The Academic staff union of polytechnics, ASUP has accused the federal ministries of education and labour and employment for allowing a two-week warning strike to hold from December 2, 2024.
ASUP President, Hammer Kpanja at a briefing in Abuja said members will embark on indefinite strike without announcement at the expiration of the two weeks warning strike.
Kpanja said out of eleven items in its demands since the last meeting at the instance of the former minister of education, Professor Tajir Mamman, on one has been attended to and another in the process of being completed
Among the issues of contention are what it called the sustained reports of impunity and disrespect for clear provisions of the Federal Polytechnics Act, with regards to the appointment of Principal Officers in Federal and State-Owned Polytechnics as well as other items of governance in Polytechnics.
The Non-review of the contentious and suspended document titled Schemes of Service for Polytechnics.
The Non-release of the NEEDS Assessment intervention funds for 2023 and the Intrusion of the National Board for Technical Education, NBTE into the regular functions of the Academic Boards of Polytechnics in the admission of Higher National Diploma students in the Nigerian Polytechnic System.
Others are the Non- capturing of the peculiar academic allowance of members for sustained payment in the planned post IPPIS era, the Refusal of most state-owned Polytechnics to implement the 35/25% salary review for members and non- release of the arrears of same in Federal Polytechnics as well as the. Non-release of resolution of the owed CONTISS 15 Migration arrears to members in the lower cadre
Editor Paul Akhagbemhe
