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When Sofia Yusuf registered for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), she hoped to get admission into one of the nation's leading ...

“So, we are going to do the backlog of the work we have left behind.” Though hopes are high that the eight-month strike will end soon, the impacts of the industrial action would linger for a long time. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, said the unions will function alongside ASUU. Frustrated by ASUU’s insistence, the Federal Government dragged the union to the National Industrial Court. In some schools, students admitted to study for the 2021/2022 academic session are yet to resume classes. While the varsity teachers filed an appeal, the judgement again did not go in their favour. The system is saturated.” In fact, Sofia has yet to sit for the University of Ibadan POST-UTME screening, one of the hurdles she must scale before getting admission into the school. ASUU, which started the latest strike in February, is pushing for the signing and implementation of the 2009 negotiated deal it reached with the Federal Government. I changed [my choice of school] because my sponsor said going to a federal university is what is within his budget,” the candidate, who scored 351 in the UTME, said. “So, there was already an admission that people just registered and had not even started attending lecturers before the strike commenced. “I wanted to enroll in a [private university] but due to some circumstances, I can’t do such.