Just last month, primary and secondary school
teachers in Osun State embarked on an industrial
action because of non-payment of salaries,
likewise on the 1st of June,2015, NASU in EKSU
did the same thing over same dilemma. In view
of this,I think the following questions need to be
answered , why is it that our educational sector
is suffering over funds and salary? Why is it that
hands that work is suffering? so d
It is obvious from the aforementioned that the
federal and indeed state governments who own
these schools have not proven to be honourable
in ensuring the faithful implementation of the
agreements they entered into with the academia
from the onset. This has engendered a lack of
trust and confidence of the scholars in the
government. It is worthy of note that the latest
strike action in EKSU has already disrupted the
academic calendar.
What is Strike? According to Oxford dictionary of
learning,strike means refusal to work as a form
of organized protest, typically in an attempt to
obtain a particular concession or concessions
from their employer.
Academic strike on the other hand,means refusal
of lecturers and teachers to work. It may be in
form of organized protest also, typically in an
attempt to obtain a particular concession or
concessions from their employer.
Over time, the issue of strike has generated a lot
of controversies and
setbacks in the development of the educational
sector and up till now, the solution seems not-
to-be in sight as strike actions continue in most
tertiary institutions across the nation,Nigeria. It
is surprising that despite all efforts put in place
by the Federal Ministry of Education and other
regulatory agencies to mitigate strike actions in
the nation’s higher institutions, the trend still
persists as if nothing has been done to curb it.
One would begin to wonder what must have led
to this unending situation faced by the
educational sector. Is it the system that is so
bad or those that are piloting the affairs of the
sector? Sometimes stakeholders begin to ask if
the issue of strike would not destroy
government’s genuine efforts in repositioning the
educational sector the way things are going.
CONSIDERING ASUU AS AN ASSOCIATION.
The ASUU was formed in 1978, a successor to
the Nigerian
Association of University Teachers formed in
1965 and
covering academic staff in all of the Federal and
State
Universities in the country.
HISTORY OF ASUU STRIKE IN NIGERIA:
1999---5 months
2001---3 months
2002---2 weeks
2003---6 months(ended in 2004)
2005---3 days
2006---1 week
2007---3 months
2008---1 week
2009---4 months
2010---5months and 1 week
2011---3 months(ended in 2012)
2013---11 weeks+....
The impact of the ASUU strike and the likes of
other industrial actions always fall on innocent
students as there would be no lecture and little
or no concentration on academics for both
lecturers and the students. In most
cases,schools are shut down. So the need to
work towards ending continuous strike in the
tertiary institutions in the country is very
necessary as it affects the development of
education.
According to Prof. Dairo(EKSU Dean of
Agric):"Staffs of many institutions go on strike
only for the sake of there inconsistent salary and
benefits, but they forgot to join students to go
on strike,if there's an unforeseen exponential rise
in fees". This point I believe is also part of a
leap to a better academic scenerio.
THE PROS AND CONS; AND THE DIVERSE
EFFECTS ON ALL
The "diverse effects on all" means how strike
influences and affects both the lecturers and the
students. Below are some points;
GAINS OF LECTURERS
1. Increased allowances for project supervision,
call duty, extra hours
worked,hazards, etc.
2. Payment of salaries and entitlements for the
several months in which they didn’t work!
3. Those schools that usually do not partake in
the industrial struggle e.g UNILORIN and RSUST
will also benefit from the infrastructure funds and
the earned allowances.
NEGATIVE EFFECT OF THE STRIKE ON
LECTURERS
Delay in obtaining Masters and PhD’s for those
still doing their postgraduate studies.
GAINS OF THE STRUGGLE FOR STUDENTS
1. The funds released for infrastructure will be
used to meet the immediate needs of our
schools. Some will use the funds to construct
more hostels, some will use it to equip libraries,
provide internet connectivity,build laboratories
and furnish them,amongst others.
These are projects that will aid learning and
ultimately benefit students.
2. Those that will later join the academia and
become Professors among us will also have the
benefit of retiring at 70 years.
3. Those that will join the academia among us
will also enjoy the special allowances that the
current struggle will benefit lecturers in the years
to come.
NEGATIVE EFFECT OF THIS STRUGGLE FOR
STUDENTS.
1. BATTERED ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Academic calendar is thus in tatters!
In this view,I think Vice Chancellors and
Governing Council members of tertiary
institutions in the country should be held
responsible for any crisis, because they are there
to guide against issues that could lead to crisis.
They are supposed to nip any crisis in bud under
their supervision in order to avert unforeseen
occurrences that may arise.
2.Many of our students would now have time to
fully engage in social vices such as
prostitution,cultism, kidnapping, armed robbery,
fraud and many others in order to while away
time as well as make illicit money.
3.It will be difficult for many of us to seek proper
legitimate job as we are not certain when our
lecturers will call off their
strike; more so, we have no meaningful
qualifications to seek full employment.
4.In the course of needless travels embarked
upon by students when their lecturers down
tools,some of the students have died
prematurely.
5.The disruption of studies of the students will
also have negative psychological impact on us.
By the time the strike is over, many of the
students would most likely have forgotten what
they were taught before the unwarranted break.
NEGATIVE EFFECT OF STRIKE ON OUR NATION
NIGERIA
This frequent dislocation and disability of our
public tertiary education is what is making many
wealthy Nigerians to send their children and
wards to tertiary institutions abroad(in Ghana,
the United Kingdom, the United States of
America even Asian countries). Millions of
scarce foreign currencies are lost to this
"educational tourism" as payments have to be
made in dollars, Euros or pound sterling, but
only for the privileged.
Those who cannot send their children overseas
have to pay through their nose educating them
at the more stable private universities in the
country.
All the problems that have been causing
incessant strikes in the tertiary institutions
across the country can be tackled by those put
in place to administer the institutions such as
governing councils and the management.
Professor Chinua Achebe(march 22, 2013) said
"While we do our good works let us not forget
that there's a medium for both likely and
unlikely". Strikes are an unfortunate part of the
negotiations between
Staffs and the management.
Fortunately they are as nearly as common as
they used to be,
large part because both the unions and the
government(management) have not realized just
how disruptive strike can be.
AUTHOR:AJIBARE OLAKITAN .D
PHONE NO: 08139907585
EDITED BY:Ayodele Brown Akande
CONTRIBUTORS:Muhammed Opeyemi and Falade
Tosin.
INSTITUTION:Ekiti State University,Ado-Ekiti.
FACULTY:Agricultural Sciences.

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The impact of the workers strike action in Nigeria creates a stagnant situation in the country. Billions on cash is lost to down time in the human resources. All sectors are directly or indirectly affected negatively;Education,Oil,transportation,health care and trade. The government should do all that is within their care to make sure that the consistent challenges of strike action is addressed in this our beloved Nation.
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The Impact of Strike Action in the Achievement of Trade Union Aims in an Organization (A Case Study of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) Enugu)

In this study, however, we are going to examine the cause of strike, its consequences and effectiveness as a weapon of trade union in achieving their aims. Mention of course would briefly be make of the history and development of trade unionism in Nigeria.

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