Since the return of democracy in 1999, Academic staff union of university (ASUU) has gone on strike more than any other militant group in the country. They have
engaged successive government in a battle which they term “Save Nigerian universities
from total collapse”.
The group, who are on a one week warning
strike revealed a lot
of disturbing things to the public on why they are going on strike. So
for those who do not understand
why ASUU is on strike please read this and share if you care
1. Less than 10% of the universities have
Video Conferencing facility.
2. Less than 20% of the universities use Interactive
Boards
3. More than 50% don’t use Public Address
System in their lecture OVERCROWDED rooms/theatres.
4. Internet Services are non-existent or
epileptic and slow IN 99% of Nigerian Universities
5. Nigerian Universities Library resources
are outdated and manually operated. Book shelves are homes to rats/cockroaches
6. No university library in Nigeria is
fully automated. Less than 35% are partially automated.
7. 701 Development projects in Nigerian
universities 163 (23.3%) are abandoned 538 (76.7%) are PERPETUALLY on-going
projects.
8. Some of the abandoned projects in
Nigerian universities are over 15 years old, some are over 40 years old.
9. 76% of Nigerian universities use well as
source of water, 45% use pit latrine, 67% of students use bush as toilet
10. UNN and UDUS have the highest number of
abandoned projects (22 and 16 respectively).
11. All NDDC projects across universities
in Niger Delta States are abandoned. About 84.6% of them are students’ hostels
12. 77% of Nigerian universities can be
classified as "Glorified Primary Schools" Laboratories are non-existing
13. There are 8 on-going projects at the
Nasarawa State University, Keffi. None of them is funded by the State
Government
14. 80% of Nigerian Universities are
grossly under-staffed
15. 78% of Nigerian Universities rely
heavily on part-time and visiting lecturers.
16. 88% of Nigerian Universities have
under-qualified Academics
17. 90% of Nigerian Universities are
bottom-heavy (with junior lecturers forming large chunk of the workforce)
18. Only 2% of Nigerian Universities
attract expatriate lecturers, over 80% of Ghanaian Universities attract same
19. 89% of Nigerian Universities have
‘closed’ (homogeneous staff – in terms of ethno-cultural background)
20. Based on the available data, there are
37,504 Academics in Nigerian Public Universities
21. 83% of the lecturers in Nigerian
universities are male while 17% are female.
22. 23,030 (61.0%) of the lecturers are
employed in Federal universities while 14,474 (39.0%) teach in State
Universities.
23. The teaching staff-students ratio is
EMBARRASSINGLY very high in many universities:
24. LECTURER STUDENT RATIO: National Open
University of Nigeria 1:363 University of Abuja 1:122 Lagos State University
1:111
25. (Compare the above with Harvard 1:4;
MIT 1:9; Yale 1:4, Cambridge 1:3; NUS 1:12; KFUPM 1:9; Technion 1:15).
26. Nigerian Universities Instead of having
100% Academics having PhDs, only about 43% do so. The remaining 57% have no
PhDs
27. Nigerian University medical students
trained in the most dangerous environment, some only see medical tools in books
28. Only 7 Nigerian Universities have up to
60% of their teaching staff with PhD qualifications
29. While majority of the universities in
the country are grossly understaffed, a few cases present a pathetic picture
30. There are universities in Nigeria which
the total number of Professors is not more than Five (5)
31. Kano University of Science and
Technology Wudil, established in 2001 (11 years old) only 1 Professor and 25
PhD holders.
32. Kebbi State University of Science and
Technology, Aliero, established in 2006 has only 2 Professors and 5 PhDs
33. Ondo State University of Sci & Tech
Okitipupa, established in 2008, has a total of 29 lecturers.
34. MAKE-SHIFT LECTURING SYSTEM: Out of a
total of 37,504 lecturers, only 28,128 (75%) are engaged on full-time basis.
35. 9,376 (25%) Nigerian Lecturers are
recycled as Visiting, Adjunct, Sabbatical and Contract lecturers.
36. In Gombe State University, only 4 out of
47 Profs are full-time and all 25 Readers are visiting
37. In Plateau State University, Bokkos,
74% of the lecturers are visiting.
38. In Kaduna State University, only 24 out
of 174 PhD holders are full-time staff.
39. 700 EX-MILLITANTS in Nigeria are
receiving more funds annually than 20 Nigerian universities under 'Amnesty
Scam'
40. 80% of published journals by Nigerian
University lectures have no visibility in the international knowledge
community.
41. No Nigerian academic is in the league
of Nobel Laureates or a nominee of Nobel Prize.
42. There are only 2 registered patents
owned by Nigerian Academics in the last 3 years.
43. Numerically more support staff in the
services of Nigerian universities than the teaching staff they are meant to
support
44. More expenditure is incurred in
administration & routine functions than in core academic matters in
Nigerian Universities
45. There are 77,511 full-time non-teaching
staff in Nigeria’s public universities 2 Times number of academic staff
46. University of Benin, there are more
senior staff in the Registrar cadre (Dep. Registrars, PARs, SARs) than
Professors
47. Almost all the universities are
over-staffed with non- teaching staff
48. There are 1,252,913 students in
Nigerian Public Universities. 43% Female 57%Male
49. There is no relationship between
enrolment and the tangible manpower needs of Nigeria.
50. Nigerian University Horrible hostel
facilities, overcrowded, overstretched lavatory and laundry facilities, poor
sanitation, etc
51. Except Nigerian Defence Academy Kaduna,
no university in Nigeria is able to accommodate more than 35% of its students.
52. Some universities (e.g. MOUAU), female
students take their bath in d open because d bathrooms are in very poor
condition.
53. Laundries and common rooms in many
universities have been converted into rooms where students live, in open prison
style.
54. In most improvised cage called hostels
in Nigerian Universities, there is no limit to the number of occupants.
55. Most State universities charge
commercial rates for unfit and unsuitable hostel accommodation
56. In off-campus hostels, students are
susceptible to extraneous influences and violence prostitution, rape, gang
violence
57. Nigerian University Students sitting on
bare floor or peeping through windows to attend lectures
58. Over 1000 students being packed in
lecture halls meant for less than 150 students
59. Over 400 Nigerian University students
being packed in laboratory meant for 75 students
60. University administrators Spend
millions to erect super-gates when their Libraries are still at foundation
level; Expend millions to purchase exotic vehicles for university officers even
though they lack basic classroom furnishings; Spend hundreds of millions in
wall-fencing and in-fencing when students accommodation is inadequate and in
tatters;
61. Govt interested in spending money on
creation of new uni instead of consolidating and expanding access to existing
ones; Keen to award new contracts rather than completing the abandoned projects
or standardizing existing facilities; Expend hundreds of millions paying
visiting and part-time lecturers rather than recruiting full-time staff
62. Govt spending hundreds of millions in
mundane administration cost instead of providing boreholes and power
supplements; Govt hiring personal staff, including Personal Assistants, Special
Advisers, Bodyguards, Personal Consultants, etc."
ASUU, 2013
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