The Academic Staff Union of
Polytechnics has said it will embark on
strike with effect from November 13 ,
2017 to press for the implementation
of its agreement with the government .
It accused the government of treating
polytechnic education with disdain
and levity .
Rising from an emergency meeting on
Monday in Abuja, the ASUP National
President, Usman Dutse , said his union
would commence an indefinite strike
after the expiration of its earlier 21
days ultimatum .
He noted that the conciliatory meeting
organised by the Federal Ministry of
Labour failed to produce a positive
result “ because the Ministry of
Education was not interested in
resolving the dispute.”
The ASUP leader also accused the
government of using endless
verification to delay the payment of
entitlements of members of the union .
He stated that the union was not
against the verification , but he added
that it should not be used to deny
workers their rights .
He said that despite the 21 days ’ notice
given to the government, it did not
consider it necessary to address the
demands for an improved funding of
polytechnic education in the country .
Dutse said , “ Our union is therefore
constrained to lament again that our
sector is on the verge of collapse and
needs all the emergency attention it
deserves.
“ Until now , it should be noted that the
issues raised here today have been
there since 2014 and none of them has
since been concretely resolved to
improve the sector .”
He identified the issues to include non -
implementation of the NEEDS
assessment report which
recommended the injection of N6 .5
billion into the polytechnic education
in 2014 , adding that this has risen to
about N 8 bn now .
He also mentioned the non- passage of
the Amendment Bill of the
Polytechnics Act.
“ The delay and indifference to the
passage of this bill is viewed as a ploy
to fester chaos and continued crises in
the sector ,” Dutse stressed .

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