The House of Representatives on Tuesday resolved to intervene in the two weeks warning strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
The House also invited the Ministers of Education, Labour and Productivity with a view to ending the lingering crises in the education sector.
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This followed a motion of urgent public importance moved by Dachung Bagos (PDP, Plateau) at the plenary on Tuesday.
Debating the motion, Bagos noted that the strike action would cause a lot of academic problems to university students as well as embarrassment to the nation, saying “It’s a wrong signal to the world”.
He lamented that the situation of public universities in Nigeria is worrisome, considering that many of them don’t have the required facilities to teach.
He called on the House to invite ASUU for an interaction to understand their reservations with a view to proffer solutions.
Contributing to the motion, Lawan Shettima Ali (APC, Yobe) lamented that the strike is unfortunate and advised the House to do whatsoever possible to stop the strike.
He also called for strengthening of public educational institutions for the benefits of Nigerians.
Also contributing, Tobi Okechukwu, (PDP, Enugu) called on the House to scrutinize the issues at stake during its interaction with the stakeholders.
Daily Trust reports that ASUU had on Monday declared a two-week warning strike over non-payment of salaries of lecturers who failed to enrol in the Federal Government’s Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS).
The National President of the union, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, had disclosed this after the ASUU National Executive Council meeting held in Enugu.
ASUU had also berated the Federal Government for her inability to implement the 2009, 2013, 2017 agreements reached with the union, among other outstanding issues.
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