ASUU Strike: Parents, students groan
02 September 2022 |
4:48 pm
The prolonged strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is causing sleepless nights among parents and students over the future of students in higher institutions. Guardian TV went to the street of Lagos to talk to students and parents affected by the strike
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