The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Tuesday took on the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba over his comment that striking lecturers should consider farming as an alternative profession, describing his position as a reflection of his shallow understanding of the academic profession.

Nwajiuba, while participating on a television program had suggested farming to the lecturers, contending that they cannot dictate how they should be paid to their employers.

However, in his reaction to Nwajiuba’s comment, the chairman of ASUU, University of Ibadan chapter, Professor Ayo Akinwole held that the Minister of State had “displayed his naivety on educational matters.”

He noted that dearth of farmers in the country is vivid a reflection of the failure of the government he is part of to make farming secured for legitimate farmers, just as asked Nwajiuba to resign his appointment and take to farming as a worthy national service.

Akinwole maintained that ASUU remains resolute not to pursue only welfare of her members while downplaying the infrastructure collapse and underfunding of public universities but resolve to continue to fight parasites like Nwajiuba who preside over a Ministry where no Nigerian University is in the top one hundred in the world.

He further argued that if the Muhammadu Buhari government prioritise education, he would not have consistently cut down budgetary allocation and funding to education since assumption of office.

Akinwole lamented that public varsity lecturers are owed earned academic allowances from 2013 to date challenging the Minister of State for Education to let the public know if he being owed allowances and how much since he assumed office.

According to him, available statistics indicates that salaries of university lecturers’ are below what academics earn in polytechnics and colleges of education.

“Scientists, experts in agriculture faculties continue to conduct research mainly with external funding or personal monies. But the Nigerian government who failed to protect farmers and exposed Nigerians to excruciating poverty is not making use of research findings. If the Minister of State for Education is interested in farming, he should resign his appointment and stop displaying his cluelessness of the problems in the education sector.”

“We are on a just fight to ensure that those in public offices become responsive and responsible to the masses they swore to serve. They must fund public education. We have been on the same salary since 2009. That is no longer sustainable. The universities are being run with personal sweats of lecturers while politicians siphon monies for personal aggrandisement. We cannot accept IPPIS that is against the laws of the land and which fails to recognise the uniqueness of the academic profession and culture. We have brought an alternative using our members’ money. People like this Minister of State mirrors the disdain of ruling class for the workers and people of the country,” Akinwole remarked.



https://tribuneonlineng.com/ASUU-chides-minister-for-advising-lecturers-to-engage-in-farming/

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Confuse set of people.

Last last, na poor Nigerian students go surfer am
But how can a minister be saying academician be farming, nothing bad in farming but not like this.
It seems everybody in PMB administration is just dumb!

We are still at the beginning of this dark tunnel

sinkhole:
Last last, na poor Nigerian students go surfer am
But how can a minister be saying academician be farming, nothing bad in farming but not like this.
It seems everybody in PMB administration is just dumb!

There is nothing bad in everyone taking up farming, Buhari, Ministers and ASUU. They all seem to have the financial capacity to go into mechanized farming and employ laborers.

Tafawa Balewa was always going back to his village and farm during his holidays

Amotolongbo:
There is nothing bad in everyone taking up farming, Buhari, Ministers and ASUU. They all seem to have the financial capacity to go into mechanized farming and employ laborers.

Tafawa Balewa was always going back to his village and farm during his holidays

That is what I said.
Actually, ASUU members do not have that capacity for farming: to farm you need land, unless ASUU members have inherited land otherwise with their salary, it will not be possible to buy farmland, though, if they are really very serious they could rent land
By the time you're a Professor, you will be quite old and unable to actively farm again even though you may have some money by then

Careless and irresponsible talk from the minister...

You stopped peoples salary for 3months and some for 8months over a payment system that is malfunctioning.

I expected the government and the AGF office to capture the complaints and fix it, instead they want to keep it that way and use hunger as a tool to win the war.

Only in Nigeria will government use hunger as a tool against it's people because of shared difference that requires diplomacy.

The biafra war hunger strategy: A modern tool for destroying education in Nigeria.

lol....

It's only in Nigeria you use a sector that's supposed to be the bedrock of the country to insult people.

Africans were originally farmers and but we know the minister spoke tongue in cheek.

Amotolongbo:
There is nothing bad in everyone taking up farming, Buhari, Ministers and ASUU. They all seem to have the financial capacity to go into mechanized farming and employ laborers.

Tafawa Balewa was always going back to his village and farm during his holidays

Very true.

Well, Buhari too is a farmer. Only a bad one. For several years his cows have refused to give birth so he has 250 cows every other year. ASUU and other striking unions should key into farming. Whether e dey productive or unproductive like Buhari own e no matter At all at all na em bad pass

I like the response of ASUU on this matter.

Thank you Professor Ayo Akinwole

Some lecturer's countenance when they were admonished to key into farming will be the biggest hole of the century.

Well, some junior lecturers are able bodied and can farm well, since they are brilliant, just a few agric insights and they are good to go. The older ones could employ from the ever increasing graduate, our economy fully becomes dependent on agriculture and we will have comparative advantage in production of agricultural products.

This will boost local supply, and price of agricultural products will fall, due to the employment viability and work expansion, we will experience economies of scale and we can export and sell our goods in the international market at a cheaper price; more Forex.

In layman's term, farming has the potential of increasing the standard of living.

Can't stop laughing...

Jackossky:
Some lecturer's countenance when they were admonished to key into farming will be the biggest hole of the century.

Well, some junior lecturers are able bodied and can farm well, since they are brilliant, just a few agric insights and they are good to go. The older ones could employ from the ever increasing graduate, our economy fully becomes dependent on agriculture and we will have comparative advantage in production of agricultural products.

This will boost local supply, and price of agricultural products will fall, due to the employment viability and work expansion, we will experience economies of scale and we can export and sell our goods in the international market at a cheaper price; more Forex.

In layman's term, farming has the potential of increasing the standard of living.

There is clearly nothing bad in farming and many of our lecturers are indeed farmers!
One of the problems in this our country is people trying to do other people's work: what do I mean, it is in Nigeria where army/military will be officially asked to do the work of civil police. It is wrong, very wrong, of course, soldiers can help civil police but they are not to take civilian responsibility at all!
Asking our lecturers to officially leave classrooms and go to the field and start farming is very bad for the developmental future of this nation. Imaging, somebody that is supposed to be thinking of how to solve algebraic equation is now on the farm trying to grow maize, that is preposterous

ejibaba:
Careless and irresponsible talk from the minister...

You stopped peoples salary for 3months and some for 8months over a payment system that is malfunctioning.

I expected the government and the AGF office to capture the complaints and fix it, instead they want to keep it that way and use hunger as a tool to win the war.

Only in Nigeria will government use hunger as a tool against it's people because of shared difference that requires diplomacy.

The biafra war hunger strategy: A modern tool for destroying education in Nigeria.

So they should be paid for not working? It's like your brain is paining you

Jonasbadoo:
So they should be paid for not working? It's like your brain is paining you

It's you and your generation that are mentally challenged.

Ok, the once the AGF paid that were fraudulently recruited, you know they worked in your empty yam head...ode!

Your destiny and that of your generation yet unborn will run the way this government is treating people.

ejibaba:


It's you and your generation that are mentally challenged.

Ok, the once the AGF paid that were fraudulently recruited, you know they worked in your empty yam head...ode!

Your destiny and that of your generation yet unborn will run the way this government is treating people.

Don't mind that one joor.
The NASU and SSANU that are now on strike, are they not being paid? Which work have they been doing?
Even NAAT who has stopped going to work immediately ASUU started strike are being paid till date and they too will soon start strike

ejibaba:


It's you and your generation that are mentally challenged.

Ok, the once the AGF paid that were fraudulently recruited, you know they worked in your empty yam head...ode!

Your destiny and that of your generation yet unborn will run the way this government is treating people.

See Wailing
Alaye NO WORK NO PAY
After all wetin dem dey teach self ,all this half baked ignormauses we call lecturers and professors.. Assu can go to hell idk

sinkhole:
Don't mind that one joor.
The NASU and SSANU that are now on strike, are they not being paid? Which work have they been doing?
Even NAAT who has stopped going to work immediately ASUU started strike are being paid till date and they too will soon start strike

I'm not sorry to say this but your cerebrum is not functioning at all tbh, Students are wasting away at home but the same idiots that kept them like that is who you are blindly praising.. Can you tell me what's wrong with IPPIS? if not for their selfish and greedy motives rubbish
Imagine, those fools going on strike not because of lack of/inadequate educational infrastructure but just because of payment structural changes and you expect me to take sides with them? you are deluded

Jonasbadoo:
I'm not sorry to say this but your cerebrum is not functioning at all tbh, Students are wasting away at home but the same idiots that kept them like that is you are blindly praising.. Can you tell me what's wrong with IPPIS? if not for their selfish and greedy motives rubbish

It is very easy to recognize a bastard when you see one
They always lack decorum to engage in meaningful discussion without hauling insults

Jonasbadoo:
See Wailing
Alaye NO WORK NO PAY
After wetin dem dey teach self ,all this half baked ignormauses we call lecturers and professors.. Assu can go to hell idk

When they finally pay them, come and take the money from their accounts

sinkhole:

It is very easy to recognize a bastard when you see one

Just like your father na

Jonasbadoo:
Just like your father na

I said so:

They always lack decorum to engage in meaningful discussion without hauling insults

sinkhole:

I said so:

They should resign if they are tired, mtcheew make we hear word abeg

Jonasbadoo:
They should resign if they are tired, mtcheew make we hear word abeg