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Asup Accuses Fg Of Abandoning Polytechnic Education by emsheddy(m): 7:33am On Jan 08, 2014 |
Strike: ASUP accuses FG of abandoning polytechnic education on january 08, 2014 at 4:00 am in news As strike enters seventh month—Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has alleged abandonment by the Federal Government as the strike declared by lecturers in the sub-sector enters its seventh month. ASUP had gone on strike April 17, 2013, to press home demands for government’s proper funding of polytechnic education as well as address the disparity between the polytechnics and university graduates in the country. ASUP president laments Speaking in an exclusive interview with Vanguard, National President of ASUP, Mr. Chibuzor Asomugha, lamented that the government was killing polytechnic education in Nigeria as several meetings held with government to ensure re- opening of polytechnics yielded no fruits. Asomugha argued that the lack of interest by government to implement its promises for polytechnics to be re-opened was a deliberate ploy to deny students of Polytechnics access to education. Expressing concern that efforts to draw the attention of the Nigerian public might be given political colouration and union leaders branded as working for opposition political parties against the government, Asomugha appealed to all relevant stakeholders to intervene on behalf of the poor students who might not have somebody in government to speak for them. Lack of interest from FG On why government has not shown interest in the lingering strike, the ASUP boss appealed to relevant stakeholders to prevail on the government, Minister of Education, Permanent Secretary and Minister of Labour to do the needful. He said: “I am not going to be talking for government, we have been in this, they have given us promises, they have not been fulfilling them. “The promises were simple things, we even had the understanding where they promised to implement within one week and it is more than four months now, everybody should reach government and let them tell Nigerians what are the problems. I cannot be speaking for government, what I know is that government is not doing any thing. “We met them yesterday (Monday), the same promises and I don’t know why they find it difficult to fulfil the promises. Okay tell me yourself, what is the problem in releasing the White Paper that is ready? It is the government that should tells us that. The SGF should tell us why he is withholding the White Paper.” Way out of logjam On the way out of the long strike, he said: “The way out is that we are still on strike until the members tell us whatever they decide with the strike. “Government has been giving assurances in the past six months, the assurance of government does not amount to anything, that is why ASUU insisted on things concrete and people didn’t understand it. “We agreed with government that they were going to take up four things out of the 13 that we had listed. Government has been able to meet one and half of those issues that we had listed. Even the NEEDS Assessment government constituted Committee is not working at the pace it should work, we are supposed to submit the report in February, up till now, we have not done much. Waiting on government’s White Paper “Government said it was going to release the White Paper on the visitation to Federal Polytechnics, they were going to complete the lower cader of CONTISS 16 which was the thing that happened in 2009 and up till now, it hadn’t been implemented and then, that they were going to complete the appointment of six Governing Councils of six Federal Polytechnics which they have done. “To constitute the NEEDS Assessment Committee to do the NEEDS assessments of the Polytechnics, which they have constituted and the Committee is more or less not working the way it should work. These are the four issues that we extracted out of the 13. “There is a director in the Ministry of Education who is the Chairman of the Committee but the problem is that the Committee complains all the time of lack of funding from TETFund which is supposed to fund it.” SOURCE- www.vanguardngr.com |
Re: Asup Accuses Fg Of Abandoning Polytechnic Education by eagleae7(m): 7:36am On Jan 08, 2014 |
This is nt gud |
Re: Asup Accuses Fg Of Abandoning Polytechnic Education by Ayima: 7:40am On Jan 08, 2014 |
Educational sector is in the state of quagmire and doldrums. |
Re: Asup Accuses Fg Of Abandoning Polytechnic Education by emsheddy(m): 8:03am On Jan 08, 2014 |
its apalling that FG can ignore ASUP the way they are doing. If polytechnic education means nothing in Naija, then it should be scrapped off.. |
Re: Asup Accuses Fg Of Abandoning Polytechnic Education by nsk1stson: 8:07am On Jan 08, 2014 |
na true dem talk,since 7months n d govt had not make any concrete attempt to end d strike |
Re: Asup Accuses Fg Of Abandoning Polytechnic Education by nsk1stson: 8:10am On Jan 08, 2014 |
they are saying d trut nah,since 7months n d govt had not make any concrete attempt to end d strike |
Re: Asup Accuses Fg Of Abandoning Polytechnic Education by emsheddy(m): 8:19am On Jan 08, 2014 |
nsk 1st son: they are saying d trut nah,since 7months n d govt had not make any concrete attempt to end d strikemy broda, even here on nairaland, no topic about ASUP made front page. |
Re: Asup Accuses Fg Of Abandoning Polytechnic Education by Ayima: 8:38am On Jan 08, 2014 |
Am not in polytechnic but university,i feel d pains you guys will be going through.Education in Nigeria makes me always feel bad anytime my mind goes there.Please you guys should pray so that God will help you as He helped us. |
Re: Asup Accuses Fg Of Abandoning Polytechnic Education by emsheddy(m): 8:44am On Jan 08, 2014 |
Ayima: Am not in polytechnic but university,i feel d pains you guys will be going through.Education in Nigeria makes me always feel bad anytime my mind goes there.Please you guys should pray so that God will help you as He helped us.my broda, God bless u. Not many UNi students would even bother to comment... |
Re: Asup Accuses Fg Of Abandoning Polytechnic Education by Sheenor: 9:34am On Jan 08, 2014 |
heard asup had meeting yestaday in kadpoly......waiting to see if there will be a +ve outcome from the meeting.. |
Re: Asup Accuses Fg Of Abandoning Polytechnic Education by emsheddy(m): 9:42am On Jan 08, 2014 |
Sheenor: heard asup had meeting yestaday in kadpoly......waiting to see if there will be a +ve outcome from the meeting..one of the meetings already ended in a deadlock. One wonders why a common ground cant be reached up till now. |
Re: Asup Accuses Fg Of Abandoning Polytechnic Education by nsk1stson: 3:19pm On Jan 09, 2014 |
everybody including NL wants yo relegate poly to d bak yard,all i do now is to 2go,facebook n nairaland,m so so tired of dis rubbish. |
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