Students of tertiary institutions in the country have appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to end the lingering nationwide strike by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP).Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abakaliki on Tuesday, the students said time had come for the president to personally wade into the …
After ASUP NEC Meeting, Lecturers Vow to Continue Strike:After 110 days of strike, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has said that polytechnic lecturers will not return to their classrooms until the union’s demands are met by the Federal Government. ASUP made this declaration yesterday after a National Executive Council …
ASUP Strike Doesn’t Draw Same Level of Attention Compared to ASUU Strike:When the Academic Staff Union of Universites (ASUU) went on strike, so much attention was drawn to it, especially by the media. The three-month old strike by polytechnics on the country has not enjoyed the same level of attention. …
Striking lecturers under the aegis of Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) have gotten assurance from Federal Government to pay N20.4 billion salary arrears owed the lecturers. The information came to the fore on Tuesday, in Abuja when the Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, held a joint meeting with …
The federal government and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) yesterday engaged in a hot exchange of words over who is to blame for the over eight-month-old strike by the polytechnic lecturers.ASUP members had embarked on strike on April 17, 2013, to press home their demands …
FG, ASUP Leaders Disagree on Payment of Arrears:The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics on Tuesday disagreed over the circumstances surrounding the ongoing strike of the union.They also failed to reach a compromise on the modalities for the payment of the N20.4bn arrears of the new salary …
FG to Meet ASUP Leaders Today to Resolve Ongoing Strike:In a bid to resolve the ongoing seven months strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, the Federal Government would meet with the leadership of the union today in Abuja.The meeting is expected to be presided over …
ASUP Leaders Set to Meet Education Minister on Tuesday Over Strike:In a bid to end the months-long strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, the leaders of the Union will be meeting with the Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike on Tuesday.According to an e-mail statement …
The ongoing strike by unions in the nation’s polytechnics and colleges of education comes on the heels of the over five-month-old strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. In a three-page letter dated December 18, 2013, President of the National Association of Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union, Mr. …
ASUP Strike: Seems No Hope for Strike to End Soon:Polytechnic lecturers have been on strike in the last four months. Is there any hope that the strike will be called off soon? Michael Oche on some of the issuesThe strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUP) …