The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, yesterday, said its indefinite strike would continue until the federal and state governments meet its demands.
Reiterating the union’s stand on the issue, National President of ASUP, Mr Chibuzor Asomugha, while briefing newsmen in Abuja, said the action had become inevitable because only one of its demands had been partially met.
The union which issued a 21-day ultimatum on March 25, is asking the government to look into many of its demands. Among other things the union is calling for the release of white paper on the visitation panel to federal polytechnics.
The ultimatum expired on April 22, with the subsequent declaration of a one-week warning strike and an indefinite strike on April 29.
Asomugha said the polytechnic sector in the country’s educational system had groaned under a myriad of problems for long, adding that this had hampered the creation of “a viable platform for the sector to grow”.
“We are faced with feeble and moribund infrastructure on our campuses, with no serious challenge to motivate research and learning. Government’s budgetary provisions for the polytechnic sector in Nigeria reflect a deep neglect of the sector. The indicators of this abysmal neglect are as strong as reflected in the 2012 budget.
“As I address you today, only one of our demands, that is, the constitution of Governing Councils has been partially met. There is no genuine effort towards addressing the rest, beyond bureaucratic rhetoric.”
The ASUP National president also said it had become very difficult for the union to appreciate government’s sincere commitment in handling the problems in spite of repeated notices and appeals, adding that if the government was serious about the plight, something could have been done before “we embarked on indefinite strike”.
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Hi fellow nigerians. Me am proud to be a Nigerian
Please government respond to the polytechnics ooooooooo please.
please federal government attend to us we have just two months to graduate please
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Pls goverment, we are tierd about dis srike ooooo. We about 4 our exam ooooo.
pls govt. attend 2 d ASUP 000000000 ESITM
federal government and there ”strong head” should adhere to ASUP and stop sufferring students…
federal government pls attend to ASUP.our time as a poly stundent is been wasted.
FG do somtin oh!!! I’m tired of staying @home…
d moni n d resources are there so d questn is y is d gvmnt holdin back kai our situation in nigeria is more dan critical i now c y non of our institution is among d first 30 in africa …………..and they kal us giant of africa 4 nw is just a title no more no less
Abeg pls Gudlucky help ur children dey cry 4 polys
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Asup would have involve the equality of HND and B.sc in this their strike, but they are only concern about increment of salary. pls i want to go back to school, tired of home.
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Am tired 4 nigeria education,nigeria govntment dnt even hav feelings 4 educatio al de cares is money,nigeria is gone oo,president pls do sometin o abt dis strike b4 some student we put there hands in bad tins u people ar killing us nt helping ooo pls cal off the strike
FG pls do something about this strike am tried.