According to the report
reaching us, the meeting to resolve ASUP 2014 strike turns out bad as polytechnic lecturers accuse The Federal Government of Insincerity. The ASUP/FG
meeting was called by the federal government to
resolve the 3-month-old strike embarked upon by
Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, (ASUP)
nationwide. The F.G delegation to the meeting, held
at the federal secretariat in Abuja, is led by the
Education Minister, Nyesom Wike, while ASUP is led
by its president, Chibuzor Asamogu. The meeting
went rowdy when the leadership of the National
Association of Polytechnic Students, (NAPs), invited
as observers to the meeting, accused the lecturers of
fighting for selfish interests. The ASUP members
fumed and accused the federal government of
inviting students to such meeting in order to harass
lecturers. The NAPS president, Ogbonnaya SUnday,
however, also accused the government of
insensitivity to the plight of students. ASUP has been
on strike since October demanding among others,
proper funding of polytechnics, and an end to
discrimination of polytechnic graduates in the labour
market. More on ASUP Strike coming…
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