What is the outcome na

OPEYEMI AD:
The Senate yesterday waded into the face-off between the federal government and polytechnic teachers, who have been on strike for the past three months.
ASUP had proceeded on an indefinite strike on April 29 to compel the government to implement the agreement it reached with the union in October 2009.
Among the demands of ASUP is the implementation of the agreed consolidated tertiary institutions' salary structure (CONTISS).
Worried by the lull in the nation's polytechnics, the Senate Committee on Education yesterday held a closed-door meeting with polytechnic lecturers and relevant ministers where during which they appealed to the lecturers to call off the strike and return to the classroom.
They also asked the federal government to implement the agreement it had earlier reached with them.
According to a source at the meeting, which had in attendance Rufa'i and her counterpart in Labour and Productivity Ministry, Chief Emeka Wogu, the lecturers accused the government of not establishing governing councils in all the polytechnics as earlier agreed.
He said the lecturers alleged that the trend had created a situation where the affected institutions are run by cartels.
He added that the lecturers complained of the dichotomy in salary structure in polytechnics and universities.
According to him, the committee observed that if some polytechnic lecturers now hold doctoral degrees, it might not be totally out of place if they were equally remunerated like their university counterparts.

Please what was the outcome of the meeting? Did asup agree to call off?

No outcome!

I read on dailysun newspaper today that the education minister has promised that the fg has resolved to fulfil the demands of asup. To this end, a meeting has been scheduled between the parties on tuesday 9th. Lets pray it turns out fruitful.

Yes dats very true!dey wld call it off on tuesday

yea, yct part timers are on n dey will be starting der exam soon.

ABUJA PROTEST OR DELEGATION MEETINGhuh For the purpose of information and clarification,the NAPS has schedule a meeting of 15 representatives of both the exco,leg arm of nap cum 6 SUG president across the six geo political zone in nigeria The 15 delegates will meet today before meeting with the minister of education on tuesday morning and later attendthe meeting of senate cmmt on edu,SGF,min of education and ASUP same tuesday....No matter the matter ASUP STRIKE must be suspended latest at the end of TUESDAY meeting or face the THIRD C of ÀLUTA....Nothing shall discourage us

Mind you the third C am talking about is ...CONFRONTATION

Yes o my broda!we must resume latest wednesday!

Today is Tuesday, Guys whats the latest about strike?

Yea we just pray before the end of today someone should post the good news!who will b d one to post the good news make I dash am credit!!lolz!

Senate committee on education, headed by sen uche chukwumerije has promised to take the demands of asup to mr president for endorsement. Meanwhile, asup chirman says the strike could be called off in two weeks time after their next NEC meeting. We pray it ends then.

It is a pitiable disma-pisma and regrettably lugubrious dat my oga at d top is discharging lackadaisical attitude towards asup strike when majority of us are anxiously wating for d goodnews,well,hustling continues.............

Guy wat is ur ssource and why are u being a bearer of BAD NEWS!!

Additional two weeks

ASUP set to call off strike in TWO WEEKS TIME

National President of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, Dr Chibuzor Asumogba has said that the 73-day old strike embarked on by his union will be called off in two weeks time.
This was even as the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Dr Nasir Isa Fagge told Vanguard that the 10-day-old varsity lecturers strike would continue.

Asumogba, in an interview with Vanguard after the meeting with the Joint National Assembly Committees on Education, indications emergedthat the Federal Government would accede to their demands.
He said: “Our meeting with theSenate Committee on Educationwas successful. There was anagreement to meet our demands in the next two weeks as the request will be presented to President Goodluck Jonathan for his approval.”
He said that the Senate Committee Chaired by Senator Uche Chukwumerije however, pleaded that the union should call-off their strike and give itsome time to convey their demands to the President.

Asumogba who noted that he cannot unilaterally call off the strike based on government’spromise added, “We will determine when to call off our industrial action after our NECmeeting slated in two weeks.”
According to him, ASUP demands waiting for presidential approval include; implementation of the Consolidated Polytechnics and Colleges of Education AcademicStaff Salary Structure, the Consolidated Polytechnic and Colleges of Education AcademicStaff Salary Structure (CONPCASS), package, the appointment of the governing council and the issuance of the White Paper on same.

ASUP Strike Unnecessary - Rufai

The minister of education, Prof Ruqayyatu Ahmed
Rufa’i, has expressed
dismay over the strike
action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), saying that it is uncalled for as government has met
all that were agreed on in the 2009 agreement signed between the Union and federal government. She, however, expressed the hope that the strike would be call off soon as relevant government bodies have been meeting with the Union.

The minister, who stated this during a meeting with the National Association of
Polytechnic Students
(NAPS) in her office, said that ASUP demands for the
current strike are outside the agreement.
This is even as she said
that the issue such as
IPPIS, which is government policy, the Ministry has no control over its implementation, neither
has it power to constitute Governing Councils for the
polytechnics as being
demanded. However, she said that government went out of its way to dialogue
with the union in order to ensure that academic activities resume in the
Polytechnics.

Responding to the union’s reaction to JAMB cut-off marks for the Polytechnics, the Minister explained
that the 180 for University and 150 for Polytechnics and Colleges of Education,
was not to make University superior to either the polytechnics or colleges of education but was as a result of the superior argument that placing uniform cut-off mark has
not helped either the
Polytechnics or Colleges of Education to get the
required number of
students.

On the need for National Polytechnic Commission, the minister said that had
been the initial plan but
with government’s
intention to rationalise it agencies and parastatals it is no more feasible. However, the Minister
assured them that the
National Board for
Technical Education
(NBTE) will meet that
need. The minister commended the maturity of the executives of NAPS to
dialogue rather than going to the street, assuring them of partnership to ensure conducive atmosphere germane for teaching and learning in the Polytechnics.

The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), will on Tuesday appraise the progress made so far in its indefinite strike-- which beganon April 29.
Mr Chibuzor Asumogba, the ASUPpresident, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Monday that the meeting followed the intervention of the National Assembly Joint Committee on Education.
The committee, the Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’i andhis Labour and Productivity counterpart, Chief Emeka Wogu, had met with the union on July 9, urging them to call-off the strike.
Asumogba said thatthe NEC meeting would decide the next line of action, noting that the union had received agreen light on CONTISS 15 migration and other promises.
``The NEC is meeting tomorrow to appraise the progress made so far, following the meeting held with the committee on education.
`` We have received a green light on the CONTISS 15 and we have promises here and there on other demands.
``The committee on education is proactive in addressing our demands.
``The committee is highly placed and with its members' integrity, we have nodoubt that our demands will be addressed".
On whether the strike would be called-off after the NEC meeting, the ASUP president said that anything was possible.
``It all depends on what the NEC decides tomorrow, everything will be decided tomorrow,``he said.
NAN recalls that ASUP, among other reasons, went on strike citing the failure of the federal and state governments to implement agreements on issues affecting polytechnic education.
ASUP wants a full implementation of the Consolidated Tertiary Institution Salary Structure (CONTISS 15) and a stop to discrimination against holders of the Higher National Diploma.
The union is also protesting the absence of a National PolytechnicsCommission and the deplorable conditionof many polytechnicsin Nigeria. (NAN)

@Opeyemi, thanks so much for all the update

The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has suspended their strike action which began on April 29.

News filtering in states that the strike which has kept student off school is now off.

ASUP president, Mr. Chibuzor Asumogba had yesterday revealed that the committee will meet today to check the progress of the civil action.

More details coming soon..

After 81 days of inactivity, polytechnic students across the country are expected to return to their classrooms as the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) suspends its strike today.

The ASUP Chairman, Dr. Chibuzor Asumogba, told Vanguard in a phone interview that the decision was made by the National Executive Committee of the Union as a result of the intervention of the Joint committee of the Senate and House of Representative on Education. Details later

vanguard news

The asup strike has been called off today

Negotiations by the Federal government to end the ongoing nationwide Industrial strike action embarked upon by the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP has yielded positive results as the Union has suspended the action.



The decision was made by the National Executive Committee of the Union as a result of the intervention of the Joint committee of the Senate and House of Representative on Education.



The 3-months old strike that had grounded academic activities in Polytechnics across the country has been suspended.



As a result, polytechnic students will be expected to return to their classrooms as soon as possible

Asup plans to continue strike

Plsooooooo wat is Asup problem

vickyrulz: Plsooooooo wat is Asup problem

CONTISS and Discrimination, among others.....