The
Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has threatened to embark on
a nationwide strike action if the Federal Government does not urgently
address the various industrial issues bedevilling the sector.
President of ASUP, Comrade Usman Yusuf Dutse who made this know to
newsmen stated that all attempts made by the union to meet government
officials to explain the urgency of their demands have failed.
He said the union was disturbed that since the suspension of the
protracted strike in 2014, none of the core issues of demand has been
addressed by the Federal Government.
According to him, the lecturers have been reluctant to take
appropriate actions to address the situation because it believes in
dialogue and have always practiced responsible unionism
He said: “However, we are now being pushed to resort to extreme
measures in resolving industrial dispute and we shall act accordingly.
We have decided to place this position before government and the
Nigerian public for the benefit of the sector and to challenge
government to act now in order to avert another industrial disharmony in
our polytechnics.
“We are aware that the issues between government and ASUP have
lingered for years. We are also cognisant of the fact that this
government came to power about one year ago but then government is a
continuum.
What is particularly worrisome to our union is the approach of
officials of government to the need of our sector and the pre-eminence
of dialogue in resolving the impasse,” he said.
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