The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics has vowed to embark on an indefinite strike with effect from Monday.
The decision was the outcome of the National
Executive Council meeting of ASUP held on Saturday at the Kaduna Polytechnic,
Kaduna State, ChannelsTV reported.
The industrial action follows the failure of the
Federal Government to implement all the agreements it entered with the union
since 2016.
The union lamented that despite the long period
given to the government to address some of the issues it raised, the government
did not consider it necessary to address the demands for improved funding of
polytechnic education in the country.
ASUP President, Usman Dutse, and Zone A
Coordinator, Kabiru Yunusa, briefed journalists shortly after the emergency
meeting which lasted for several hours.
Dutse, who noted that the union had given
government sufficient time to implement all agreements, said they had no choice
than to embark on an indefinite strike after the expiration of the 21-day
ultimatum issued earlier.
According to him, some of the demands include
non-implementation of the NEEDS Assessment Report and shortfalls in personnel
releases and withdrawal of allowances.
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