ASUP May Go Back on Strike Soon

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics is said to be to re-considering the position of its industrial action, seeking way forward over its suspended 10-month old strike as students are becoming restive. This news came on the back of the expiry of the Three months ultimatum the body issued to the Federal Government.

The President of the Union Dr Chibuzor Asomugha stated this in Abuja while speaking with journalists on the expiration of the 3month relieve period earlier requested by the Federal Government to sort-out key demands of the Union.

Dr Asomugha who said the 3month expired on 15th of October stressed that the Strike option is the most glaring alternative, adding that the National Executive Council of the Union would meet more on further deliberation.

The ASUP President added that the Union earlier met with the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics and Non Academic Staff Union on the way forward.

“Recently ASUP met with Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics and Non Academic Staff Union and we are beginning to strategise”

“Our understanding is that the Minister has been meeting with stakeholders who are directly involved in different area of our demands” he said

He said that the Union had made attempt to meet with the Minister of Education, Malam Ibrahim Shekarau on 13th of October and they were made to understand that he was building basis for the next meeting .

“In the interim of it we were to meet him on 13th of October but it did not hold we are hoping that by the time he invites us for another meeting we will discuss meaningfully”

“I would not be in a hurry to say there would be another strike neither is in a hurry to say there would not be”.

“Students are becoming restive and Members of the Union are equally becoming restive and it is on this basis our union would not be in hurry to make a stand and while the Union is considering the fact that an almost one year old strike was just concluded ,the effect is still there and we are still battling to ameliorate the effect and the way it is we may have to meet some more among ourselves so as to determine which way to go”

“The only body of our union that can determine if there will be a strike is NEC its decision can only be made after we met with the Minister” he re-stated.
Source – 247ureports