ASUU strike and its grim comedies
By Adekunle Adekoya “Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.” — Malcolm X. IT is trite news that the nation’s public universities, especially those owned by the Federal Government, are currently not in the expected work mode, as lectures are not being given because lecturers are on strike since February. The strike is going into its eighth month as September ends. It is also trite news that the Federal Government, at its tethers’ ends, sued ASUU before the National Industrial Court, which thereafter issued an order compelling the striking dons to go back to work, as usual, “pending determination of the substantive suit”. Government, upbeat about the ruling, reacted through the National Universities Commission, NUC, which issued a circular to vice-chancellors of the universities, directing them to re-open for academic and other activities. In a memo seen by journalists, signed by the Director, Finance and Accounts of the NUC, Sam ...