ASUU spent 1,500 days on strike in 21 years
Punch Newspapers Sections Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja THE Academic Staff Union of Universities has spent 1,500 days or 4.09 years on strike since the return to democracy in1999, findings by this newspaper suggest. This implies that about 19.5 per cent of every academic year is spent on strike. According to the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, about 94 per cent of students attend Nigeria’s public tertiary institutions. However, most students spend more than the necessary time in school due to the usual clash between the government and lecturers. For example, in 1992, during the regime of General I...
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