The suspension of admissions in Nigerian universities has led to the failure of the universities to process a total of 461,745 admissions, a published investigative report has revealed.
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board, (JAMB), in the statistics provided for our correspondent, however, blamed the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU), for the development. “Some institutions confirmed suspending the process because of the ASUU strike; the ASUU strike is a factor. Many institutions are yet to commence 2021 admissions despite repeated appeals”, JAMB noted, in the document.
Strike actions by university-based unions such as ASUU, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities, and other allied institutions have continued to cripple academic activities in Federal and State universities. During such strikes, academic activities are suspended. So far, in 2022, ASUU has been on strike for close to 186 days with no end in sight.
Meanwhile, for the 2022/2023 admission, the Board noted that a total of 1,649,310 candidates applied for university admission.
