Nigeria, Nov. 17 -- A rights advocacy group, Network for Democracy and Development (NDD), has appealed to the federal and state governments to save public universities from avoidable collapse.

The non-profit organisation also pleaded with both the government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to "show courage by working out mutually-benefiting compromises in the overall interest of the students, the education sector and the nation."

ASUU has been on a nationwide strike since March 23 to demand their revitalisation allowance, Earned Academic Allowances (EAA), renegotiation of the 2009 agreement, visitation panels, among others.

PREMIUM TIMES reported how ASUU asked the federal government to discard the payment platform, IPP...