ASUU strike: Will 2022 JAMB Candidates Gain Admission?; ASUU strike has become a significant part of the educational culture in Nigeria, the strike action is always based on the federal government’s lack of implementation on their agreement with the academic union. This deficiency in the education sector has led to over 75% of students in public-owned universities graduating later than they normally should.
When the ASUU strike started
While lovers were sharing roses and chocolates, ASUU was serving millions of students and federal government breakfast. ASUU strike in 2022 started on February 14, 2022. The union embarked on industrial actions while demanding improved welfare packages, better working conditions, and the implementation of various labour agreements signed with the Federal Government between 2009 and 2020.
ASUU Strike timeline
1. ASUU embarks on 1 month warning strike on the 14th of February 2022
2. Nigerian students threaten to shut down the ministry of Labour and education on the 18th of February 2022
3. Nigerian students block all major federal roads on the 21st of February 2022
4. Mary 13 2022, FG assembles a team to renegotiate the 2009 ASUU deal
5. ASUU sanctions members in (AE-FUNAI) on March 8, 2022
6. April 27th 2022: Minister of education buys N100m APC presidential nomination form
7. May 4, 2022: Minister of education insists striking lecturers shouldn’t be paid.
8. May 9th 2022; ASUU extends strike by 12 weeks
ASUU demands
According to Business Day , these are the demands of ASUU from 2009 to the federal government of Nigeria.
Funding for the revitalisation of tertiary institutions to a total of N1.3 trillion between 2009 – 2013
Payment of outstanding earned academic allowances (EAA)
Review of NUC 2004 Act to tackle the proliferation of universities
26 per cent budgetary allocation to the education sector
Implementation of the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS).
Withheld salaries and non-remittance of check-off dues of unions
Salary shortfall – Deductions not remitted to the appropriate quarters.
Effects on admission
Due to the Covid 19 pandemic, academic calendars haven’t been the same, and it took many institutions in the education sector a while to get back on their feet, many examinations weren’t even conducted on dates they usually should be, and few such examinations would be JAMB, WAEC, NECO and IJMB. But this shift in calendar didn’t discourage organising boards to conduct their examinations, then suddenly when everything was seemingly coming back to normal. ASUU strike kicks in.
Currently, many students who successfully gained admission from the JAMB admission exercise for the 2021 academic session haven’t matriculated or resumed their 100 level, and on the 6th – 15th of May 2022, JAMB conducted a new admission exercise for the 2022 academic session.
When Will JAMB 2022 Candidates Resume?
Student Village can’t authoritatively say when new admissions will be to students who sat for the JAMB 2022 examination as resumption is solely dependent on when ASUU calls off the strike. But if we are to speculate if the ASUU strike is called off before September 2022, the 2021 set can resume their first semester and by February 2023 they can round off one academic session. With this calculation JAMB, 2022 set will most likely secure admission and resume lectures in March 2023 but admission exercises will commence before then.
Students in this category are advised to be patient and prepare hard for postutme. We wish you all good luck.
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Conclusion
As earlier said, the ASUU strike has become integrated into the culture of education in Nigeria, while we can hope that the federal government gives more attention to the educational sector in the nearest future to avoid this, for now, students and student union leaders are advised to engage their political leaders and also prepare for a rushed semester when the strike is called off.
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