Close your eyes for a second and imagine this. You gain admission after years of trying. You settle into school, make friends, start building your academic life. Then one morning you wake up and school is suspended indefinitely. ASUU is on strike again. Weeks pass. Months pass. You are at home doing nothing. Your mates in private universities are graduating. Your friends abroad are finishing degrees and starting careers. And you are sitting at home watching your future get delayed by a fight between lecturers and a government that refuses to fulfil its own agreements. That is not a fictional story. That is the real life experience of millions of Nigerian students. The emotional damage alone is enormous. The anxiety of not knowing when school will resume. The shame of explaining to people why you are still not done with your degree. The financial strain on families who are paying for accommodation that is sitting empty. And the worst part? It keeps happening. Over and over again. Because nobody is being held accountable. Government makes promises, breaks them, and the cycle continues. Students did not cause this crisis. They should not be the ones suffering it. Every day a Nigerian student loses to a strike is a day they will never get back. That is not acceptable. To every student who has lost time to ASUU strikes. Your pain is valid and your frustration is understood. 💔 How many years did strikes take from your academic journey? Let us know. 👇
