If quality Education must strive, then we must learn not to rely solely on the government especially if the government is such that pays little attention to quality education and intellectual development.

As schools set to reopen, the Federal government of Nigeria is faced with protests from the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, over a situation we may consider a bridge of agreement. Following recent trends, it is obvious that ASUU members are facing hard times and not finding it cool with the FG of Nigeria following neglect and sheer insensitivity to the needs of university Education.

Recall that ASUU had earlier gone on strike, March 2020, putting a hold to academic activities even before the pandemic struck. We can hardly count the many times this has happened but it turns out each time pushing undergraduates and all their academic activities backward. So one is left to reconsider and imagine that government as a stand-alone entity may not be able provide the many needs for quality university education; but with supports from Non-governmental organisations, the education prospects are achievable

More of collaborative efforts like Rosula and Igbenedion’ exchange programmes will change the game

Religious bodies like churches as well as humanitarian foundations have been at the corner, lending arms to both primary, secondary and university education across Nigeria. But recently, The Rosula foundation is offering something big that will benefit a larger sector of the economy.

Igbenedion University, Okada, in Edo state has finally concluded negotiations to collaborate in an exchange programme with Rosula foundation. They intent to “jointly set up a business school where chief executives and senior level managers of public, private and corporate organisations would be able to acquire postgraduate degree and certification in management courses”.

With such interventions seasonally on a larger scale, a wave of burden is lifted from the shoulders of the FG. Nigeria is large enough to be catered for, alone by the government without lapses especially when we talk of quality education. The consistent protest arising from ASUU every season is a clear indicator that there are more needs to be met than the government alone can provide.

Talk about the best Universities with almost perfect learning facilities and you will have a list of private Universities carefully run and managed by private organisations with even stronger management paradigms. That alone rings a louder bell. But then we only have to worry about the poor and vulnerable, which are left at the mercy of outcomes from FG vs ASUU unending negotiations and consistent disagreement.

But here is a wakeup call to humanitarians, NGOs and private organisations to support with impactful services such as scholarship schemes, empowerment and other humanitarian acts for the sake of poverty elevation and crime rate reduction.

If the government can't provide affordable education for it's citizens then it shows that the govenrnment is useless

simply put, if this report is true, ASUU strike continues till next year..

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If the government can't provide affordable education for it's citizens then it shows that the govenrnment is useless

You can imagine the audacity; asking for support from NGOs. That's the height. Yet billions of dollars are being carted away by these heartless people. Useless government.

As i d baf day before yesterday, it hit me that we are complaining about poor State of education in Nigeria. And i then realized 35 to 40k for school fees a year is just a mere 100 to 120 dollars,
So we pay just 10 dollars a month to get the quality education we feel we deserve from our country.
Why won't we suffer in uni when the uni itself can't generate enough funds to work efficiently on its own.
It's as if the education sector too is also on subsidy. A whole university that's even supposed to be contributing to the economy is taking away from the government and a so called association with its eyes fixed on it's own benefits, before the school which would also benefit them and lastly the students who should be the mainomain character of the whole nigerian education drama.
Private secondary schools charge 2 to 3 times that ammount per term amounting up to 220k a year then paying 40k we become entitled to things because of the sociocultural effect of mismanagement, maladministration, and ability of our leaders to see the bigger picture (they do!) But fear of criticism from the masses or effects on their reelection bid makes them not to see what they know is in front of them.
I hate to compare a 60 year old nation to one of over 200 years but in this situation i can't help it as we all are fond of comparisons.
The United States and UK that we idolize their education system recieve funding from government, alumni, companies etc still have an expensive institution, textbooks alone will put you in debt before you even start.
The cost of 2 MIT texts for fresher's is More than the fees for a federal university in Nigeria.

My point is just like the so called fuel subsidy nonsense the government talks about, the government should remove the subsidy on education and let it chart it's own course while funding them as privilege and not obligation.
Assu is a union for academic staff which is their sole objective. They can't claim to be fighting for the good of the whole education sector when we have NUC ( as useless as they are).
The government can't keep paying what they pay and still we see no changes, government has been funding universities from inception but yet we still cry of this and that as we can't boast of one single thing in a university that's upto standard. What's the guarantee then that after paying this money ASUU wants everything will be alright. It's not as if as the money enters their account all the rot in the system would go away it would take years, years of theft, bad management and maintenance culture and we'll get back to square one.

In a situation where the university is responsible for it's own working system with financials inclusive with the power to develop and expand the university while also the management giving account of each expenditure i think there'll be a step forward and a gradual improvement to the never ending drama. The government gets out of the mix and the university management and so called unions hold themselves accountable ( slow but steady wins the race)

ASUU is an obstacle... the obstacle is the way... You either go through it or remain behind.

emmy512:
As i d baf day before yesterday, it hit me that we are complaining about poor State of education in Nigeria. And i then realized 35 to 40k for school fees a year is just a mere 100 to 120 dollars,
So we pay just 10 dollars a month to get the quality education we feel we deserve from our country.
Why won't we suffer in uni when the uni itself can't generate enough funds to work efficiently on its own.

That's real talk bro!!! On God, quality education is expensive

FG shouldn't be needing assistance. If those in charge don't know what to do, they can resign.