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Nigeria’s public university lecturers suspend strike after eight months

Nigeria’s public university lecturers suspend strike after eight months

NIGERIAN public university lecturers have suspended an eight-month-old strike over pay which has kept students out of classrooms and triggered an appeal from the president to end it, the head of the union said. The lecturers have been striking since February over better pay. They frequently strike over pay issues halting activities at public universities attended by most university-level students in Africa's most populous country. Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) President Emmanuel Osodeke asked teachers to resume services on Friday but added that the issues were yet to be "satisfactorily addressed". "In deference to appeals by the president ...…
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New universities in Nigeria? Absolutely not

New universities in Nigeria? Absolutely not

PUBLIC university lecturers in Nigeria have been on strike since 14 February 2022. One of their biggest issues is that the institutions they work for are poorly funded. Despite this, Nigeria’s National Assembly recently raised the idea of establishing 63 new universities. Nigeria already has more than 200 universities. In this interview, Dr Jerome Isuku, an educational management expert who works at the University of Ibadan, sets out his views on the government’s thinking. Author ERAGBAI JEROME ISUKU, Lecturer, University of Ibadan Does Nigeria need 63 new universities? The proliferation of universities in the face of dwindling financial input from…
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