ASUU STRIKE UPDATE :- Electricity Workers Threaten Nationwide Blackout If Strike Doesn’t End In 7 Days

Labour activist and General

Secretary, National Union of

Electricity Employees, NUEE,

Joe

Ajaero has given the Federal

Government one week to

resolve its differences with

the Academic Staff Union of

Universities (ASUU) or

cripple

the country with the mother-

of-all-strikes.

Ajaero who was speaking

during the opening of a

training workshop organized

for labour

leaders in Enugu, threatened

to

ally with other unions across

the country to join ASUU on a

solidarity stike if the impasse

persists. Ajaero said

government was

being insensitive to the plight

of Nigerian students because

the children of the rich are

studying outside the country.

He said:

“If ASUU issue is not

addressed,

we will shut this country

alongside other unions. We

will

ally with other unions and

make

sure that nothing works in

this

country. This is not a strike

based on

demand, it’s based on

agreement. As government,

you

must honour your

agreement.

Here, there’s no social

security, the price of food is

high, the same goes for

electricity tariff. We are

going

to join our children to stay at

home and let them run the

system,” he threatened.

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ASUU STRIKE UPDATE :- Electricity Workers Threaten Nationwide Blackout If Strike Doesn’t End In 7 Days

Labour activist and General

Secretary, National Union of

Electricity Employees, NUEE,

Joe

Ajaero has given the Federal

Government one week to

resolve its differences with

the Academic Staff Union of

Universities (ASUU) or

cripple

the country with the mother-

of-all-strikes.

Ajaero who was speaking

during the opening of a

training workshop organized

for labour

leaders in Enugu, threatened

to

ally with other unions across

the country to join ASUU on a

solidarity stike if the impasse

persists. Ajaero said

government was

being insensitive to the plight

of Nigerian students because

the children of the rich are

studying outside the country.

He said:

“If ASUU issue is not

addressed,

we will shut this country

alongside other unions. We

will

ally with other unions and

make

sure that nothing works in

this

country. This is not a strike

based on

demand, it’s based on

agreement. As government,

you

must honour your

agreement.

Here, there’s no social

security, the price of food is

high, the same goes for

electricity tariff. We are

going

to join our children to stay at

home and let them run the

system,” he threatened.

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SCANDAL: Fake Miracle Tears A Naija Church; Pastors Resign

A large scale scandal has

broken out in a church

known as the City of Truth

(a.k.a Holy Ghost

Embassy), Uyo, Akwa

Ibom State as the founder

and general overseer of

the church, Bishop Israel

Usoro, has been accused

by his pastors of

engaging in fake instant

healing and false

prophecies. The

revelations below...

“On Tuesday, August

13, 2013, I took an

independent step to

verify the stories and

this step brought me

face to face with the

truth . That evening

during the regular

Power Night

programme, a clean-

shaven young man

dressed in torn T-

shirt and dragged

along by another

young man was

intercepted as they

were about to enter

the church and

interrogated in the

studio room.

“During interrogation,

both the young man

and his accomplice,

who earlier claimed

that the young man

he was dragging into

church was mad,

confessed to me

(with Elders

Idorenyin Mfon,

Effiong Usoro and

Evangelists Anietie

Walter and Harrison

Eke as witnesses)

that he 'was NOT

MAD and that he

was arranged to

dress like and to act

as a madman in the

church for you to

"deliver" him so as

to boost the faith of

members in your

anointing and

increase the

membership of your

church' .

They said what they

were doing was a

new method of

‘evangelism’ which

you have since

embraced.”

But Bishop Usoro is

however denying the

allegations, claiming that

he never knew whether

those who claim to have

been instantly healed of

their ailments during the

church’s tarry nights

programmes were real or

fake.

According to The SUN

report, Usoro, whose

church is situated at No

12, Paul Bassey Street,

Uyo, began to experiment

the fake instant healing

after a Ghanaian pastor,

one David Amousou came

in as a guest preacher

earlier in the year and

arranged with some boys

to act as sick people to

receive instant cure after

being prayed for.

A letter of resignation by

one of the elders and

former protocol officer of

the Church, Mr Idorenyin

Aquaisua, to Bishop

Usoro and other key

officials of the church,

chronicled with dates a

series of fake miracles the

bishop had performed by

paying people, sometimes

as little as N2000 to come

and pose as if they were

mad, blind, infirm or

afflicted by evil spirits...

“It bears recall that I have

served God in your

Church, City of Truth

Chapel Int’l, for well over

seven (7) years now.

Within this period, I stand

vindicated before God, my

conscience, and man that

I have been selfless,

diligent, truthful, faithful

and committed in my

services to God. Since

2006 till date, I have held

very many sensitive

positions in the church

with enduring legacies.

“At a time when the

Church was almost

grounded by severe moral

crisis occasioned by your

activities that generated

intense feeling of distrust

in your wife, I was

persuaded, out of trust by

you and some faithful

members of the church

then, to head the Protocol

Unit in your office in 2010

so as to encourage and

give you the needed

support to continue your

ministerial duties with

minimal distraction,”

Aquaisua wrote.

“I came to know you

closely as a prophet who

professed total

dependence on God.

Therefore, until certain

events unfolded recently, I

had no cause to doubt

your prophetic grace.

When news first came to

me early June 2013 that

the regular instant healing

miracles that were taking

place during the Tuesday

Power Night programme

in the church were stage-

managed, I almost beat

up the person who

brought the news," he

added.

But in a chat with The

SUN in his church, Bishop

Usoro refuted the

allegations of fake or

false instant miracle

claiming that they were

peddled by some former

officers of the church who

are no longer members of

the church. He likened

them to Lucifer who was

thrown out of heaven.

“Since then, he can never

say any good thing about

heaven.”

Usoro denied ever

delivering the supposedly

mad man on Tuesday,

August 13, 2013, even

though he admitted seeing

such a person in church

that night.

“I saw two young men

and one said the other

was partially mad. I told

them to be coming to

church because if I don’t

see anything about you, I

can’t heal you. It is not

the work of the flesh. It is

only when you are under

the unction of the holy

spirit; that you can do all

these things. That’s all.”

Bishop Usoro showed two

other patients, a lady with

goitre and a man

supposed to be mentally

deranged whose

conditions he said had

been improving since they

were brought by their

relatives to the church.

The SSS in the state have

gotten wind of the story

and invited Bishop Usoro

for interrogation. He has

gone to the SSS to state

his own side of the

story...

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How This Beautiful Lady, Adaobi, Was Killed by Her ex- Boyfriend In America

Tragedy struck on

Tuesday as the body of

26 year old Adaobi

Michaella Obih was found

in her apartment at the

Riverstone Apartments in

Columbus, Indiana, United

States of America.

Investigations so far has

shown that she was

stabbed several times to

death by a man friend,

who is said to be one of

her neighbours in the

Riverstone Apartments

and the man, Ryan Allen

Klu, is now on the run.

Police said Ryan

works for the Indiana

Department of

Transportation. When

contacted, his

supervisor, said he

acting very strange

lately. He sent a text

message Sunday,

saying: “ Sick

tomorrow, then

vacation next two

weeks .”

His supervisor has

opened up the message

sent in by Ryan...

He said the message was

out of character and

violated the department’s

vacation time policy.

Ryan, he said, has not

return any texts or phone

calls to him since then

and didn't show up at

work.

The police are on the trail

of 36-year-old Ryan, who

is the prime suspect in the

murder of 26-year-old

lady.

Police said before Adaobi

was killed, Ryan sent a

text message to a pastor,

asking him to call. When

the pastor did so, Ryan

answered and told the

pastor that he couldn’t

talk at the moment.

Further investigation

found that Adaobi had

been stabbed multiple

times and her throat cut.

A blood trail went from

her bedroom to Ryan’s

apartment, and police said

it appeared “the assailant

attempted to clean up in

the bathroom.”

They also found a bloody

towel in Klug’s sink.

Police located a plastic

bag containing a bloody

sock and other clothes

stained with blood,

including blue jeans,

boxers and a shirt. Police

said the “amount of blood

on these items was

significant”.

Police found a trail of

small blood drops leading

from the apartment to the

garage where ryan parked

his car but the vehicle

has since disappeared

from the garage.

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How This 24yrs Old Guy Duped Husband & Wife Of $42,497

Operatives of the Special

Fraud Unit, SFU, in Ikoyi,

Lagos, have arrested a

24-year-old Nigerian man

who was said to have

posed as a lady to

defraud a United States of

America couple of

$42,497, purportedly for

the purchase of a property

in Lagos. In his

confession, the crook

said:

“I posed as Janet on

the Facebook, using

a white woman’s

photograph . I told

the couple that I was

an estate manager

and convinced them

to buy property in

Lagos. Since they

have not been to

Nigeria, they asked

us to meet elsewhere

and when I stumbled

on a business

conference that was

holding in Malasia, I

booked the meeting.

“On reaching

Malaysia, I told a

Facebook lady friend

to pose as Janet

after telling her what

to say . That was

how the deal was

struck and they paid

the dollar equivalent

of N3.4 million into

my account.

" I intended to use the

money to further my

studies because I am

determined to be a

graduate . I used part

of the money to

travel again to

Malaysia for leisure

in August."

The suspect, identified as

Olafinraye Adedamola,

confessed to the offence

while being paraded on

Thursday.

How he was arrested

According to a Vanguard

report, explaining how the

aluminum worker was

arrested, spokesperson for

the unit, Ngozi Isintume-

Agu, a Deputy

Superintendent of Police,

said: “An intelligence

report dated September

24, 2013 from Nigerian

Financial Intelligence Unit

(NFIU), Abuja addressed

to the Commissioner of

Police, Special Fraud Unit

(SFU) alleged that one

Olafinraye Adedamola

opened a USD Domiciliary

Account No.

273/6980678251/0 with

the Demurin, Ketu, Lagos

Branch of Sterling Bank

Plc and through

suspicious circumstances,

cumulative sum of USD

42,497 was paid into the

account by unsuspecting

victims abroad between

August 13, 2013 and

September 16, 2013.

“The suspected illicit

inflows were followed by

immediate cash

withdrawals by the

suspect who appeared to

have no known affiliation

with the international

depositors.

“SFU operatives swung

into action and

investigation carried out

on the domiciliary account

revealed that $18,129.92

is still left in the account

and a lien was

immediately placed on the

account.

“The suspect was traced

to his house at 7, Agidi

Road, Oshogun, Alapere,

Ketu, Lagos but he

evaded police arrest and

his father, a proprietor of

a moribund driving

school, feigned ignorance

of his son’s whereabouts.

However, the fleeing

suspect was later

apprehended by the

Police.

“Olafinraye Adedamola

who posed as a lady

named Janet was born in

1989 in Kosofe LGA Ketu,

Lagos.

“An artisan who trained in

construction of aluminum

but currently a driving

instructor in his father’s

moribund driving school

located in Ketu, Lagos

claimed he met a Nigerian

at a conference in

Malaysia who introduced

him to the victim who

requested that he

purchased property for

him in Nigeria which was

the basis for the

disbursement of the

money into his account

and that he had already

bought a building at

Ogba, Ikeja for N4 million

and that the documents

were with him.”

Olafinraye Adedamola

said, "My regret is that I

was caught at the end

because I used my

genuine data to open the

account. I guess it was

because it is my first

time.”

The suspect will be

charged to court soon

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JUST IMAGINE: NNPC Sold $20.9bn Crude, Remitted only $7bn

The House of

Representatives on

Thursday ordered another

round of investigation into

the sale of crude oil and

its remittances by the

Nigerian National

Petroleum Corporation to

the nation's account. The

focus of the fresh

investigation is “volume

and value of crude oil

sales and remittances” by

NNPC from January to

date.

“One of the areas of

concern is the

NNPC’s Joint

Venture

operations. There are

several billions of

dollars that are

unaccounted

for . Some JV

partners will come

before the committee

and give you

information that the

NNPC cannot

contradict.

“Now, when you

confront NNPC with

this information, they

don’t address the

issues at stake .

Reports from the

Auditor-General’s

Office have many

cases against the

NNPC. When this

investigation is being

conducted, I urge the

ad-hoc committee to

liaise with the Public

Accounts

Committee. We have

information we can

give to the

committee to assist

the investigation.”

These are the words of

the Chairman, House

Committee on Public

Affairs, Mr. Adeola

Olamilekan, said that the

issue of accounting for

crude oil sales by the

NNPC had been on for the

last seven years without a

solution.

The investigation, which

will last four weeks, is to

be conducted by an ad-

hoc committee of the

House.

The resolution of the

House followed a motion

moved by Haruna Manu,

who raised alarm that

about $13.9bn crude oil

revenue could not be

accounted for by the

NNPC.

Manu, who quoted from

statistics generated by the

NNPC, told the House that

the value for crude oil

sales from January to

August stood at $20.9bn.

He, however, said only

$7bn was remitted to the

Federation Account by the

corporation.

Manu added: “this shows

that $13.9bn is not

accounted for and it

raises questions about

how it was spent.”

He claimed that from

September to date, the

corporation had not given

any account of crude oil

sales.

Over the years, NNPC is

emerging as the easiest

corporate to steal

Nigeria's money on a

large scale.

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Tragedy: How Osun Monarch Was Killed, Set Ablaze In Palace

Chiefs and residents of

Ilashe Ijesa in Obokun

Local Government Area of

Osun State on Thursday

narrated how the monarch

of the town, Oba Adesina

Anibijuwon, was killed by

suspected members of

OPC who were said to

have strangled him and

left his corpse inside his

residence which they set

ablaze.

“We were told that

some gunmen who

claimed to be OPC

members came and

wanted to see

Kabiyesi but they

were told that he

was sleeping.

“They came back

and held the

housemaid living

with Kabiyesi

hostage and went to

where Kabiyesi was

sleeping . But

immediately they

came out, fire

started and Kabiyesi

was burnt inside the

house. ”

Those who recovered his

corpse from the building

said the charred remains

of Oba Anibijuwon were

taken to the mortuary at

Ladoke Akintola

University of Technology

Teaching Hospital in

Osogbo by Osun

Ambulance Service at

around 10.30pm on

Wednesday.

The ambulance that

conveyed the remains of

the monarch was said to

have been escorted to the

mortuary by armed

policemen and some

residents. They feared

that those who killed him

might want to seize his

corpse.

Some residents wondered

why some chiefs in the

town went into hiding

when the hoodlums

invaded the palace. They

are urging the police to

interrogate the said chiefs

to know if they were

culpable.

The upper floor of the

two-storey building where

the monarch resided was

completely razed.

One of the chiefs,

Adejumo Operinmade, told

Punch that he was

informed that some

persons, who claimed to

be OPC members, came

and demanded to see the

monarch, but they were

told that he was asleep.

He stated that the strange

visitors came back and

they pointed a gun to the

head of the monarch’s

housemaid. They

allegedly went to late Oba

Anibijuwon’s room and

strangled the octogenarian

monarch who had been

blind for over nine years.

Another Chief, Jumoke

Ogunkeyede, whose

brother gave the burnt

residence to the monarch,

said he heard that the

hoodlums, who

perpetrated the act, had

an accident while

escaping from the town.

“We heard that they

came in a red Mazda

323 and their car

veered off into the

bush while they were

speeding away . We

called journalists

from Osun State

Broadcasting

Corporation at

Ibokun, but when

they got there to take

photographs of the

car, they saw that

the car had been set

ablaze.

“They also removed

the number plate of

the car . I believe that

they set the car

ablaze to hide their

identities. But the

police could still find

a way of unraveling

those behind the

killing and arson.”

Nigeria police say they

are investigating and they

are on top of the

situation.

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I Want To Be A Pastor –timaya

Egberi Papa act, Timaya,

speaks with JAYNE

AUGOYE about his past, career

and his secret

ambition

Popular singer, Enetimi Odom,

aka Timaya,

seems to have been off the

entertainment scene

for awhile. It was a tough call

chasing him

around Lagos for many weeks

before he finally

gave our correspondent an

appointment for an

interview in his home in the

Lekki area of Lagos.

It was obvious that the self-

styled Egberi Papa 1

had not quite recovered from

the impact of his

breakup with a controversial

actress that he

dated a few years ago.

Although it is common

knowledge that Timaya

broke up with the actress in

2009, he confessed

that the relationship had

robbed off on him

badly and wished he could be

rid of the

attendant negative aura.

“You should not date

somebody who already has

a negative record. In my own

case, it affected

me at that time. I feel that a

relationship should

be between two people and not

exposed to the

rest of the world. Only a smart

man is able to

keep his relationship private.

“You see, Desmond Elliot and

Jimmy Jatt are

both married, but you will never

see their wives

in public. Naturally I’m a

private person. The

only thing that takes me out of

my shell is my

music, which is what I do for a

living. It seems

that the only thing people know

about me is

that ugly episode. So I don’t

like to talk about

it,” he says, adding that he has

learnt a lesson

from the experience.

However, the singer is currently

involved in

what he describes as a healthy

relationship and

he has since moved on with his

life.

Apart from that single dark

spot in his life,

Timaya seems to have been on

top of his game

since his fortunes shot up

about a decade ago.

During that period, he earned a

fat bank

account, recorded six

successful albums and

scored several chartbusting

hits. The seventh

album is currently in the works.

In spite of his achievements,

the artiste, who

considers his maiden album to

be the turning

point in his career, nurses a

secret desire.

“I wish I had the power to heal

people. I am

always inspired whenever I see

men of God like

Bishop David Oyedepo

preaching and teaching

people. They practise the same

teachings and

become millionaires overnight. I

wish I can do

that with my music. I would

love to be a pastor.

I really want to be one,” he

says.

Describing himself as

‘privileged’ to be

considered relevant in the

competitive Nigerian

music industry, Timaya says he

has reached the

point where there should be a

change in his

career and focus. To prove that

he is serious

about this, he has shed his

dreadlocks and

started experimenting on a new

music style

with his last album. The album

is titled

‘Upgrade’ and it was released

in 2012.

Although many fans think the

album is riddled

with lewd songs, such as

‘Ukwu’ and ‘Shake

your bum’, the singer

expresses a different

opinion.

“A lot of people think I love the

female backside

a lot and that is why I sing

about it all the time.

But then, people will always

complain, no

matter what you do. When I

was still singing

conscious music they

complained that my songs

were always full of bile and

loathing. The truth

is that I sing about the way I

feel at any point,”

he says.

Interestingly Timaya is

currently writing his

memoir, which will be out in

2014. Regarding

his decision to write the book,

he says, “I am at

the point where I feel that

people can read and

be inspired by my story rather

than me singing

songs.”

When probed further about the

content of the

book, he lets out a teaser, “I

have also told the

story of a ex-girlfriend of mine

who always

wanted to have sex whenever

she was in the

mood for it.”

Although the singer enjoys

being a father,

marriage is not in his plans yet.

“I am not considering marriage

for now. But it

is something I must do. Before

now, I wanted a

child and God gave me one. I

don’t want to have

children from different women.

My father had

15 children and I am the last

child. I don’t want

to live like that. The truth is,

I’am not ready to

get married now,” he says.

Unlike most other successful

artistes, Timaya is

not the type to show off his

wealth or material

acquisitions especially on the

social media.

“I don’t show off on social

media because It is

not just my thing. I bought a

Bentley two years

ago and everyone started

buying theirs. I m not

even sure some people know I

own one. I

bought my G-Wagon two years

ago. Some

people will buy a shoe and put

it out there for

everyone to see. I simply don’t

fancy that. Music

has made me rich and it gave

me the

opportunity to travel out of the

country,” he

says.

For now, all that matters to the

artiste, who was

once a backup singer for Eedris

Abdulkareem,

is promoting his newest artiste,

Patoranking, as

well as re-positioning his label,

DM Records, for

the future.

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Nollywood Actress,Mimiano In Serious Auto Accident

Talented Yoruba movie actress

cum producer Memunat

Yunusa popularly known as

Mimiano has survived close

encounter with death this

month in a serious road

accident in Oyo town, Oyo

State, Nigeria.

Mimiano was involved in a

serious car accident yesterday

Wednesday 20th, November,

2013 on her way to a movie

location in the said town.

According to a reliable source,

the actress experienced break

failure in her newly bought

Honda CRV before she ran into

a building and hit the car on

the compound's fence.

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ASUU STRIKE: ''No Negotiation Without Salaries

Implementation of the

agreement between the

Federal Government and

Academic Staff Union of

Universities, ASUU, may

have to be delayed as the

Chairman, Senate

Committee on

Establishment and Public

Service Matters, Aloysius

Etok, has said that the

ongoing negotiations

between the duo would be

null and void without the

input of National Wages

and Salaries Commission.

Senator Etok stated this

during an oversight tour of

the Commission. He said

that under no guise

should the Federal

Government negotiate

salary or wage increase

without the input of the

relevant commission.

He attributed most of the

incessant industrial

actions in the country to

sentimental negotiation for

salary increase in the civil

service.

He said: “We have said

this earlier that on no

account should Federal

Government negotiate

salary increase or

anything that has to do

with wages or salaries

without the input of the

Commission.

“They should avoid the

issue of sentimental

increase or negotiation

and there should be no

exceptions. Four months

is about a semester.”

Etok further stated that

the commission was

expected to have played a

prominent role in the 2009

agreement reached

between the Federal

Government and ASUU.

Questions budget

implementation

The Etok-led committee

also demanded

explanations from the

commission on how the

2013 appropriation was

implemented and why the

impact of the commission

was not felt on civil

servants salaries crises

that threaten some

sectors of the economy

from time to time.

He lamented the

withholding of part of the

2013 budget of the

commission, stressing

that the commission

required funds to carry

out its research-based

projects, calling for its

immediate release so that

the commission can

implement its budget to

the full.

He said: “The commission

might look small but the

importance cannot be

overestimated. We have

come to know your level

of im-plementation of

2013 budget.

“We also want to know the

relevance of the

commission to the Federal

Government; why your

impact is not felt in the

salary problems across

the country; why the

commission would be

there when ASUU is on

strike for months and who

guided the Federal

Govern-ment in the

agreement entered into

with ASUU in 2009?

“You cannot be ruled out

in the scheme of things in

this country.”

“They allowed ASUU

compute its own salary”

Also speaking, Chairman

of the commission, Dr.

Richard Egbule,

exonerated the com-

mission from the

agreement reached

between the Federal

Government and ASUU.

He said: “The Wages

Commission has been up

and doing in everything

concerning wages and

salaries in this country.

“When the controversial

agreement was reached in

2009, we were there but

not as negotiators. We

made it known to them

that the route they were

going was wrong. Today, I

wish to say that ASSU did

not go on strike because

of salaries because we

handled it very well.

“What is controversial was

the excess workload

allowance, but we have

asked them to employ

more lecturers to avoid

excess workload.

“There has never been a

time any agency was

asked to go and compute

its own salary, but they

allowed ASUU to do so.

We needed a structural

increase where

government agency would

be factored in.”

Egbule noted with regret

that successive

leaderships of ASUU had

established the culture of

using industrial action to

announce their arrival.

The Senate committee

visited the National

Assembly Service

Commission, where the

Chairman of the

Commission, Dr. Umaru

Fika, disclosed that N2.5

billion was appropriated to

them in the 2013 fiscal

year.

Implementation of the

agreement between the

Federal Government and

Academic Staff Union of

Universities, ASUU, may

have to be delayed as the

Chairman, Senate

Committee on

Establishment and Public

Service Matters, Aloysius

Etok, has said that the

ongoing negotiations

between the duo would be

null and void without the

input of National Wages

and Salaries Commission.

Senator Etok stated this

during an oversight tour of

the Commission. He said

that under no guise

should the Federal

Government negotiate

salary or wage increase

without the input of the

relevant commission.

He attributed most of the

incessant industrial

actions in the country to

sentimental negotiation for

salary increase in the civil

service.

He said: “We have said

this earlier that on no

account should Federal

Government negotiate

salary increase or

anything that has to do

with wages or salaries

without the input of the

Commission.

“They should avoid the

issue of sentimental

increase or negotiation

and there should be no

exceptions. Four months

is about a semester.”

Etok further stated that

the commission was

expected to have played a

prominent role in the 2009

agreement reached

between the Federal

Government and ASUU.

Questions budget

implementation

The Etok-led committee

also demanded

explanations from the

commission on how the

2013 appropriation was

implemented and why the

impact of the commission

was not felt on civil

servants salaries crises

that threaten some

sectors of the economy

from time to time.

He lamented the

withholding of part of the

2013 budget of the

commission, stressing

that the commission

required funds to carry

out its research-based

projects, calling for its

immediate release so that

the commission can

implement its budget to

the full.

He said: “The commission

might look small but the

importance cannot be

overestimated. We have

come to know your level

of im-plementation of

2013 budget.

“We also want to know the

relevance of the

commission to the Federal

Government; why your

impact is not felt in the

salary problems across

the country; why the

commission would be

there when ASUU is on

strike for months and who

guided the Federal

Govern-ment in the

agreement entered into

with ASUU in 2009?

“You cannot be ruled out

in the scheme of things in

this country.”

“They allowed ASUU

compute its own salary”

Also speaking, Chairman

of the commission, Dr.

Richard Egbule,

exonerated the com-

mission from the

agreement reached

between the Federal

Government and ASUU.

He said: “The Wages

Commission has been up

and doing in everything

concerning wages and

salaries in this country.

“When the controversial

agreement was reached in

2009, we were there but

not as negotiators. We

made it known to them

that the route they were

going was wrong. Today, I

wish to say that ASSU did

not go on strike because

of salaries because we

handled it very well.

“What is controversial was

the excess workload

allowance, but we have

asked them to employ

more lecturers to avoid

excess workload.

“There has never been a

time any agency was

asked to go and compute

its own salary, but they

allowed ASUU to do so.

We needed a structural

increase where

government agency would

be factored in.”

Egbule noted with regret

that successive

leaderships of ASUU had

established the culture of

using industrial action to

announce their arrival.

The Senate committee

visited the National

Assembly Service

Commission, where the

Chairman of the

Commission, Dr. Umaru

Fika, disclosed that N2.5

billion was appropriated to

them in the 2013 fiscal

year.

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