Polytechnic Lecturers To Resume Suspended Strike On 4th October

The Nigeria Polytechnic Lecturers may resume strike on Friday due to the failure of the Federal Government to fulfill their signed agreement.

Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP in their 75^th National Executive Council, NEC meeting held in Bida Federal Polytechnic, Niger state on Saturday has announced that the Union will resume their suspended nationwide strike on Friday 4^th of October, 2013.

ASUP suspended their nationwide strike on 17^th of July after intervention by the lawmakers in their negotiation with the federal Government. The Union will resume their suspended strike on Friday as a result of insincerity of the Government to honor their agreement.  

According to statement released by the National Secretary of ASUP, Clement, “In view of the continued insincerity of Government to honour the agreement reached with ASUP, NEC resolves that the union will resume the suspended strike with effect from 4th October, 2013.

 If ASUP resume strike on Friday, then what will happen to Nigeria undergraduates with Academic Union of Universities, ASUU still on strike? It means all the tertiary institutions in Nigeria will soon be closedown.

The education system of the country is collapsing and the Governments are just making unfulfilled agreement with the tertiary institutions academics’ unions.

See ASUP full statement released here