Just In: Polytechnic Lecturers Begin Indefinite Nationwide Strike Today
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics has began an indefinite strike starting from today, 6th April.
The union stated this following the inability of the government to fix the sad state of polytechnics and monotechnics and the expiration of the ultimatum issued since March 2020.
The action is coming less than a week after resident doctors started a nationwide strike as a result of non-payment of allowances and other issues.
Announcing this at a press briefing in Abuja on Tuesday, the ASUP President, Anderson Ezeibe, said academic activities had been shut down in all polytechnics and like institutions nationwide with effect from 12am, April 6.
According to him, the union’s demands were sent to the ministries of education, labour and others as well as to state governors but nothing had been done about them.
Ezeibe listed the lecturers’ grievances to include non-implementation of 2014 NEEDS Report and non-release of revitalization fund to the sector despite assurances since 2017.
According to him, “Our grievances also include the non-reconstitution of governing councils in federal polytechnics and many state-owned institutions leading to the disruption of governance and administrative processes in the institutions since May, 2020.
“This has also undermined the renegotiation of the union’s 2010 agreement with the government which was unilaterally suspended by the government for over two years now,” he added.
