COLLECTIVE BARGAINING CHALLENGES IN NIGERIA PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES (original) (raw)

Determining an appropriate salaries and wages in the Nigerian public university has been a thing of general concerns in last two decades without any meaningful solution. Without doubt, all three unions in the Nigerian Public Universities: that is, ASUU, SANU and NASU have at one time or the other embarked on series of long and protracted strike action with a devastating effects on the national economy, students, parents as well as the universities itself. However, of note is the Academic Staff Union of University because of the prominent role they play in the administration of universities in Nigeria. A recent investigation by the researcher reveals that the two key actors in any university system are the lecturer and the student; and it therefore means that the role of lecturer(s) in smooth running of university system cannot be overemphasized. ASUU has variously been dealt a great blow when it comes to negotiation for an appropriate reward especially during the military era with little progress during the civilian regime. Worse still is the case of state owned universities where implementation of any collective agreements reached between government and ASUU has always been a curse rather than blessing. Infact, the 2009 ASUU /federal government is yet to be implemented in most of the state universities and thus generating a lot of controversy, confusion and unending protracted strike actions by the individual state ASUU'S in view of the foregoing, this study therefore examine the collective bargaining challenges in the Nigerian public university: A Study of Academic Staff of Universities Unions Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye, Ogun State. Keywords: Collective Bargaining, Challenges, Public University, ASUU.

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