NIGERIA: Universities reopen after strike

by E Wayne Ross on November 3, 2009

World University News: NIGERIA: Universities reopen after strike

Nigerian universities have reopened after three months of paralysing strikes by unions. Three staff unions signed a memorandum of understanding with the government and called off the industrial action after weeks of complex negotiations. A stumbling block, however, may be a lack of funds to implement the core areas agreed on by the parties because of the country’s economic crisis.