19 December 2007
Posted to the web 20 December 2007
Emmanuel Edukugho
Lagos
The long-drawn re-negotiations between Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government may have reached a dead end as no tangible deal has been struck between the two parties.
It should be recalled that Nigerian universities were grounded for several months before the coming of this present administration in May 29, 2007.
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) had declared an indefinite and total strike on 26th March, 2007, which the union said, "is the direct outcome of consistent Nigerian government's neglect and refusal to pay the necessary attention to education, particularly the university system, which is at the verge of collapse," adding, "this neglect seriously questions the capacity of Nigeria as a country to confront the challenges of the 21st century." Full Story
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