As part of plans for the Polytechnic
lecturers not to go back on strike, the
Federal Government on Monday met with
the leadership of the Academic Staff Union
of Polytechnics behind closed doors and
agreed
to meet the demands of the union.
The Minister of State for Education, Nyesom
Wike, and the Labour Minister, Emeka Wogu
co-chaired the meeting while ASUP
President, Chibuzo Asomugha, led the
union team.
None of the parties, however, spoke with
journalists after the brief meeting held at
the Federal Ministry of Education in Abuja.
However, a source at the meeting, who
confided in our correspondent, said the
union obtained a strong commitment from
the government.
He said, "The union tabled three key issues
at the meeting. One is the need to
constitute the governing councils of the
remaining seven polytechnics. Wike was
said to have informed the union that the
Federal Government had agreed to
constitute the remaining governing
councils. He promised that the list would be
out by this week and the union was happy
about it.
"He also promised that the white paper on
the visitation panel to the polytechnics was
almost ready and would be released soon.
"On the CONTISS 15, Wike promised to work
with the Minister of Labour to get the
circular ready from the Head of Service
having got commitment from the
Presidency to work out the modality on the
migration to CONTISS 15 for the polytechnic
teachers.


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pls they should also answer ASUU so we could all go back to school.