ASUU Strike!! Senate To Engage Stakeholders To Prevent Planned Strike

The Senate on Tuesday pledged to engage relevant
stakeholders to avert the warning strike being planned
by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
ASUU had on Monday announced plans to embark on a
one-week warning strike over the inability of
government to implement agreements reached with it
since 2009.
The move by the Senate to intervene in the matter
followed a motion moved by Sen. Jibrin Barau (APC-
Kano North) under matters of urgent national
importance.
The President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, urged
the chamber to intervene and ensure that the eight -
year- agreement was fully implemented.
While reading the motion, Sen. Jibrin Barau, who is
Chairman of the Senate Committee on Tertiary
Institutions and TetFund, urged government to
implement all agreements.
He also urged government to as well carry out certain
actions that were necessary for the wellbeing of the
development of Nigerian public universities.
The lawmaker, however, commended ASUU for
choosing the path of dialogue rather than confrontation
as a means of resolving all the outstanding issues
between it and the Federal Government.
In his contribution, Sen. Danjuma Goje (APC-Gombe
Central) noted that the history of strike in the country
was a recurring decimal.
Goje said the motion was apt and and called on the
senate to engage the leadership of ASUU in order to
suspend its planned warning strike .
The Majority Leader, Sen. Mohammed Ndume,
described the senate as a stabilising agent and called
for the immediate intervention of the senate leadership
in the matter.
“We must find a way of seeing to the
implementation and we will look into the
matter quickly.
“We will also get the relevant parties to
quickly come to the table so that we can
find a way of moving forward and report
back to us,” he said.
“ ”
“It is a disturbing issue to parents and
students. There is need to nip it in the
bud. We should not allow it to escalate,”
Goje said.

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