ASUU has gone on strike for over 600 days under Buhari

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has gone on strike for 628 days since the inception of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration in 2015, The ICIR reports.

ASUU embarked on the industrial actions as a result of demands and agreements which were not met by the Federal Government.

The union’s strikes under Buhari account for the highest number of days the lecturers have downed tools under any President since the nation returned to democracy in 1999.

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Under Buhari’s watch, ASUU’s last two strikes have exceeded 200 days each, the longest under any President since 1999.

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Buhari assumed office on May 29, 2015.

The ICIR reports that ASUU’s strikes often result in the suspension of academic activities in Nigerian public…