By the end of this democracy month, Nigeria would be celebrating an historic democratic governance transition. Also at the same time, the current strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), would be clocking almost two months.

We definitely would want to blame the government for turning deaf hears to the outcry of this union and the subsequent ‘stay-in-your-home’ notices that the students are compelled to keep to. However, I think the union’s retrogressive decision should be seen as more faulty in this present fix.

Knowing fully well that every plan on the heart of the government at the season was on conducting a peaceful election, it was therefore a step into tentacled-solution to have embarked on the current strike action at that period. If the union had thought of having the out-going government settles her case before her time lapse, they should know now that there failure is at large.

Any hope with the incoming government’s prompt opening of our universities is only in our heartfelt prayers. What if the next administration does not take up the strike as a challenge contrary to the hypothetical reasoning that ASUU might be expecting?

This major tool of trade unions (strike actions), in attaining her feat from the government seems a waned tool indeed, especially for ASUU. Hospitals had been seen to do the same; even Nigerian Police Force is not left out and had not intrigue the government with such act.

We hope that God-oriented solution would come soonest. Hopefully, ASUU strike will soon be over, and that Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), will not start theirs.