TWO WEEKS WARNING STRIKE DECLEARED BY ASUP
A
2-week warning strike has been embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of
Polytechnics (ASUP). It has taken effect from Monday, May 16, 2022.
It
was after an emergency meeting of its National Executive Council on Wednesday,
May 11 that this decision was reached.
It
will be recalled that ASUP suspended its industrial action declared on the 6th
of April 2021 on the 10th of June, 2021 following the signing of a Memorandum
of Action (MoA) with the government. They have come out to say that strike
action is now necessary over the refusal of the federal government to meet
their demand.
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President of the union, Anderson Ezeibe
listed some of the demands to include the release of the approved revitalization
fund for the sector, approved N15bn, yet to be released 11 months after
approval by the President.
A
statement released by ASUP read;
“Non-release of arrears of the new minimum wage: The owed 10
months arrears for the Polytechnics is yet to be released. The composite amount
covering all Federal Tertiary Institutions to the approximate figure of N19Bn
currently exists as an AIE in the Accountant Generals Office.
“We are
deploying this medium to equally appeal to members of the public to prevail on
the government to do the needful within the two weeks to avoid an indefinite
shutdown of the sector.”
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