By NAN 27 July 2022 | 2:37 pm The House of Representatives has resolved to intervene in the ongoing dispute between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government. Federal House of Representatives PHOTO:Twitter The House of Representatives has resolved to intervene in the ongoing dispute between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government. Rep. Muhammad Wudil, Chairman, House Committee on Labour, said this when he and other house members received the protesting Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and its affiliate unions on Wednesday in Abuja. The NLC and its affiliate unions were on a solidarity protest over ASUU’s unending strike to the National Assembly. Wudil said that since the beginning of the strike, the house had been consulting with relevant stakeholders with a view to ending the strike. The lawmaker assured the protesting unions that the national assembly would invite all the stakeholders to see how the dispute could be resolved. Presenting the report of the meeting at the plenary, Wudil said that the NLC made a seven-point demand, adding that the engagement with the congress was fruitful. Earlier, the NLC Chairman, Mr Ayuba Waba, said that they were in the national assembly to register their protest on the lingering ASUU strike. He expressed the union’s support for ASUU, adding that Nigerian university lecturers were the least paid in Africa. He said that if nothing was done after the protest, their next line of action, labour would be to embark on a three-day nationwide protest with the strike. Latest 39 mins ago Botswana has become the second nation in the world, after Eswatini, to reach a landmark UN goal towards eradicating AIDS, researchers said Wednesday, in what health experts hailed as “stellar results”. The country has met the so-called “95-95-95” target on HIV diagnosis, treatment and viral suppression several years early, according to a study published ahead… 42 mins ago The Police Command in Abia has confirmed Tuesday’s attack on a bullion van and the killing of a bank official by gunmen on the Umuahia axis of the Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway. 50 mins ago Two persons died while one other sustained injury in an accident involving a trailer and a Volkswagen bus at Oniwowo, Ogunmakin area on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Wednesday. 54 mins ago Ahead of the 2023 poll, the Kaduna state chapter of the All progressive congress (APC) has constituted a panel led by Governor Ahmad Nasiru El-Rufai aimed at curbing defection from the party in recent times. The measure is coming barely less than one week after no fewer than 15 chieftains of the party based on… 58 mins ago Pope Francis will travel to Quebec City Wednesday, where he will address Canada’s political leaders after dedicating the first part of his journey to apologizing for the abuse of Indigenous children at Catholic-run schools.
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