Asuu Postpones National Meeting To January Over The Death Of Former President

Thursday, November 14, 2013

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has postponed its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting, which was supposed to hold today, due to the loss of one of the prominent members of the union, Professor Festus Iyayi, who died in an auto crash on Lokoja-Abuja Expressway, on his way to the Kano, yesterday, for the union’s meeting.

The decision to call off or continue the four months old strike embarked upon by the University lecturers was expected to be made at the meeting which would have held today but for Iyayi’s death.

The union called for the meeting after fresh negotiations with the president, where the government was said to have shown commitment to ending the strike by improving on earlier offers.

The meeting will now hold on January 15 2014

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ASUU Strike: We Are Not Sure When It Will End – Asuu President

Monday, October 7, 2013

The President of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Dr. Nasir Isa Fagge has said that although the Union has begun consultations among its members following discussions with Vice President, Namadi Sambo, it cannot confirm when it will call off the ongoing strike.

Fagge spoke with journalists in Makurdi shortly after the Union’s congress meeting at the Benue State University.

According to him, the body’s position would be made known to the public after consultations are concluded.
President Jonathan had two weeks ago delegated his Deputy, Sambo, to take over negotiation with ASUU after several efforts by Benue state Governor, Gabriel Suswam-led Needs Assessment Implementation Committee failed.


The Union leader maintained that the struggle would continue until the 2009 agreement was met.
He added that all ASUU wants is “implementation of the recommendation of the National Coordinating Committee, which would enable our universities to be fully engaged in research to produce graduates that would meet the test of time.”

Fagge denied insinuation that it was playing politics with the strike, insisting that the federal government is the party doing so.

Reacting on the threat by Governor Gabriel Suswam to enforce the labour law of’ ‘ no work no pay’ on the striking BSU lecturers as from this month, if they fail to resume work, the ASUU president urged him to go ahead with his plan if he feels it is the best option.

“Let Suswam go ahead and do whatever he likes. Lecturers have said they cannot continue working if the academic environment is not conducive. If Governor Suswam is not happy with ASUU’s stance, then so be it.”

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"I'm So Happy To Meet Nigerian's President, Goodluck Jonathan" - World Richest Man, Bill Gates

Thursday, September 26, 2013

According to Bill Gates, he was happy he had a good meeting with President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria with regards to Polio cases in Nigeria which are down 50% from this time last year.

Below is the report from Bill gates' website:

    It's the kickoff to U.N. Week here in New York, and while locals like to complain about the traffic (I can see why), it is a great opportunity for me to meet with leaders from parts of the world where our foundation is working—to talk about global health and development projects.

    I started off on Monday morning meeting Nigeria's President Goodluck Jonathan. Besides our work with our partners on polio in Nigeria, we are also working with the government to improve their agricultural sector. I've written before about China's potentialto help developing countries in Africa learn from its successes, but in Nigeria we have a really interesting project just getting off the ground where Brazil is working with Nigeria to bring up agricultural productivity in their northern Guinea savannah.

    Brazil has done an amazing job helping their own farmers in the Cerrado region to improve their yields, which brings tremendous economic and social benefits. President Jonathan assembled a meeting of experts in New York and we spent a couple of hours reviewing their progress and discussing next steps. I also had a chance to catch up with President Jonathan about the work we're doing with our partners on polio, which is showing encouraging progress. Nigeria had 43 confirmed cases of polio in the first 8 months of 2013, a drop of 50 percent from the same period last year.

    Finishing the job is quite an undertaking, so having the President's support is a big deal. I was pleased we got to spend as much time together as we did.

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Jonathan Makes His Own Demands: Gives Condition for Peace

Saturday, September 7, 2013

It appears that President Goodluck Jonathan was jolted by the harsh criticism he got from one of his die-hard men and supporter of his second term ambition, Alhaji Asari Dokubo, recently.

Asari has condemned the manner in which President Jonathan was handling the PDP crisis with kid gloves, as he called on him to be a real Ijaw man and call the bluff of all "dissidents" trying to denying him his right, one that is constitutional, to remain the president come 2015.

After consultations, President Jonathan has given his own conditions too:
We observed that Jonathan, speaking through his adviser on Political Matters, Dr Ahmed Gulak, insisted that he will not succumb to any "unreasonable terms" from those who are after his job.

Reacting to the thorny issue of 2015 and demands of the Atiku Abubakar faction, Gulak said “The President as the leader of the party has no objection to any peace move either from inside or outside. He always encourages peace talks; he prefers solving disagreement through dialogue. He believes in peace.

“It is not true that the President is not ready to discuss with Governor Amaechi. Peace move is all inclusive, depending on reasonable and acceptable terms.”

A source told us that Jonathan is set to contest the 2015 election as PDP candidate no matter what anybody thinks. He is said to have indicated his readiness to go ahead with the ten governors said to be loyal to him, believing that he would enjoy the structures of the Old PDP in several states.

I hear Jonathan is now trying to win new "friends" that will work for him if the peace moves fail and governors in the Atiku faction decide to dump the PDP. 

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Meet The Lady That Wants To Be President Jonathan's 2nd Wife

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Kenyan celeb and Big Brother Africa 'The Chase Contestant Alhuda Njoroje ‘Huddah Monroe has expressed her desire to be  President Goodluck Jonathan's wife.
 
She revealed she had a crush on Nigerian president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan after she tweeted "So when is Jonathan landing? I’ve always had a crush on him…LOL! Nigera, prepare for a step mom".
 
The president is expected to visit Kenya this weekend.
The 22-year-old model is a well known face in Kenya’s party/social scene and she reportedly plans on shooting her own reality TV show soon.
One can only wonder what the first lady, Patience Jonathan would think of this when she finds out?

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