By Femi Oluwasanmi
It is common knowledge that the flashpoint of the Academic Staff Union of Universities and Federal Government face-off is the 2009 agreement, which has undergone a series of renegotiations with great controversy. However, what seems to be obscured is the impact of the impasse on the country, particularly with the continuous circumnavigation in the wilderness of war against insecurity and economic quagmire.
On
August 30, 2022, ASUU declared an indefinite strike after several rollovers
that commenced on February 14. Some of its demands include the release of
revitalisation funds for universities, renegotiation of the 2009 FGN/ASUU
agreement and deployment of the UTAS payment platform for the payment of
salaries and allowances of university lecturers, among others.
Before the current face-off, there have been several industrial actions with results synonymous to a motion without movement. This has affected the career of most students by elongating their period in school.
