In this blog, Chinenye Cynthia Izuchukwu argues that prolonged conflict between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Nigerian government reflects not just labor unrest but a deeper crisis of inequality, neglect, and state priorities. Her article examines the strikes through Marxist and conflict theory lenses, drawing from lecturers’ voices and highlighting how the erosion of public education mirrors the decay of national values.

No! They can’t! Faculty strikes do very little! This is incredibly isolated labor action! This sociologist cannot even explain why! Poor fellow, they “trained him wrong as a joke”