Senate intervenes in ASUU strike

The Senate has waded into the ongoing crisis between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government which resulted in a two-week warning strike.

The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund, Muntari Dandutse, made this known after a meeting with the union at the National Assembly Complex in Abuja on Friday, October 17, 2025.

Dandutse, while acknowledging “the concerns and frustrations” that had led to the action, assured that the committee would take the issues raised by ASUU seriously.

After a closed-door session, Dandutse said the committee resolved to convey its position to the Ministry of Education and National Universities Commission (NUC).

The lawmaker stated: “This is for a negotiation as soon as possible so that we can resolve this lingering problem.

“The Senate committee also agreed to interface with the Minister of FCT to resolve the issue of University of Abuja’s land which was not taken from them.

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“Other needs will also be studied and appropriate steps will be taken to ensure amicable resolution.”

In an interview with newsmen, Deputy Senate President Jibrin Barau said the upper chamber would do everything possible to resolve the lingering crisis as soon as possible.

”Education, as I always said, is the bedrock of every society. And we cannot afford to leave our children, who are mostly in the public universities, to stay at home,” Barau stated.

Earlier, the ASUU President, Prof. Christopher Piwuna, urged the Senate to pay more attention to the budgetary allocation to the education sector to better the lot of the institutions.

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