Sunday, August 20, 2017

Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Is University of Ilorin a Model ofUniversity Governance or a Free-Rider of the Fruits of ASUU's Struggles?

And now, this.....

Academics' union banned over strike on unpaid salaries


As it embarks on an indefinite nationwide strike over what it claims are unfulfilled government promises, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, or ASUU, is reeling from a ban imposed on its local branch based at Kogi State University.

Because the outlawing of any branch of ASUU by implication means proscription of the entire union, the union leadership, including the Nigeria Labour Congress, has mapped out strategies to contest the decree, which includes challenging it in court. 

The ban – which was to come into effect immediately – was announced by University Visitor and Governor of Kogi State Yahaya Bello after an emergency meeting of the Executive Council of Kogi State on 19 July in response to a strike by academic staff over non-payment of salaries and lack of funding for teaching and research.

Bello said the decision became necessary as "all efforts to make the academic teachers call off their six-month-old strike failed. I personally undertook a tour of all tertiary institutions in Kogi State with a view to having first-hand knowledge about the problems in these institutions. While others have since returned to work, the academic staff refused to call off their strike action." 

Teachers ordered back to work

He said the government had fulfilled over 90% of the union's demands and had gone "one step further" by paying all outstanding salaries. He ordered striking teachers back to work, failing which they should consider themselves out of a job. 

"I have directed the governing council of the university to ensure that any staff [member] willing to work does not suffer any form of harassment nor intimidation," he said. 

At a later press conference in Abuja, Nigeria's federal capital, Bello said he had no regrets outlawing the union in the university. "The most important thing is the preservation of Kogi State University … I am concerned about the future of our children and that of the students. As long as we can protect it, I don't think I have any apologies for proscribing ASUU," he said. 

He told journalists that he had inherited a comatose university and was determined to resuscitate this institution.

"We need to carry out certain surgical operations in order to make the educational sector healthy and robust in Kogi State. Now, ASUU and several other bodies came up with certain demands. Some of these demands pre-dated my administration. And to the best of our judgement, as an administration, we were able to meet about 90% of these demands. 

"In a collective bargaining culture, both parties should shift ground. And the way and manner ASUU was going about these demands is more or less like an opposition political party."

Bello claimed that there were clandestine political forces aiding and abetting academic staff in their quest to cripple the university. 

"Apparently, there are certain forces from certain areas that are behind them. We shall deal with them at the appropriate time. As a visitor of that institution, I am empowered to proscribe the union so that we can have a smooth academic programme," he said. 

Job advertisements

The fiat was followed a few days later by an advert placed by the governing council in some of the national daily newspapers advertising staff vacancies in virtually all the academic departments. 

In response, several academics in the university and on other campuses have castigated the governor as an "un-serious comedian". 

Dr Wale Suenu, vice-chairman of ASUU at Lagos State University, said there was an acute shortage of academic staff in the university system because during the military era the postgraduate programmes were deliberately underfunded. 

"Who would go and teach in Kogi State University where salaries are not regular and teaching and research tools are absent? I agree with my colleagues who nicknamed Yahaya Bello an un-serious comedian".

Ayuba Wabba, president of the Nigeria Labour Congress, warned that Bello had no powers to ban any union. 

"Nigeria operates in terms of the rule of law. Thus Yahaya Bello has no power to proscribe ASUU … Workers have fundamental rights to join unions of their choice as enshrined in the charters of the United Nations and the International Labour Organization to which Nigeria is a signatory. 

"It is also the right of Nigerian workers to belong to any union of their choice as contained in Section 40 of Nigeria's Constitution. The constitution recognises Yahaya Bello as a duly elected executive governor of the state. The same constitution recognises that there are trade unions which are not under the governor's command. It is an independent entity that cannot be determined by the governor," said Wabba. 

Rights of union members

This was confirmed by barrister Eze Onyekpere who said the ban violates the rights of union members.

"The decision of the Kogi State Governor to proscribe the union has serious legal implications. Since it is the right of workers to come together under one legal umbrella, any suppression of any of the branches of ASUU is a clear violation of the human and trade union rights granted to its members by law … The decision of the governor is … an attempt to send the institution into extinction and in the process jeopardise the future of the students," he said. 

ASUU National President Professor Biodun Ogunyemi urged the governor to rescind the decision, announcing that the ASUU national executive council had ordered the Kogi State University chapter to proceed with the indefinite strike until the ban is lifted. This would be the sine qua non condition for dialogue between the governor and the leadership of the local branch, he said. 


On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 6:07 PM, Emeagwali, Gloria (History) <emeagwali@ccsu.edu> wrote:

Points noted.


BTW,   your guy is  &^#(*@.


My guy is #%@&*


There is a difference!😊
Ha Ha!




Professor Gloria Emeagwali
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From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Mobolaji Aluko <alukome@gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2017 2:53 PM
To: USAAfrica Dialogue

Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Is University of Ilorin a Model ofUniversity Governance or a Free-Rider of the Fruits of ASUU's Struggles?
 


Gloria:

Are you, for example, suggesting that those who did not wish to become free during slavery - because they feared how they would survive without "massa" - should not have accepted freedom when slavery was abolished?

I don't believe so.

The right/freedom of association also has in it the right/freedom NOT to associate.  If the rules of the day state that those who do not pay union dues are not entitled to the benefits of union activity, then you would not have the opportunity to call the conscientious objector an &^#(*@.   Rather you would call him a fool for obtaining lower wages and higher teaching load than union members! Otherwise, his fundamental human right is being questioned.

I believe that for union membership, the proper method is for potential members  should be allowed  to OPT IN, not to OPT OUT.  That is, check off should not be automatic.

I never joined AAUP in my 27 years as an academic in the US, and would not have been an ASUU member in Nigeria.


Bolaji Aluko



On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 6:10 PM, Emeagwali, Gloria (History) <emeagwali@ccsu.edu> wrote:

This is a question we raised when one faculty member decided not to contribute union dues,

 but comfortably continued to enjoy the benefits accrued from academic unionism. He enjoyed a lower course load,

 a fixed percentage increase in salary that the union negotiated,  and   successful  security in terms of tenure but the #%@&*

continued to lambast the union and withhold financial contributions. I am referring to the AAUP not ASUU.


Crass and shameless opportunism indeed.




Professor Gloria Emeagwali
Professor of History
History Department
Central Connecticut State University
1615 Stanley Street
 
New Britain. CT 06050
www.africahistory.net
Gloria Emeagwali's Documentaries on
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8608322815  Phone



From: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Olayinka Agbetuyi <yagbetuyi@hotmail.com>
Sent: Friday, August 18, 2017 6:53 PM
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
Cc: Olayinka Agbetuyi

Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Is University of Ilorin a Model ofUniversity Governance or a Free-Rider of the Fruits of ASUU's Struggles?
 
Beyond the 'order' is the question: can a university choose not to be a member of ASUU yet have resolutions successfully championed by the body implemented on such campus?  Isnt that crass  and shameless  opportunism?



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Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Is University of Ilorin a Model ofUniversity  Governance or a Free-Rider of the Fruits of ASUU's Struggles?

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Dear Colleagues
Of ignorance, there are certain pleasures which only the ignorant knows; in madness lies certain pleasures which only the man knows. I do not covet life in an academy whose terrain incarnates life in the barrack; I pooh pooh whatever 'glory' or promise that it offers, that university where freedom of dissent has been sacrificed on the guillotine of patronage. I chose the word patronage in its unlimited semiotic possibilities.  


Oladosu A. Afis
Professor of Middle Eastern, North African and Cultural Studies
Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies,
University of Ibadan,
Ibadan, Nigeria.
"The best of princes is he who visits scholars."
- Jalal al-Din Rumi, 13th century Persian Sufi poet




On Friday, August 18, 2017, 9:39:52 PM GMT+1, H O <afism3@yahoo.com> wrote:


Dear Colleagues
Of ignorance, there are certain pleasures which only the ignorant knows; in madness lies certain pleasures which only the man knows. I do not covet life in an academy whose terrain incarnates life in the barrack; I pooh pooh whatever 'glory' or promise that it offers, that university where freedom of dissent has been sacrificed on the guillotine of patronage. I chose the word patronage in its unlimited semiotic possibilities.  

Oladosu A. Afis
Professor of Middle Eastern, North African and Cultural Studies
Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies,
University of Ibadan,
Ibadan, Nigeria.
"The best of princes is he who visits scholars."
- Jalal al-Din Rumi, 13th century Persian Sufi poet




On Friday, August 18, 2017, 7:04:17 PM GMT+1, 'Michael Afolayan' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:


Of course, the choice is clear, and I know you've made it before asking. Dismissable as illusions and delusions of grandeur, such requests have no place on this side of the great divide. Scholarship cannot become a weapon of castigation for dissenting adult colleagues. Besides, this is America, even the president of the university cannot refrain anyone from attending a conference on his/her campus, let alone the leadership of a union. After all, there is an overarching, call it sacred, First Amendment clause that would bloody-nose a paternalistic individual in power who thinks s/he could wave the magic wand and forbid subordinates from exercising their rights. Nothing to debate here, folks; such request is out of order!

MOA






On Thursday, August 17, 2017 7:16 PM, Toyin Falola <toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu> wrote:


A small addition without my opinion at this time:

I am hosting a conference in October and I was told not to accept the papers of anyone from the University of Ilorin as ASUU has banned folks from there from showing up in view of their non participation in the Union. I was asked to remove them, as if I don't the conference can be disrupted. I am seeking information on this.
TF

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On Aug 17, 2017, at 5:07 PM, Okey Iheduru <okeyiheduru@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear All:

1. "The factional Chairman, ASUU, Unilorin,  Dr. Usman Raheem, whose faction is recognised by the Unilorin management, said the branch did not join the strike as it had not been part of the national ASUU since 2001. He alleged that ASUU national did not also inform the branch of the strikeHe, however, said the branch was in support of the reason for the strike and urged the Federal Government to honour the agreement it reached with ASUU since 2009."

2.  "non participation of UNILORIN in all strikes called by ASUU has been responsible for the unbroken academic calendar and peace we have on campus in the last 16 years." ---Unilorin's Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) Prof Sidikat Ijaya.

Could anyone who is familiar with the politics of Unilorin educate me on "what the heck is going on down there"? Due to scheduling conflict, I had to turn down an invitation to be on an accreditation panel at Unilorin in 2013 (and thus missed an opportunity to get a first-hand assessment) while I was on sabbatical in Nigeria. Is Unilorin different from the other campuses in terms of the unassailable criticisms and equally unassailable challenges facing academic staff, in particular, and higher education in Nigeria today, more generally?

Okey
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UNILORIN, KWASU shun action

On:  August 16, 2017 In: NewsNews Update
As the strike called by the national body of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) enters its second day today, lectures were on yesterday at the University of Ilorin (Unilorin).
In fact, most students of the university are putting finishing touches to their second semester examinations, it was gathered yesterday.
Yesterday, UNILORIN hosted an international conference organized by the Social Studies Association of Nigeria (SOSAN).
At the event, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) Prof Sidikat Ijaya, said she was at the conference because the university was not on strike.
Ijaya added "this non participation of UNILORIN in all strikes called by ASUU has been responsible for the unbroken academic calendar and peace we have on campus in the last 16 years."
The factional Chairman, ASUU, Unilorin,  Dr. Usman Raheem, whose faction is recognised by the Unilorin management, said the branch did not join the strike as it had not been part of the national ASUU since 2001. He alleged that ASUU national did not also inform the branch of the strike.
He, however, said the branch was in support of the reason for the strike and urged the Federal Government to honour the agreement it reached with ASUU since 2009.
Raheem said: "Unilorin is not observing the strike called by the national union of ASUU because of the reasons that are so obvious.
Since 2001, Unilorin has not been part of ASUU national and ASUU national has also been carrying its activities without us. The reasons for the strike and need for it were not communicated to us at Unllorin. So the referendum for whether it will hold or not in this university was not conducted because it was not communicated to us. So,  Unilorin academic staff are fully at work and we want to remain at work.
At KWASU,  It was observed that not all the students were in the campus as the school resumed academic activities on Monday  and  some of the students were yet to start attending lectures.
Both factional Chairmen of ASUU in KWASU, Dr. Adesola Dauda and Dr. Issa Abdulraheem said the branch did not join the strike.
Dauda, whose faction is recognised by the national body of ASUU, said it was observing the situation.
He said "ASUU national is on strike but KWASU is not on strike because we are on observer status. We have just joined ASUU and by their constitution we  have to observe.   We are on observe status. We have the capability to join, but I am still having problem with my university management. The university management does not want union to exist in KWASU."
Abdulraheeem, who is recognised by the KWASU management, said the strike was not  being observed.
The faction will have a congress today to inform the members why the faction will not embark on the strike.




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