The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government are now engaged in a dispute, and the House of Representatives has decided to get involved.
The protesting Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and its affiliated unions were received by Rep. Muhammad Wudil, chairman of the House Committee on Labour, and other house members on Wednesday in Abuja.
The NLC and its affiliated unions were at the National Assembly in a show of support against ASUU’s never-ending strike.
According to Wudil, the house has been talking with the right parties about resolving the strike ever since it started.
The legislator gave the unions who were protesting assurances that the national parliament would call all parties involved to discuss a possible resolution.
Wudil stated that the NLC made a seven-point demand while presenting the meeting report to the plenary, adding that the interaction with the congress was successful.
The NLC Chairman, Mr. Ayuba Waba, had earlier stated that they had come to the national parliament to voice their opposition to the ongoing ASUU strike.
He stated that the union supported ASUU and added that university teachers in Nigeria were among the lowest paid in all of Africa.
He warned that if nothing was done following the demonstration, the workers’ next course of action would be to stage a three-day nationwide demonstration with a strike.
