The Senate on Tuesday delegated itsPresident, Ahmad Lawan, to invite the leadership of both academic andnon-academic staff unions of universities for a meeting with a view toresolving their internal dispute. The Senate at plenary on Tuesday hastherefore asked Lawan to meet with the two unions, the National UniversitiesCommission and the Ministry of Education. The meeting, according to thesenators was with a view to assuaging the feelings of NASU over its allegedneglect by the government. NASU had embarked on warning strikebecause the Federal Government has started implementing the agreement it hadwith their counterparts in the academic staff union. The non-teaching staff lamented thatthe Federal Government gave preference to the demands of the Academic StaffUnion of University but abandoned their own. The lawmakers said the President ofthe Senate should also seize the opportunity of the parley to get clarificationon all contending issues as they relate to their counterpart in ASUU.