The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) announced the decision to suspend the nationwide strike on July 16, 2013. Unfortunately, it has just been a pause.
ASUP is gearing for another industrial action, which would commence after next week, and would be indefinite.
The union made the appropriate statement on August 13, 2013, Tuesday during the mass protest to ‘save public education’ in Lagos.
“The
suspension of the strike will expire next week and up till now
government has not done any single thing in the agreement,” said Chibuzo
Asomugha, ASUP’s National President.
After
81 days of inactivity in polytechnics across Nigeria, the union decided
to suspend the strike following the level of progress made in
negotiations with the government.
ASUP
said that it suspended the strike to allow the Senate Joint Committee
on Education to liaise with relevant government agencies with a view to
tackling the union’s demands within one month.
Among
ASUP’s demands include the need for constitution of the Governing
Councils of Federal Polytechnics; migration of the lower cadre to
CONTISS 15 salary scale; and the “worrisome condition” of state-owned
polytechnics in the country.
“Government
should stop paying lip service to public education,” said Mr. Asomugha.
“The closer you get to this people in government, the more you lose
hope.”
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