ASUU Strike: Yabatech and LASU Students protest in front of UNILAG

ASUU Strike has almost become an annual event in Nigerian Federal and State Universities, this is as a result of the inability of the Federal government to implement its end of the bargain made between the government and the University Staff Union in 2009.

 Ever since 2009, Universities have gone on strike nearly every year, ASUU strike is now an annual compulsory holiday for federal universities students while their mates in private school are not affected, this annual event usually lasts about 100 days, however, this edition of ASUU strike might last longer than anticipated, this is because on Monday 23rd September, the ASUU Chairman shocked the NUC by insisting that the strike continues till all their demands are met.

Meanwhile university students were really hoping that this week would be the last week of the strike. Students around the various universities of Nigeria are really tired of this strike, most especially the final year students.

Just this afternoon, students from Yabatech and LASU (Lagos State University) went on a protest in front of the University of Lagos, showing their distress on the entire strike action, and urging UNILAG students to join them in the protest, however they were stopped by the UNILAG Security officials from entering into the university compound.
This strike action isn't helping the already weak educational sector in Nigeria, it seems the federal government wants to weaken the federal and state schools so that students would rather go to private schools owned by Government officials, its just a thought of mine, but its not impossible, I feel a Law should be passed that compels all children of all government officials to attend federal schools, because its obvious their children are not affected by this ASUU strike since most of their kids either school abroad or in private universities, am really sure that if all the governors, senators, local govt chairmen are compelled to send their children to federal schools, there would be a great improvement in the standard of education in the country.