The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), have threatened to embark on an indefinite strike on Wednesday 25th February, if government fails to meet their demands.
President of the Union, Mr Chibuzor Asomugha told journalists during a press briefing in Abuja that government has not implemented any of their demands since the suspension of the last strike embarked upon by the Union in July last year.
ASUP is aggrieved over the dichotomy that exists in the way Polytechnic and University graduates are treated in the labour market, and the poor attention given to the polytechnics. They are also kicking against government’s non-implementation of an agreed salary structure since 2009.
The union, until July 2014, had embarked on a nine-month strike and had suspended it following a promise from the Minister of Education, Ibrahim Shekarau, who was newly appointed then, that he would resolve the matter within three months