The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP)
have listed the final conditions to the Federal
Government before they can call-off the ongoing
industrial action.
Stating these conditions, the ASUP chairman,
Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Dr Sola Ojeniyi, said
that the government should approve
the establishment of the national polytechnic
commission (NPC) and enforce the total removal
of the dichotomy between university and
polytechnic education before the lecturers strike
will be suspended.
Dr. Ojeniyi lamented the government’s
negligence towards polytechnic education in
Nigeria and urged that proper funding should be
directed to polytechnics.
“It is a symbolic display of apathy against
children of the poor that were denied opportunity
of university education and attempt to remove
every dignity attached to their portion”, he said.
He called on the federal government to quickly
resolve the current crisis as the over a year-old
strike is negatively affecting the countries
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