n THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ABRAHAM MASLOW’S MOTIVATION THEORY IN RELATION TO INDUSTRIAL HARMONY IN NIGERIA: AN EXAMINATION OF THE ASUU AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONFRONTATION.

The study looked at what Abraham Maslow's Theory of Hierarchy of Needs means for workplace unity in Nigeria, mainly looking at the fight between the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) and the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU). The academic staff union of universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government of Nigeria have been in long-running labor disputes over a number of important issues, such as poor working conditions, inadequate staff pay, lack of funding, the loss of university autonomy and freedom, the payment of promotion arrears and withheld salaries, and the creation of a clear payment platform. The purpose of the study was to look into how Maslow's theory could be used to bring back industrial harmony in Nigerian universities. The results and suggestions of this study are very important because they give us useful information about how to use Abraham Maslow's hierarchy of needs to help ASUU and the Federal Government of Nigeria get along better at work. A content analysis design method was used for the study. Content analysis was done on data from secondary sources like newspapers, magazines, journals, textbooks, ASUU Bulletins, and online tools. The Study's results showed, among other things, that the Federal Government's failure to sign and follow the 2009 Agreements with the Union has a big part to play in the fact that there is no peace between the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Academic Staff Union of Universities. So, among other things, the Study recommended that the 2009 Agreement made with the Union should be fully carried out. It also said that all promotion arrears and withheld salaries should be paid out so that university lecturers can meet their needs for health, safety, self-actualization and respect.