Nigeria, March 23 -- Worried by the impact of the ongoing strike by the university workers' unions, the Education Writers' Association of Nigeria (EWAN), a body of journalists across print, online and broadcast platforms, has scheduled a "no-holds-barred" forum to engage critical stakeholders including the Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, a professor, among others, to stop the crisis from degenerating.

The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and other Associated Institutions (NASU) had on Monday commenced a seven-day warning strike to press home a demand for the payment of members' withheld four months salaries since 2022.

The Natio...