Strike and educational activities planning in nigerian universities: impact and possible solution for today and beyond

Abstract

Education is a tool for any meaningful development of any society. Thus any activities that result to set back of the sector operation should be address with all amount of resources both human and material. The paper titled “Strike and Educational Activities Planning in Nigerian Universities: Impact and Possible Solution for Today and Beyond” is poised to drawing attention of the general public to the implication of industrial strikes to the development of tertiary education in Nigeria the paper discussed the concept of strikes types and causes of strike. Therefore, the paper discuss the concept of strike, types of strike and causes of strike it also proffered possible solutions which if applied, could help address the issue of incessant strikes in our tertiary educational system. The paper further x-ray the positive and negative impacts of strike on staff, students, institutions, and the general public respectively. The paper ended by examining the implication of incessant strike actions for the school system. It was suggested among others that government and the organized labour organization should be involved in a collective positive bargaining to bring lasting solution to the frequent strike action in Nigerian Universities for high productivity which permeate national development