There are report that, the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) is planning to embark on a nationwide strike next two week.
This was made known to newsmen by the ASUP's National President, Chibuzor Asomugha
It could be recalled that ASUP suspend the nationwide strike on July 16, 2013.
According to the ASUP national President, Chibuzor Asomugha who asserted that, The suspended strike will expire next week and to his consternation Federal government has not implement any of the agreement made.
To this development, 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 Chibuzor 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."
Dailycampuslink believe that ASUP approach should be different from the current practice which in our opinion would refocus the strategy in industrial dispute. Dailycampuslink don’t subscribed to this whole concept of strike action that has been made notorious. It has not work out anything and I don’t think it’s a panacea to the lingering problems facing education in Nigeria.
Dailycampuslink believe that there has to be alternative to strike to save the future of the teeming students.
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