
Nigerian students share frustration over lecturers’ strike
Student courses have been severely disrupted by months of strike action by lecturers in Nigerian public universities.
Students at Nigerian public universities have had their studies severely disrupted by a lecturers’ strike which is now entering its seventh month. We hear from two young women on the frustration the industrial action is causing and how they are managing to fill their time.
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Photo: A protester in Lagos holds up a placard in support of the striking lecturers. Credit: Getty Images.
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