The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has said it is embarking on an indefinite nationwide strike from today, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018.
According to a report by TheNewsGuru, ASUP National President, Usman Dutse, confirmed this in an interview on Tuesday, saying the strike would go on because the Federal Government had failed to implement the 2009 and 2017 agreements it reached with the union.
He was quoted as saying that the contentious areas which led to the strike included the non-implementation of the NEEDS assessment report of 2014, non-payment of salaries in many state-owned polytechnics, pension deductions and other statutory deductions from staff salaries.
The ASUP president said the union expected a total compliance in all public polytechnics on the strike, beginning from Wednesday.
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“The strike is starting on Wednesday and there is no going back. We expect total compliance in all our polytechnics. December 17 has been fixed for a meeting between the Federal Government’s team and us. The government gave us that date and when we get to the meeting, we will see what is on the table,” Dutse was also quoted to have said.
SOURCE: TheNewsGuru
