A student of the University of Lagos known as Zainab, has revealed that she is still in 100 level, four years after gaining admission.
The lady said she entered the school when she was 16 years old, but the management did not allow them to resume as scheduled.
She further revealed that the University then delayed her set’s resumption for a whole year, just so that they can start with a new batch.
Zainab said that when they eventually resumed, lecturers refused to take classes, saying that the number of students per class was too much.
In addition, to all that delay, the ASUU strike which began in February 2022 forced the university to go on strike.
She shared her story in a video posted on social media as she further revealed that in a few months she would be turning 20 years.
Watch the video below:
In other news, an undergraduate, Lukman Yusuf Alabi has abandoned his studies in Nigeria and moved to Togo to resume school because he could no longer wait for the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike to end.
The 24-year-old used his savings to travel and enroll into a Togolese university, a move which he said was the toughest decision.
Lukman was in 300 level studying insurance at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria but due to the ASUU strike which has lasted 7 months, he quit the program.
He gained admission to study economics at Institute of Advanced Study of International and Strategic Relations, Lome, Togo. (Iheris university).
In a post on his LinkedIn page, recalled some past struggles with hi academics which includes writing JAMB exams thrice.
According to the young man, he finished secondary school in 2014 but had to watch painfully people with lower scores in their JAMB get admitted. But he eventually gave up on the Nigerian educational system as the current strike was the last straw that broke the camel’s back.
In his words; ‘‘Last week I made the toughest decision of my lifetime. But before I tell you what that decision was, let me give you a brief background of the story.
I graduated from secondary school in the year 2014 with high hopes of getting into the dream university of most young Nigerians who grew up in the Northern parts of the country (Ahmadu Bello University).
My infantile mentality robbed me the understanding of reality in Nigeria’s educational system. I had to deal with the pain of seeing other students with lower scores than mine get admitted.
Nevertheless, I didn’t give up, I kept pushing, I took a leap of fate by taking my 3rd Jamb examination in the city my dream institution was located (ABU Zaria). I visited the university after my exams, and when asked by students about my identity, I told them I was an incoming student.
As fate had it, I got admitted into the university to study Insurance in 2018/2019. My entrance into the university was graced with Industrial strike by the Academic Staff Union and unfortunately I have experienced two more industrial strike actions by ASUU during my university days, thereby losing two academic sessions within a space of 4 years.”
