ASUU is demanding for proper funding of Federal Universities and by extension, State Universities in Nigeria. They are asking the Federal Government of Nigeria to implement a previous agreement which they both agreed to in 2009. In 1992, ASUU had an agreement with the Federal Government of Nigeria led by former Head of State, General Sani Abacha. This agreement was to put a stop to the incessant strikes by University Lecturers in Federal and State Universities across Nigeria. Because the agreement reached in 2009 wasn’t implemented in full or to the satisfaction of ASUU, there was a 5 months strike in 2010, 3 months strike in 2011, 5 months strike in 2013 and another 1-month strike in 2017.

Source: The Guardian January 04, 2019 12:11 UTC