The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics(ASUP) says they will not be ending its ongoing strike action.


The nation president of ASUP said the continuation of the strike is because the FG has failed to release the N15 billion revitalisation fund promised to Nigerian polytechnics in 2017.

The national president of ASUP, Usman Dutse, while speaking in an interview said in the 2009 agreement that the Federal Government had promised about N603 billion to polytechnics but it was agreed in 2017, that due to paucity of funds N15 billion should be released as commitment to the agreement. Dutse said:


"In the report of the NEEDS assessment carried out, the government initially promised to release N603bn to polytechnics for revitalisation.

Because of the long delay, the prices of items changed and there were new public polytechnics established, so the money was reviewed to over N800 billion. At the time there was no clear roadmap by the government on how to allocate the money to the institutions in tranches.

But in 2017, at the last agreement, the government said it was facing paucity of funds and other economic challenges, therefore it would commit itself to a revalisation fund of N20 billion to universities, N15 billion to polytechnics and N15 billion to colleges of education.

But in 2017, at the last agreement, the government said it was facing paucity of funds and other economic challenges, therefore it would commit itself to a revalisation fund of N20 billion to universities, N15 billion to polytechnics and N15 billion to colleges of education. It is one of the main reasons for our agitation."

Source: https://lifewithcuttons.com.ng/2019/01/01/asup-strike-has-no-plan-of-ending-soon/