  In recent times, as a result of COVID-19 pandemic, higher institutions in
Nigeria have been shutdown and the leadership of Academic Staff Union of
University (ASUU) said that Nigerian universities cannot afford to mount Online
learning platforms let alone conduct such learning system in Nigeria due to
lack of infrastructure, capacity and skill sets in the face of COVID-19
pandemic. In the light of this, this research undertook an online survey using
University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) as a case study to know which type of
online learning system ASUU leadership is talking about - Asynchronous or
Synchronous? How did ASUU come about their facts? Did ASUU base their assertion
on facts, if YES, what are the benchmarks? Therefore, this research project is
focused on providing benchmarks to assess if a Nigerian University has what it
takes to run a synchronous Online Learning. It includes Infrastructure needed
(Hardware, Software, Network connectivity), Skill sets from staff (Computer
literacy level). In a bid to do this, an online survey was administered to the
staff of Centre for Distance and E-learning of UNN and out of the 40 members of
that section of the University, we had 32 respondents. The survey seeks to find
whether UNN has the requisite infrastructure and the skill sets to mount
synchronous online learning. The available results of the study reveal that UNN
is deficit in both the requisite infrastructure and Skills sets to mount
synchronous online learning.
