Chairman of the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND , Senator Barau Jibrin , who moved a motion on the strike at the plenary on Wednesday , blamed the Federal Government for not implementing the agreements it reached with ASUU.
Seconding the motion , Senator Shehu Sani said ASUU strike was a national problem .
Sani said , " The issues raised by ASUU are important . The Federal Government needs to fund public universities. The issues raised by ASUU are in the best interest of education in Nigeria and our young people . Our universities need adequate funding and adequate attention . "
Senator Mao Ohuabunwa stated that government should begin to live up to its responsibility. He said when he was the Vice - Chairman of the Senate Committee on Labour , Employment and Productivity , the President of the Senate , Bukola Saraki , intervened in the last face -off between the government and lecturers.
Saraki said , " Apart from calling off the strike, it is important for the Federal Government to honour the agreements they have reached with ASUU as soon as possible , so that this matter can be resolved . ASUU should also bear in mind the interest of all Nigerians and ensure that they find an amicable solution to this . "
Jibrin also called on the Federal Government to resolve its problems with ASUU .
He said , " The Senate further notes that in the true spirit of its good intention towards ASUU, the Federal Government in the last two days promised the release of N 20bn to the union , conscious of the disruptive consequences of another ASUU strike on the nation ' s education and the need to safeguard the educational progress of our university students .
" The Senate is further aware that the nation ' s economy is still fragile due to the declining revenue from oil . The Senate is convinced that there is now an urgent need for the Federal Government and ASUU to resolve all the contending issues through dialogue in order to arrive at a common ground of understanding . "
