Poly lecturers begin indefinite strike

Academic activities in the nation’s polytechnics will be disrupted from today as members of Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) begin an indefinite strike action to press government to meet their demands.
The union accused the Federal Ministry of Education of treating polytechnic education with levity.
It accused the ministry of failing to attend a conciliatory meeting called by the Ministry of Labour and Employment aimed at resolving their demands, noting that the ministry only sent a deputy director without a mandate to attend the meeting.
ASUP National President Usman Y. Dutse said the union was declaring a total and indefinite strike, adding that the government was using endless verification exercises to delay the payment of entitlements of the union’s members.
He said while the union is not against government carrying out verification exercises, it should not be endless and the exercise should not be used to denied workers their rights.
|The Nation