Another strike in our polytechnics nation wide may be
inevitable as the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics
(ASUP) has given the federal government 3 weeks
ultimatum to meet their demands or the union would embark
on nationwide indefinite strike.
This was revealed by the president of the union, Comrade
Usman Yusuf Dutse, while addressing journalists at the end
of the 83rd quarterly meeting of the national executive
council (NEC) of the union in Lafia.
Some of the issues include inadequate infrastructure in
polytechnics across the country, inadequate funding and the
need for the review of Polytechnics Acts which are
outdated.
Other demands include implementation and payment of
salary arrears of 2012 consolidated tertiary institutions
salary structure (Contiss), 2010 Contiss agreement with the
federal government which was mot captured in the 2016
budget as the committee set up to review it in 2014 was yet
to submit its report.
He also stated that the government need to bridge the gap
The ASUP chairman said government needs to address the
issue of university/polytechnic dichotomy and ensure that
polytechnic graduates are treated equally with their
university counter-parts in terms of promotion and
considerations for appointments in the civil service.
He finally called on the government to exclude tertiary
institutions in the newly introduced Treasury Single Account
(TSA) due to their peculiar nature; stating that the TSA
platform is cumbersome.
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