#ASUU STRIKE UPDATE
ASUU strike and NLC’s solidarity protest By Mubiee's blog NLC That public institutions of higher learning have been shut down in the last five months is not only disheartening, it connotes a clear demonstration that public tertiary education in this country is treated with utmost disregard. This is particularly disturbing because those who bear the brunt of these frequent crises are not privileged to seek alternatives. Yet, it is such irresponsibility, particularly on the part of the Federal Government, that has shoehorned the citadels of learning into theatres of despair, and a reason for all stakeholders to be worried. That the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has finally seen reason to demand a better deal for education of Nigerian masses is commendable albeit belated. Grievance of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) with the government is very well known to all stakeholders in the educational and labour sectors. It includes mainly the Federal Government’s fail...