The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has declared nationwide strike with effect from Wednesday May 11th, 2022.
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has declared nationwide strike with effect from Wednesday May 11th, 2022. Reports shows that the development comes less than 24 hours after the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) extended their ongoing strike by three months. According to ASUP, the action is based on the federal government’s failure to implement the Memorandum of Action (MoA) reached with the union in May, 2021. Precious Nwakodo, ASUP Zonal Coordinator, Zone D which comprises of South South and South East, announced the planned action at a press conference held at the Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo state on Monday. Nwakodo said the planned strike action was hinged on the yet to be met demands among which are the non-release of the N15 billion Revatilization Fund approved over a year for the sector to address infrastructural deficit as contained in the 2014 Needs Assessment Report. According to him, “Following the discouraging response of the government to t...