Tag: Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP)

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has suspended its over two-month-old strike. The national president of the union, Usman Dutse confirmed to newsmen that the the strike had been suspended after a NEC meeting in Abuja. However, the union said it would not hesitate to resume the strike if the government failed to review the memorandum of action and…

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has directed its members in all chapters to hold a referendum concerning the suspension of the ongoing strike in the nation’s polytechnics. The president of ASUP Mr. Usman Dutse, told newsmen last week in Lagos that the referendum would hold between last week and this week.   According to him, the referendum…

The Aa, has denied receiving shortfall of teachers’ salary and promotion arrears from the Federal Government. President of ASUP, Dr Usman Dutse, who spoke with newsmen, said the union is till waiting for concerete evidence from the Federal Government showing the details of payment of the N16.4 billion shortfall of members’ salary and promotion arrears and another N30 billion…

The minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has expressed optimism that the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP will end its ongoing strike soon following the agreement reached with the union. The minister disclosed that, arrears and shortfalls in salary were being addressed ‘across board’ and that government has released N16.8 billion to settle outstanding…

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has vowed to continue its ongoing strike action which commenced Dec 12, 2018 until its demands are met. The union expressed regret over the way and manner government is handling the issues of technical education in Nigeria and warns that if this continues, it may hamper the country’s…

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has revealed that the negotiation between the union and the Federal Government towards resolving the ongoing nationwide strike will resume on January 10th, 2018. This was disclosed by the National President of ASUP, Mr. Usman Dutse, while speaking to news men in Lagos According to Dutse, the meeting became…

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics and the Federal Government failed to reach any agreement in the meeting held yesterday between the two parties to find an end to the strike action embarked upon by ASUP last week. At the end, the meeting was adjourned to January, after the Christmas and New Year celebration. The…

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has declared that it would begin an indefinite strike from December 12. This implies that the polytechnic lecturers will join their university colleagues who have been on strike for a month now. The National President of ASUP, Usman Dutse, said the federal government had failed to meet the…