ASUP Threatens To Shut Down Polytechnics Next Week

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) yesterday has threatened to shutdown polytechnics in the country if the Federal Government fails to respond to its demand.

The union said the strike became necessary following the expiration of the one month ultimatum given to the Federal Government.

The National Executive Council (NEC) of ASUP had at the end of the union’s 102 National Executive Council meeting in March, gave the one-month ultimatum.

Arising from its emergency congress yesterday, ASUP Zonal C, at the Abraham Adesanya Polytechnic, Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State, the union insisted that the Federal Government must meet up with its demands before the expiration of the one-month ultimatum.

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Whilst addressing journalists, Zonal Coordinator, Yekini Asafe, said ASUP had suspended its 61-day industrial action on June 10, 2021, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government.

Yekini Asafe stated that some items under the union’s demands include; the non-release of the revitalisation funds for the sector, non-release of arrears of the new minimum wage, and non-release of the reviewed nomination instruments for institutions and managements as well as programmes accreditation among others.