Despite the Academic Staff Union of Universities calling off its 169 day old strike, many students are not eager to return back to campus until the Christmas and New Year holidays are past.
TheHerald first reported the calling off of the strike on Monday, although ASUU hesitated to make the information public until Tuesday, even fighting some journalists in the process.
ASUU President has tendered an unreserved apology for the way ASUU members rough handled journalists carrying out their fiduciary duty to the public.
Students of the ivory towers, however, do not want to be bothered as the toll taken on them by the strike was enormous, to say the least and many students do not feel like they are the beneficiaries of the agreement between the Federal Government and ASUU.
A UNILAG student tweeted on social media, “I hope they did not pay those lazy lecturers back salaries. Anyway I’m not going to school until next year.”
These sentiments were echoed widely as many students feel they should also take their time to return to school, especially since the Yuletide period is in full effect and some of them are traveling to their respective hometowns to celebrate with members of their extended family as is custom with many Nigerian families.
On the issue of lecturers earning back salaries, the Federal Government is said to have bowed to the demands of ASUU, and will pay the lecturers for the 169 day lecture free holiday they embarked upon.
ASUU and the FG chose not to make this contentious issue public due to the outcry against ASUU receiving salaries for work not done.
Many students who feel victimized by the whole industrial action as a result of lost time, lost money and other lost resources will not be compensated by either ASUU or the Federal Government.