The upper chamber mandated its Committee on Labour to interface with both the Federal Government and the organised labour to ensure that issues that led to the strike are quickly resolved.
Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, announced this after about 30 minutes closed session.
Ekweremadu said that the Senate in the closed session deliberated on the nationwide strike by organised labour.
He noted that the intervention of the Senate became necessary in order to find ways and means of resolving the issues that led to the strike to avoid inflicting untold hardships on Nigerians
He added that “We also mandated the committee on Labour under the chairmanship of Senator Mohammed Nasif, to continue to interface with both government and labour for an early resolution of all the matters.”
Meanwhile the upper chamber adjourned plenary till Tuesday May 24, 2016.
Although Senate Leader, Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume, claimed that the adjournment was informed by the need to enable standing committees to works on bills referred to them, insiders said that the adjournment was actually to allow Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Senators time to prepare for their national convention holding in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State Capital on Saturday.
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