2013 ASUU strike called off
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Posted by Felix Okoli on Tuesday December 17, 2013 at 8:5:0:
The long stretched strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities have finally been called off according to news reports. This is one of the longest strikes in the history of ASUU strikes and it started since July and it has now being about 5 months since students have been made to stay at home.During a meeting at FUTMINNA, Niger state, the Union was reported to have resolved to call of their nationwide strike after being satisfied that the govt has made a positive move. Reports have it that the govt has placed a sufficient amount of money(N200bn) in CBN accounts meant for the the support of public education and leacturer's welfare based on the agreement they had with ASUU in the past.ASUU strikes are one of the few tools which lecturers of Nigerian universities use to pressure the government into fulfilling their demands which they feel would be to the best interest of Nigeria's future. The victims of the strike are mostly young Nigerian undergraduates and prospectives who would be forced to spend more time outside the school system and eventually leading to lower quality graduates.The Federal government of Nigeria has been finding it hard to keep supporting the Federal universities which were established many years ago using public funds. That was at a time when there were fewer students and fewer lecturers as well as more public funds. The aim of the government for the future is to sell off the varsities to private investors who would be better able to manage its growing needs. However, opponents of the privatization of varsities claim it would only make higher education more expensive for the masses who are mostly poor and middle class.In Nigeria, there is also a growing number of private varsities who tend to have a better training and stable academic session than public universities.With the calling off of the nationwide ASUU strike, more students who have been staying at home for many months would be relieved and overjoyed that they would be able to go back to school.
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The long stretched strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities have finally been called off according to news reports. This is one of the longest strikes in the history of ASUU strikes and it started since July and it has now being about 5 months since students have been made to stay at home.During a meeting at FUTMINNA, Niger state, the Union was reported to have resolved to call of their nationwide strike after being satisfied that the govt has made a positive move. Reports have it that the govt has placed a sufficient amount of money(N200bn) in CBN accounts meant for the the support of public education and leacturer's welfare based on the agreement they had with ASUU in the past.ASUU strikes are one of the few tools which lecturers of Nigerian universities use to pressure the government into fulfilling their demands which they feel would be to the best interest of Nigeria's future. The victims of the strike are mostly young Nigerian undergraduates and prospectives who would be forced to spend more time outside the school system and eventually leading to lower quality graduates.The Federal government of Nigeria has been finding it hard to keep supporting the Federal universities which were established many years ago using public funds. That was at a time when there were fewer students and fewer lecturers as well as more public funds. The aim of the government for the future is to sell off the varsities to private investors who would be better able to manage its growing needs. However, opponents of the privatization of varsities claim it would only make higher education more expensive for the masses who are mostly poor and middle class.In Nigeria, there is also a growing number of private varsities who tend to have a better training and stable academic session than public universities.With the calling off of the nationwide ASUU strike, more students who have been staying at home for many months would be relieved and overjoyed that they would be able to go back to school.
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