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The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP will commence a “total and comprehensive indefinite” strike today, November 13, 2017, due to the federal government’s failure to fulfil the outstanding agreement made with the union.
According to the National President of the union, Usman Dutse, there was a meeting between the union and ministry of labour on October 16 with an agreement to develop a memorandum of understanding to resolve the issues.
He said that up till Monday, ASUP was yet to get the MoU, showing that “there is no seriousness on the side of the government.”
Mr. Dutse said another meeting with the federal government has been scheduled for Wednesday, November 15.
“All academic activities will be suspended during the strike,” he said.
“Our union is constrained to lament that our sector is on the verge of collapse and needs all the emergency attention it urgently deserves.”