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The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP has announced plans to embark on a two weeks warning strike, commencing from December 2nd, 2024.
The decision was arrived at the National Executive Council meeting of the Union in Abuja, on Thursday, where ASUP criticised government of reneging in implementing a number of demands tabled before them.
President of ASUP, Comrade Kpanja Shammah announced the planned industrial action, stating that the eleven demands for which government have been recalcitrant to meet, dates back to successive governments, especially former President Muhammadu Buhari.
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Recall that ASUP had issued a 15-day ultimatum to the Federal Government and other relevant agencies to immediately review and reverse all decisions inconsistent with the provisions of the Polytechnics Act and other governance instruments in the sub-sector.
The Union had also alleged issues of impunity and disregard for clear provisions of the Federal Polytechnics Act, various edicts establishing state-owned institutions, and other governance instruments.
ASUP had also accused the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) of overstepping its bounds by intruding into the regular functions of the Academic Boards of Polytechnics, particularly concerning the admission of Higher National Diploma students within the Nigerian polytechnic system.
The organised labour in Cross River State has postponed the planned industrial action scheduled to commence on Wednesday after the breakdown of negotiations between the unions and the state government.
The state chairman of the Trade Union Congress, TUC, Mr Monday Ogbodum, disclosed this in Calabar on Tuesday.
Ogbodum said that the decision for the warning strike was arrived at following the meeting of various organs of organised labour in the state on Tuesday.
He, however, said that the government had again invited labour to reconvene on Thursday after they staged a walkout from the meeting of the Joint Public Service Negotiating and Implementation Committee on the new minimum wage on Monday.
