THE Senate has waded into the 67-day-old strike by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics ASUP, raising hope of imminent resolution.
President of ASUP, Dr. Chibuzor Asomugha, said yesterday that the Senate
Committee on Education has intervened to end the protracted industrial
action.
According to him:”The Senate Committee has pledged to intervene and meet
with the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) and the
Office of Accountant-General of the Federation with a view to sorting
out issues around the completion of appointment of members of governing
councils of six polytechnics and the Integrated Personnel and Payroll
Information System (IPPIS) imbroglio.”
Asomugha, who described the ASUP meeting with Senate Committee as
fruitful, said “specific assignments were given to different
stakeholders with Tuesday next week as deadline for results.”
Present at the intervention meeting were members of the Senate Committee
on Education, Education Minister, Professor Ruqayyatu Rufa’i and
Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu.
Also present were Executive Secretary of the National Board for
Technical Education, NBTE, Dr. Mas’udu A. Kazaure; National Publicity
Secretary, ASUP, Mr. Clement Chairman; Permanent Secretary (Education)
and Director of Establishment (Head Of Service)
It would be recalled that ASUP embarked on nationwide indefinite strike
on April 29 over what they termed Federal Government’s insensitivity to
its demands.
ASUP is asking government to adequately fund polytechnics, appoint
qualified rectors in Nigerian Polytechnics, and resolve the issue of
integrated polytechnic pay-roll system, among others.
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