As the strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) enters into two months, the union yesterday said it has no plans to call off the industrial action until the government meets its demands. ASUP National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Clement Chirman, who spoke with journalists in Jos, the Plateau State capital, expressed concern over the government’s attitude towards resolving the issues since the strike began two months ago.
According to him, the National Executive Council (NEC) of the union met at the Labour House in Abuja on December 12, 2013 to appraise the progress made so far on the negotiation with government and concluded that the government was not seriousness about resolving issues with the union.
Chirman noted that “the seeming preference for university education over polytechnic education in Nigeria by government is disappointing considering that polytechnic graduates have competed favourably well with their university counterparts at workplaces.”
He said: “The polytechnics are demanding only N20 billion as against the universities whose demands run into trillions of naira, yet the government has maintained a cold attitude to our relatively small demand.
“The government has deliberately refused to sign and release the White Paper of the visitation panel to the federal polytechnics about one year after the visitation.
Government has also refused to discuss where it will get the funding for the implementation of the approved CONTISS-15 Migration, which amounts to about N20 billion. The government only approved, but did not give the financial backing.” Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Nawa oh, May God help us.
ReplyDeleteGovt will not anytin nw by the time its like 5 months they will say its APC that made them to go onstrike. Yeye govt leading yeye pipo shameeeeeeeeeeee
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