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All The Times ASUU Has Gone On Strike Since 1999 by gideonjeta(m): 1:18am On Nov 06, 2018
If there's anything that has been very constant in the academic calendar of the Nigerian Universities since 1999, it is ASUU strike.
The Academic Staff of Universities Union (ASUU) and the Federal Government of Nigeria are always in conflict over funding of the Nigerian Universities, better working condition among other ASUU demands.
And each time the two parties call for a meeting to settle their disagreements, the meeting usually ended with the government promising the union that the demands would be met soon.

However, the government's refusal to meet the union's demands since 1999 has always been the basic reason ASUU goes on strike almost every year.
Here's the timeline of ASUU strike since 1999.

1. 1999
After the end of the military era in 1999, Nigerians ushered in democracy and a government that promised to be people oriented. But it didn't take long for Nigerian students to experience a disruption in their academic pursuit. Few months after the Obasanjo-Atiku administration was sworn-in, ASUU embarked on a nationwide strike and it lasted for five months.

2. 2001
In 2001, ASUU declared another strike over issues that are related and the reinstatement of 49 lecturers sacked at the University of Ilorin. The industrial action was aggravated when the then President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo described Nigerian university lecturers as " a bunch of lazy and ungrateful people " The strike was called off after three months.

3. 2002
Having had an agreement with the Federal Government during the previous strike, the union was forced to embark on another industrial action on Sunday, December 29, 2002, after the Obasanjo administration failed to implement the agreement. The strike lasted for only two weeks.

4. 2003
In 2003, Nigerian university undergraduates had to stay at home again for six months as ASUU embarked on another industrial action due to the non-implementation of previous agreements, which covers poor university funding and disparity in salary and retirement age.

5. 2005
Nigerian university students again experienced another disruption in their academic calendars as universities lecturers went on another industrial action. According to the Guardian, the lecturers went on strike for just two weeks.

6. 2006
In April 2006 academic activities were paralysed in all public universities across the country when ASUU declared a 3-day warning strike. It eventually lasted for one week.

7. 2007
The 2006 industrial action was followed by another on March 26, 2007. The strike lasted for three months. The reasons for the strike was pretty much the same reasons for the previous strike.

8. 2008
In a bid to press home its demands, ASUU went on strike for one week in 2008. The demands included an improved salary scheme and reinstatement of 49 lecturers who were dismissed at the University of Ilorin.

9. 2009
In 2009, lecturers in public universities across the country embarked on an industrial action that lasted for four months. The strike which started in June was called off in October. Before the strike was called off, the Federal Government and the union had an agreement. The 2009 ASUU/FG agreement would later become the reason for subsequent industrial action.

10. 2010
The year 2010 also saw another setback for Nigerian university undergraduates in their academics as ASUU embarked on another indefinite strike that lasted for over five months. The strike started on 22 July 2010 and was called off in January 2011.

11. 2011
Since the FG failed to honour its 2009 agreement to adequately fund universities in the country and implement the 70-year retirement age limit for ASUU members, the union again paralysed academic activities nationwide in December 2011. The strike lasted for 59 days and was called off in 2012.

12. 2013
Again, the government's failure to review the retirement age for professors from 65 to 70; approve funding to revitalise the university system; increase the budgetary allocations to the education sector by 26% among other demands led to another industrial action.
The strike was embarked upon on July 1, 2013, called off on Tuesday, December 17, 2013. It lasted for five months, 15 days.

13. 2017
On August 17, 2017, ASUU again declared an indefinite strike over unresolved and contentious issues with the Federal Government. The strike was called off in September.

14. 2018
Again, due to the Federal Government's failure to meet its demands, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) declared an indefinite nationwide strike.
The union announced the strike on Sunday, November 4, 2018, after their National Executive Council meeting held at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State.

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Re: All The Times ASUU Has Gone On Strike Since 1999 by ayatt(m): 1:23am On Nov 06, 2018
shocked
Re: All The Times ASUU Has Gone On Strike Since 1999 by Olaskybab: 2:22am On Nov 06, 2018
Hmmn...
Re: All The Times ASUU Has Gone On Strike Since 1999 by emmie14: 2:28am On Nov 06, 2018
In Nigerian's public servants teachers are mostly cheated. It is pathetic and dishearten because those maltreating them where students who pass through them.

University lectures should also advice themselves on how they handle their students on exploitation.
Re: All The Times ASUU Has Gone On Strike Since 1999 by CalciumB3: 5:48am On Nov 06, 2018
We've lost it in Nigeria....
Re: All The Times ASUU Has Gone On Strike Since 1999 by Raylight2(m): 6:05am On Nov 06, 2018
It's now a standard. every Nigerian graduate must have a feel of ASUU strike before graduating. it's a compulsory course no one ever missed or carried over. NUC need add this to the curriculum. na wa

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Re: All The Times ASUU Has Gone On Strike Since 1999 by OluwabuqqyYOLO(m): 6:43am On Nov 06, 2018
Many of these lecturers are very useless. Notwithstanding that they don't even deserve to be lecturers, they are always seeking for ways to evade duties. The body is now the main disruption in our schools. Very damned association!
Re: All The Times ASUU Has Gone On Strike Since 1999 by stillondmatter: 7:37am On Nov 06, 2018
Show me a better striker cheesy
Re: All The Times ASUU Has Gone On Strike Since 1999 by Namady(m): 8:47am On Nov 06, 2018
Kylian Mbappe: I’m the best striker in the world
ASUU: lolz
Re: All The Times ASUU Has Gone On Strike Since 1999 by Nobody: 8:56am On Nov 06, 2018
emmie14:
In Nigerian's public servants teachers are mostly cheated. It is pathetic and dishearten because those maltreating them where students who pass through them.

University lectures should also advice themselves on how they handle their students on exploitation.
If you talk of maltreatment, students are at the receiving end. Virtually all lecturers are wicked,selfish, and careless with the exception of some. The way they maltreat students in public universities compare to private ones,you would ask yourself if these teachers have conscience.
Re: All The Times ASUU Has Gone On Strike Since 1999 by CornelG(m): 9:37am On Nov 06, 2018
asuustrike1:

If you talk of maltreatment, students are at the receiving end. Virtually all lecturers are wicked,selfish, and careless with the exception of some. The way they maltreat students in public universities compare to private ones,you would ask yourself if these teachers have conscience.
Exactly my brother, to crown it all upon the backyard business they are doing. In fact almost all our lecturers are lecturing at not more than five institutions, collecting doubles salaries yet they will still be going on strike in the fu*king name of our best interest.
Re: All The Times ASUU Has Gone On Strike Since 1999 by Nobody: 9:40am On Nov 06, 2018
CornelG:

Exactly my brother, to crown it all upon the backyard business they are doing. In fact almost all our lecturers are lecturing at not more than five institutions, collecting doubles salaries yet they will still be going on strike in the fu*king name of our best interest.
Yea.
Re: All The Times ASUU Has Gone On Strike Since 1999 by BabangidaHamza(m): 10:04am On Nov 06, 2018
OluwabuqqyYOLO:
Many of these lecturers are very useless. Notwithstanding that they don't even deserve to be lecturers, they are always seeking for ways to evade duties. The body is now the main disruption in our schools. Very damned association!
ABSOLUTELY USELESS, DEVILISH, WICKED, DEMONIC UNION FILLED WITH USELESS LECTURERS.. CAN YOU IMAGINE I GRARUATED THIS YEAR FROM EE DEPT BUK. BUT 11% OF THE DPT CAN GO SCOT FREE WITHOUT C.O THE REMAINING 89% INCLUDING ME MUST COME BACK FOR SPILL OVER.. ALLAH YA TSINE MUKU
Re: All The Times ASUU Has Gone On Strike Since 1999 by BabangidaHamza(m): 10:06am On Nov 06, 2018
CornelG:

Exactly my brother, to crown it all upon the backyard business they are doing. In fact almost all our lecturers are lecturing at not more than five institutions, collecting doubles salaries yet they will still be going on strike in the fu*king name of our best interest.
The kind thunda wey dey wait for dem dey do press up.. Yan bura uba kawai
Re: All The Times ASUU Has Gone On Strike Since 1999 by CornelG(m): 10:15am On Nov 06, 2018
BabangidaHamza:
The kind thunda wey dey wait for dem dey do press up.. Yan bura uba kawai
hahaha, lalai kuwa
Re: All The Times ASUU Has Gone On Strike Since 1999 by emmie14: 12:01pm On Nov 06, 2018
asuustrike1:

If you talk of maltreatment, students are at the receiving end. Virtually all lecturers are wicked,selfish, and careless with the exception of some. The way they maltreat students in public universities compare to private ones,you would ask yourself if these teachers have conscience.
I pointed that as advice to teachers but the topic here is about public servants.
Re: All The Times ASUU Has Gone On Strike Since 1999 by Nobody: 12:07pm On Nov 06, 2018
emmie14:

I pointed that as advice to teachers but the topic here is about public servants.
I don't get you can you rephrase
Re: All The Times ASUU Has Gone On Strike Since 1999 by falcon01: 3:26pm On Nov 06, 2018
Almost every single year
Re: All The Times ASUU Has Gone On Strike Since 1999 by daveP(m): 3:46pm On Nov 06, 2018
ASUU is a mathematical constant of negativity. It should've included and applied in Physics and maths, etc.

-1.5*10^-89
Re: All The Times ASUU Has Gone On Strike Since 1999 by mankan2k7(m): 3:47pm On Nov 06, 2018
Papa still yet their demands are not met. what a country
Re: All The Times ASUU Has Gone On Strike Since 1999 by emmie14: 3:52pm On Nov 06, 2018
asuustrike1:

I don't get you can you rephrase
Ok
Re: All The Times ASUU Has Gone On Strike Since 1999 by clevervikson(m): 10:41pm On Nov 06, 2018
Aside this strike, State chapters embark on more strike than the national. Check Benue and understand more about strike
Re: All The Times ASUU Has Gone On Strike Since 1999 by DONADAMS(m): 12:30am On Nov 07, 2018
using Baye's theorem, it seems this strike will span for over 2months....may God help us
Re: All The Times ASUU Has Gone On Strike Since 1999 by Dimahtee: 9:00am On Nov 07, 2018
BabangidaHamza:
ABSOLUTELY USELESS, DEVILISH, WICKED, DEMONIC UNION FILLED WITH USELESS LECTURERS.. CAN YOU IMAGINE I GRARUATED THIS YEAR FROM EE DEPT BUK. BUT 11% OF THE DPT CAN GO SCOT FREE WITHOUT C.O THE REMAINING 89% INCLUDING ME MUST COME BACK FOR SPILL OVER.. ALLAH YA TSINE MUKU

I don't understand why anyone would want someone this proficient with English usage to spill over. �
Re: All The Times ASUU Has Gone On Strike Since 1999 by BabangidaHamza(m): 10:17am On Nov 07, 2018
Dimahtee:


I don't understand why anyone would want someone this proficient with English usage to spill over. �
Hahahhahhaha... You are acting as if u dont knw how devilish University system is? Some lecturers can only use slides from computer to lecture.. When there is no light, no lecture.. Because they only read from the slides. No explanation, no exercise just nothing

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