Tuesday 10 June 2014
FG, ASUP Talks Record Progress Towards Ending Strike
The Supervising Minister of
Education, Mr Nyesom Wike,
says the government and
the Academic Staff Union of
Polytechnics have made
progress towards resolving
the over eight months
strike.
Addressing reporters in Abuja
on Friday, Mr Wike asked
polytechnic students to remain
optimistic, as talks between the
Federal Government and Vice-
Chancellors to end the strike.
He however criticised some
heads of public institutions
over the internal appointments
of vice-chancellors, rectors and
provosts in tertiary institutions
which might impede on the
growth of the sector in future.
It has been nine ‘long’ months
for polytechnic students and
about a year for students in
colleges of education who have
waited anxiously for schools to
re-open, pending the resolution
of outstanding issues with their
academic union.
ASUP had gone on a warning
strike in April 2013 to demand
a better salary scale from the
Federal Government, among
other pressing issues.
The government has
apparently taken its time to
resolve the lingering issues at
the heart of the strike.
Above all that took prominence
at the broad-based meeting is
the issue of security.
The Federal Government has
taken steps to straighten out
major grey areas and Nigerians
would now be expecting to see
a paradigm shift in the nation’s
tertiary institutions to aid
development.
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