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BEREFT of practical ideas on ways to end the protracted strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, the Federal Government last week hurriedly registered two rival unions in the university system in an undisguised move to divide lecturers. The new unions are the National Association of Medical and Dental Academics and the Congress of Nigerian University Academics.
The government’s move could eventually prove counter-productive; unions opposed to strikes today may become militant in future. Brinksmanship is not the way out: the issues and ASUU’s demands are germane: fulfil past agreements, fund tertiary education adequately, and provide better welfare for the teachers.
But birthed by a desperate government, the new unions may struggle for legitimacy in future. Besides, the government may unwittingly be setting the stage for unhealthy rivalry, acrimony, and mutual distrust on the campuses. Multiple unions do not address the problems of the tertiary education system.
Sadly, Nigeria has yet to meet the UNESCO benchmark that governments should spend between four and six per cent of GDP on education, and that in the government’s annual budget, a significant percentage should be earmarked for education.
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