allAfrica.com: Nigeria's Dying Public Universities (Page 1 of 4) - 0 views
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They had taken to the streets to demand an end to a lecturers' strike that had grounded academic activities in all but two of Nigeria's 78 public universities. The strike was in its third week when the protest took place.
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The lecturers' strike, the third in four years, pitted the academics against the owners of Nigeria's public universities - the country's central and state governments.
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In the last three years the government of President Goodluck Jonathan, a former university lecturer, has established nine new universities.