itemize the
full issues on which
this present consensus outlined here, brokered by AVCNU, has
been reached.

8.     An
Appeal to Call Off Strike:  The Vice-President
Sambo appealed to ASUU to
call off the strike and apologized for the
"take-it-or-leave-it" comments
credited to the Hon Minister of Finance. All other parties
present at the
meetings  also prevailed on the ASUU
leadership to consult objectively with its members to get
them to agree with
what is now on the table and to call off the strike as soon
as possible after
the Sallah break of Tuesday/Wednesday October 15/16
2013.

9.      ASUU
President Responds:  At both meetings,
the President of ASUU
thanked the VP for
taking over negotiations and promised
to consult with his ASUU Constituency.

  

We keep our fingers
firmly crossed, as we
await both the official consensus agreement document and
full ASUU
reaction.  Statesmanship on all sides is
called for at this point in time.

Thank you.

 

 

Prof.
Mobolaji E. Aluko

Vice-Chancellor

Federal
University Otuoke

 

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