How to Address the Problems Facing Nigeria’s Educational System
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The incessant strike actions by staff unions of public Universities in Nigeria no doubt poses a great threat to learning, research and human capital development in the country.
However, this challenge can be addressed with policies that will eliminate the triggers or causes of such strike actions while also improving service delivery across these Universities.

These policies include: (i) increase in budgetary allocation to Universities, (ii) improved commitment of Nigeria Universities’ Commission (NUC) in providing and monitoring the use of necessary infrastructural and technological facilities in public Universities, (iii) timely review of university staff salaries and allowances, and (iv) greater commitment of the government to honoring agreements reached with (academic and non-academic) university staff unions.
With the 2021 budgetary allocation to education in Nigeria being a meagre 5.6% (the lowest it has been in 10 years), it is little wonder why Nigerian university staff have been strolling in and out of strike actions in recent times, with the most recent lasting for almost a year, from March 2020 to February 2021.

However, if the annual budgetary allocation to education (inclusive of public primary and secondary school, technical colleges, polytechnics and universities) were to about 15% of the total national budget, for example, these universities systems and staff would function better as the foundations for national development that they are supposed to be.
Such an increase in budgetary allocation would also lead to discovery of indigenous novel scientific/technological, social and artistic innovations that would boost social and economic development across the country.

Likewise, it do Nigerian universities a great deal of benefit should the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) intensifies its efforts to ensure the provision of necessary infrastructure across universities across the country. Similarly, the Nigerian government displaying commitment to honoring agreements reached with staff unions during conflict periods would go a long way to stem the tide of incessant university staff strikes.
Conclusively, it is important to note that the lecturers and non-academic staff in Nigerian universities (who make up the said staff unions) are an important resource in the delivery of educational services and development of Nigeria’s wealth of human capital.

And the timely reviews of staff salaries and allowances would be a salient way to show them how much they are appreciated, while also encouraging them to apply themselves further to educating Nigerian youth and thus boosting the nation’s wealth of human capital.

Written by
Sam Akanimo

That akamu brain Adamu Adamu and that pigshit Ngige are very useless people. Their brains cannot think of a single reasonable solution to this strike but rather lies and blames. The dumb ass President is now a philanthropist donating our money to Afghanistan instead of paying the Union. God punish them

Yungsam1:
How to Address the Problems Facing Nigeria’s Educational System
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The incessant strike actions by staff unions of public Universities in Nigeria no doubt poses a great threat to learning, research and human capital development in the country.
However, this challenge can be addressed with policies that will eliminate the triggers or causes of such strike actions while also improving service delivery across these Universities.

These policies include: (i) increase in budgetary allocation to Universities, (ii) improved commitment of Nigeria Universities’ Commission (NUC) in providing and monitoring the use of necessary infrastructural and technological facilities in public Universities, (iii) timely review of university staff salaries and allowances, and (iv) greater commitment of the government to honoring agreements reached with (academic and non-academic) university staff unions.
With the 2021 budgetary allocation to education in Nigeria being a meagre 5.6% (the lowest it has been in 10 years), it is little wonder why Nigerian university staff have been strolling in and out of strike actions in recent times, with the most recent lasting for almost a year, from March 2020 to February 2021.

However, if the annual budgetary allocation to education (inclusive of public primary and secondary school, technical colleges, polytechnics and universities) were to about 15% of the total national budget, for example, these universities systems and staff would function better as the foundations for national development that they are supposed to be.
Such an increase in budgetary allocation would also lead to discovery of indigenous novel scientific/technological, social and artistic innovations that would boost social and economic development across the country.

Likewise, it do Nigerian universities a great deal of benefit should the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) intensifies its efforts to ensure the provision of necessary infrastructure across universities across the country. Similarly, the Nigerian government displaying commitment to honoring agreements reached with staff unions during conflict periods would go a long way to stem the tide of incessant university staff strikes.
Conclusively, it is important to note that the lecturers and non-academic staff in Nigerian universities (who make up the said staff unions) are an important resource in the delivery of educational services and development of Nigeria’s wealth of human capital.

And the timely reviews of staff salaries and allowances would be a salient way to show them how much they are appreciated, while also encouraging them to apply themselves further to educating Nigerian youth and thus boosting the nation’s wealth of human capital.

Written by
Sam Akanimo

The writer is obviously a typical Nigerian who has no idea of the basics information on Nigeria

Increase education budget ? Increase salary ? Honour agreement with ASUU ?

Some of you think that those in power just want to be wicked and all that

Nigeria makes #700bn on a normal month
Federal government gets 350 billion on a normal month sir
Wage bill ( with the poor payment structure )is over 180bn...debt servicing is around #200 billion that's already minus #30 billion ...the subsidy is around 60 billion a month that's minus 90 billion
The war or insurgency is around #50 billion a month ... that's 140 billion higher than what we earn

So where would the money to do those things u wrote up there come from

mrvitalis:

The writer is obviously a typical Nigerian who has no idea of the basics information on Nigeria

Increase education budget ? Increase salary ? Honour agreement with ASUU ?

Some of you think that those in power just want to be wicked and all that

Nigeria makes #700bn on a normal month
Federal government gets 350 billion on a normal month sir
Wage bill ( with the poor payment structure )is over 180bn...debt servicing is around #200 billion that's already minus #30 billion ...the subsidy is around 60 billion a month that's minus 90 billion
The war or insurgency is around #50 billion a month ... that's 140 billion higher than what we earn

So where would the money to do those things u wrote up there come from

Defending incompetent leaders is a norm for people like you.... Education should be a priority.... The government didn't think of those amount you listed while donating a million dollar n buying new cars for legislators, have they considered cutting gov expenditure?

If you want to destroy a nation, first destroy the education! Thats what is happening to us!

Yungsam1:


Defending incompetent leaders is a norm for people like you.... Education should be a priority.... The government didn't think of those amount you listed while donating a million dollar n buying new cars for legislators, have they considered cutting gov expenditure?

If you want to destroy a nation, first destroy the education! Thats what is happening to us!

One million dollars donated is stupidity of APC n Buhari ...but the reality is clear

Untill each ethnic nation in Nigeria control their resources and police themselves we would not develop