The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) said on Tuesday that it had decided to suspend its indefinite strike, which began on April 29.
“We have decided to suspend the strike from tomorrow, July 17,’’ the union’s president, Mr Chibuzor Asomogba, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday, in Lagos, after a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting.
Asomogba, who spoke with NAN on phone, said that all ASUP members were expected to return to work on Wednesday, adding that there would be more details later.
NAN recalls that the National Assembly’s Joint Committee on Education, the Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa’i, and her Labour and Productivity counterpart, Chief Emeka Wogu, met with the union on July 9, and urged it to call off the strike.
The union listed an alleged failure of the federal and state governments to implement agreements as one of the reasons it went on strike, noting that it had adversely affected polytechnic education.
It also demanded full implementation of the Consolidated Tertiary Institutions Salary Structure (CONTISS 15) and a stoppage of the discrimination against holders of the Higher National Diploma.
The union also protested against the absence of a National Polytechnics Commission and the deplorable condition of many polytechnics in the country.
