MANAGING LABOUR UNREST IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES

Ajewole, Idowu Philip

Department of Educational Management

 University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.

E-mail: ajewolephilip@yahoo.co.uk

Abstract: Conflict in any form is inevitable in organizations. Labour unrest has become a focal concept in industrial relations system. In particular, it is a recurrent bottleneck between the Governments and unions representing the staff of universities in Nigeria. It is the cankerworm that has brought setback to the goal attainment of university education in Nigeria. This paper critically examines the phenomenon of labour unrest, causes and management techniques in Nigerian universities. It discovers that poor management of industrial crises in Nigerian higher institutions has made it a recurrent challenge to the extent that the standards have been compromised and the attainments of the set goal of university education has more or less be a mirage. Probable solutions to prevent the recurrent of perennial problem of industrial strike in Nigerian universities are herewith suggested.