By Abstract
The consideration of ASUU industrial demonstration in Nigeria in recent times generated a lot of controversies and attempts to discuss it objectively incised the debate into two extreme positions and neither of it carries universal consent among lecturers, students, federal government and the general public. In one, the motive is socio-political and the other is educationally inclined. In between is a position of political factor which seemed more consistent with the federal government’s views. Contrary, this paper with the aid of philosophical analytical method interrogated the motive and found out that right from when the entreaty turned into “a struggle” the common goal of ASUU remained essentially consistent; that there are various interpretations from different administrations about “the struggle” and the goals for the struggle are compatible with other universities globally. It was based on these that recommendations were made. That the motive for “the struggle” should be devoid of emotionally driven interpretations since it will be difficult to discourse it rationally. There is a great deal of confusion over the concept “struggle”, but in the case of ASUU’s struggle, the rationale and motive should override the confusion; nature of the struggle and the global university standard be regarded as a guardrail to check the struggle for fear of excess.
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