Impact of Strike actions on Students of Public Universities in Nigeria and the Way Forward

Abstract

Purpose: This paper examined the impact of strike actions on the students of public universities in Nigeria.

Method: Content analysis method was employed in the paper. Data used were both primary and secondary data. The data were sourced from online and print resources.

Conclusion: The paper concludes that prolonged graduation, academic performance, social vices, learning loss, unstable learning programme, increment in learning cost, foreign education, mental health challenges, waning interest in educational system, brain drain, waste of accommodation rent are the impact of strike actions on the public universities students in Nigeria.

Recommendation: The government both federal and state government should increase the funding of public universities and ensure all agreement reached with the different unions are implemented as agreed upon.