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University is the fortress of knowledge for building future leaders. Regrettably, public universities in Nigeria arefacing a lot of challenges. One such challenge is the incessant strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Unionof Universities (ASUU). The root causes of the ASUU strike include inadequate funding of public universities,imposition of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS) in federal universities, nonerelease of earned academic allowance to lecturers, poor remuneration, the proliferation of universities particularlyby state government without adequate funding of existing ones and the failure of the federal government toimplement agreement entered to ASUU. The failure of the government to address these issues prompts ASUU toembark on series of industrial actions. Strike actions often times bring about disruption in an institution’s academiccalendar. Once there is strike action, it gives room for calendar adjustment which will inevitably affect the smoothrunning of educational program in the country. This paper therefore assessed the impact of strike actions onacademic performance: It maintains that the strike by academic unions have had a devastating effect on Nigeria‘seducational system and by extension their academic performance. Consequently, the government should set upspecial grants to fund public universities, while academic staff should explore other means to press home theirdemands rather than embark on strike actions always.