The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has disclosed that it
will still go ahead with the planned nationwide strike tomorrow December
12th, 2018. This was made known by the National President of the union,
Usman Dutse,during an interview with newsmen in Lagos. Mr Dutse said
the strike became necessary following the failure of the federal
government to implement the 2009 and 2017 agreements reached with the
union.
According to him, we are commencing our strike tomorrow as
scheduled. Everything is set and there is no going back. He mentioned
that there is an invitation for a meeting on December 17, but the union
will still commence the strike on Wednesday
“I don’t know what will
happen at the meeting or what they have decided, but until we meet with
them, we cannot predict. ”I don’t know what they plan to present until
we meet with them,” he said.
Mr Duste said the strike would be
comprehensive and total, until all issues raised were adequately
addressed by the government adding that all members have been issued a
notice to comply and down tools by midnight of December 12. and there
would be no academic activities in all the polytechnics until further
notice.
He listed the demands of the union to include
non-implementation of Need Assessment reports of 2014 as agreed with the
minister at the meeting of October 2017.
Renegotiation in the
union’s 2010 agreement; non-release of arrears of CONTISS 15 migration
for the lower cadre; non-release of arrears of promotions and shortfalls
in personnel releases as well as non-payment of allowances.
Other
agitations are non-payment of salaries in many state-owned
polytechnics, non-payment of union check off dues, pension deductions
and other statutory deductions from staff salaries to the appropriate
bodies, continue victimisation of union officers.
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