rhames:



Just three questions:

1. How can I send my child to a university whose standard has fallen to the extent that the cut off mark for federal university entrance examinations JAMB 1s 180 or less than 200?

2. What standard obtains when that child graduates from the university?

3. Which employer will consider employing half baked graduates?

otokx:
Truth is bitter; ASUU is right with this theory.

Civil servants struggle to send their children through public universities.

OBIGS:
Rubbish. So my parents that have business outside civil service are corrupt. So they shud have depend solely from income/peanut from civil service. Brain damage dey worry you

faceURfront:
After reading some comments here and several other comments in different fora, I realised we have a serious problem

1. The only person that speaks for ASUU are national officials, especially the National President. Any other person talking is expressing his personal opinion.

2. There is so much ignorance in this country.
And the most annoying thing is people make conclusive statements without any facts. Imagine somebody here saying the Dr earns nothing less than 400k per month. Well let that fellow know that you can have a PhD and still earn below 150k (which is an improved pay package as a result of several strikes someone called useless). Pay is dependent on rank not academic qualification. Yes academic qualification is a major factor in rank determination, depending on mode of entry into the system and some discipline, a PhD holder can earn less than 150k and a non PhD holder can earn way above 150k.

3. Before you go calling ASUU strikes useless, please note that ALL ETF projects you see on our university campuses are results of ASUU struggles. When was the last time you saw any new project in any university that is not an ETF project? From lecture halls to offices, labs to ICT centres, libraries to sports facilities and school clinics. Imagine if ASUU folded her hands and kept mute, public universities would have long gone extinct and let's see how many people can send their children to private universities...on how much that workers are being paid in this sorry country? Which brings me to the issue of civil servants sending their children to private universities.

4. Besides high ranking civil servants, majority of civil servants earn less than 150k per month. And we are talking about the Federal level. State civil servants earn less. But let's even assume a civil servant earns 300k per month. He has to feed, transport, pay for medical care, fuel his car(s), take care of family members every now and then ( remember we are in africa) fuel his generator and save some to either pay his annual rent, or save towards building his house or payoff loans he took to build his house or buy a car. Which money will he use in sending his children to private universities? Remember if he has just a child in the universities, most likely others are in the secondary school where fees are already sky rocketing. I can confidently say a civil servant who sends his children to private universities must be making money besides his salary, and given the level of corruption in this country, the probability that he is stealing that money is high.

poseidon12:


Well I'm glad you recognize that income from civil service is peanut. It's good your parents engage in business outside their job. I don't see how any civil servant can send their kids to private or foreign university without engaging in private business or corrupt activities.

faceURfront:


Which is why ASUU is struggling to ensure universities improves to produce full bake and not half bake

babyfaceafrica:
400k from where?.. Lolz

majekdom2:
It baffles me when Nigerians cannot comprehend a simple post. If you check well, the structures that don't work well in Nigeria are those Nigerians created alternatives to themselves but when one looks at it thoroughly it's a case of enriching the ruling class in the midst of this decadence. I ll give 3 instances.
1. Our Educational Institutions: We started with overseas travelling as alternative, then the rise of private universities. The man just said there are 200 private universities waiting to be licensed. It's not like the quality of education in these private university is even world class. Pls don't get me wrong, I am not against private universities. What happens in the end. These private institutions pay tax. Isn't it good business for a government that perhaps care less.
2. Our electricity and power system: we had Generators as alternatives. So the government makes money from import quota's and tax paid by companies that sell generators.
3. Health care: same as educational system.
So, how can a poor man leave his poverty state. Is this really sustainable??

Ekeseges:
No be ASSU bros ooo. Na ASUU

kelvinreality:

Not so true. Not all civil servants solely rely on the income they derive from Federal Government.
Do you know that apart from FGN Stipends they may also have other source of income by engaging in trade. Dear ASUU, don't be so myopic on this issue. Some civil servants may even have unearned source of income.

The fact that the situation in Nigeria is bad and most people feed from hand to mouth due to depression do not mean we don't have people finding it easy in this country.

mykel25:


Pls don't be myopic

My mum was a teacher when she sponsored two children in private university....sensible people have multiple source of income.... She has access to loans easily as a civil servant... So don't say few! If my mum can do it then many can do it! My mum remain my role model

miceroms:
I thought ASUU should know better about fallacy of hasty generalisation. Citizens are increasingly frustrated with the non-dynamic nature of our curriculum and incessant disruption of academic activities of public universities. The universities of today cannot cope with the number of persons seeking tertiary education. Which do they prefer? Making undergraduates struggle for lecture spaces or increasing the options available.

poseidon12:


And you think 200k per month is enough to send kids to private universities? Have you deducted his tax, house rent, food (which would take make up the bulk of the expenses), transportation for him and family, health care, taking care of extended family, clothes, building house in the village, etc? That 200k might not even go far for most families. And the average Nigerian family is typically large.
Most Nigerians do not depend entirely on their salaries. If one does, the person will die in penury. We are generally corrupt, from the President down to the least person on the employment ladder. The ASUU guy is right.

rhames:



Just three questions:

1. How can I send my child to a university whose standard has fallen to the extent that the cut off mark for federal university entrance examinations JAMB 1s 180 or less than 200?

2. What standard obtains when that child graduates from the university?

3. Which employer will consider employing half baked graduates?

RegalD:

I think a law should be enacted stating that anyone in Govt. Office should not have his/her child schooling abroad or in a private institution here at home; this will make them more serious about developing the education of this country and also cause an end to all this incessant strike

Aadeyinka:
all negativities here caused by govt when things are not put in order and simply because their children not involved,all their children schooling abroad so they less concern, same as hospital issues, they go abroad for headache etc claimed fake drugs are in Nigeria and most involved in shady business , most in power are bunch of idiots

faceURfront:
After reading some comments here and several other comments in different fora, I realised we have a serious problem

1. The only person that speaks for ASUU are national officials, especially the National President. Any other person talking is expressing his personal opinion.

2. There is so much ignorance in this country.
And the most annoying thing is people make conclusive statements without any facts. Imagine somebody here saying the Dr earns nothing less than 400k per month. Well let that fellow know that you can have a PhD and still earn below 150k (which is an improved pay package as a result of several strikes someone called useless). Pay is dependent on rank not academic qualification. Yes academic qualification is a major factor in rank determination, depending on mode of entry into the system and some discipline, a PhD holder can earn less than 150k and a non PhD holder can earn way above 150k.

3. Before you go calling ASUU strikes useless, please note that ALL ETF projects you see on our university campuses are results of ASUU struggles. When was the last time you saw any new project in any university that is not an ETF project? From lecture halls to offices, labs to ICT centres, libraries to sports facilities and school clinics. Imagine if ASUU folded her hands and kept mute, public universities would have long gone extinct and let's see how many people can send their children to private universities...on how much that workers are being paid in this sorry country? Which brings me to the issue of civil servants sending their children to private universities.

4. Besides high ranking civil servants, majority of civil servants earn less than 150k per month. And we are talking about the Federal level. State civil servants earn less. But let's even assume a civil servant earns 300k per month. He has to feed, transport, pay for medical care, fuel his car(s), take care of family members every now and then ( remember we are in africa) fuel his generator and save some to either pay his annual rent, or save towards building his house or payoff loans he took to build his house or buy a car. Which money will he use in sending his children to private universities? Remember if he has just a child in the universities, most likely others are in the secondary school where fees are already sky rocketing. I can confidently say a civil servant who sends his children to private universities must be making money besides his salary, and given the level of corruption in this country, the probability that he is stealing that money is high.

0b100100111:


Hello!

What's up there is a bitter truth!

A permanent secretary, ordinarily can not afford a standard private university not to talk of a reputable foreign one.

We re Nigerians and all know how it goes. Stealing has never been corruption in Nigeria.

A civil servant that can afford 800k for just one of his kid is a thief! Though few might be excluded. Very few!

mykel25:


Pls don't be myopic

My mum was a teacher when she sponsored two children in private university....sensible people have multiple source of income.... She has access to loans easily as a civil servant... So don't say few! If my mum can do it then many can do it! My mum remain my role model

kelvinreality:

Not so true. Not all civil servants solely rely on the income they derive from Federal Government.
Do you know that apart from FGN Stipends they may also have other source of income by engaging in trade. Dear ASUU, don't be so myopic on this issue. Some civil servants may even have unearned source of income.

The fact that the situation in Nigeria is bad and most people feed from hand to mouth due to depression do not mean we don't have people finding it easy in this country.

bigerboy200:

Thanks.. na vex hold me

majekdom2:
it will make sense if they sell these public institutions so that all universities in Nigeria will be private and then pay high school fees to keep up. What do you think?

sinkhole:
You'e right somehow o, because all academic staff, by default, is a member of ASUU! The VC and all the Profs will be part of ASUU and most of them are actually corrupt and on the side of government. When you hear ASUU shouting you can be rest assured that it is the Senior Lecturers and below that are shouting