Senate head asks government, academic union to end stalemate

Nigerian Senate President Ahmed Lawan last Monday appealed to the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to suspend the six-month industrial action for the sake of the students, reports Ripples Nigeria.

Lawan made the call during a meeting between the leadership of ASUU and the principal officers of the senate in Abuja. He urged the federal government and the union to find a common ground for universities to open and offer the kind of services expected of the universities in the country.

The senate president said: “We really don’t need this kind of situation where our universities are shut. Our children are the main victims of this crisis … We cannot afford as a country to continue to have this kind of crisis … This may explain why those that can afford [it] will normally go out of the country even to West African countries like Ghana to receive university education.”
Full report on the Ripples Nigeria site