ASUP Strike Latest: NAPS Wants Strike Resolved In 2 Weeks
The National Association of Polytechnic
Students (NAPS) has given the Federal Government 2-weeks to resolve the
issues with the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) and end the 11-month-old strike or face the full rage of the students.
The President of NAPS, Mr. Sunday
Ogbonnaya who gave the ultimatum yesterday, said that the students have
suffered enough injustice as they are rotting at home.
Ogbonnaya said: “We are giving the
Federal Government and NAPS two weeks to resolve their differences;
otherwise we will shut down the entire system. The Federal Government
and ASUP should take advantage of these two weeks to finalise and
implement their agreements.”
He urged the two warring bodies to go
back to the negotiation table in the interest of the student as the
strike action by the polytechnic lectures is negatively affecting the
society and the country at large. This is also making the polytechnics
less attractive to prospective students.
He urged the ministry of education to
forward a memo to the National Assembly to request for a supplementary
budget that would meet the demand of ASUP and COEASU.
It will be recalled that the ASUP Strike has been suffering less patronage as many polytechnics have pulled out of the strike thou the union still remain steadfast in achieving their aims.
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