What are the reasons behind the strike?
The issue is about the increment of salaries of lecturers. The protesters also want some of the universities to be autonomous. The federal government has gone a long way to resolve the strike but the agreement was rejected. And so the Federal government backed off. We are made to understand that the lecturers wanted about 110 % increment of salaries. That is to say somebody who was receiving FCFA 100,000 wants to earn FCFA 210,000 monthly. The federal government increased the salaries by 40 % initially but the members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU refused the offer. There was another protest in Oyu University just yesterday (Wednesday 16 September) How is the strike affecting Cameroonian Students? It affects Cameroonian students in all its ramifications because you know that when you are here, you have fees to pay. Apart from the fees, you have rents to pay for at least a year. The landlords do not know about the strike. Life is also so difficult for us to manage. Ju
