Breaking: NASU has temporarily suspends ongoing strike

There were news going on before that NASU of The Polytechnic Ibadan embarked on strike action due to non-payment of their salaries by the Oyo State Government.

On this note, series of meeting had been held since the strike had begun but didn't bears a good fruit.

Today, NASU meets again for another meeting and this time around, the meeting bears a good fruit.

The NASU meeting held today 31st of January, 2019 at the sport pavilion located at the North campus of the Institution bears a good fruit, as it was concluded in the meeting to put a temporary pause to the ongoing strike.

In a brief talk with the Union Secretary, he said the strike has just been suspended for now, and that it is not a permanent suspension.

On this note, all students are advised to resume their academic activities promptly.

BREAKING: The Polytechnic Ibadan is on a fresh strike now

The school management of The Polytechnic Ibadan has announced that the school has begin a fresh strike today.

The reason why the school went on strike is due to the salary that the Oyo State Government refused to pay for the staff of the institution.

The institution hereby went on a strike today 22nd January, 2019.

The resumption date is until further notice.

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ASUP to begin Nationwide Strike on 12th December, 2018

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has declared that it would begin an indefinite strike from Wednesday, December 12th, 2018.

ASUP lecturers will join Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) who have been on strike for a month.

In a phone interview with PREMIUM TIMES on Wednesday morning, the National President of ASUP, Usman Dutse, said the federal government had failed to meet the demands of the polytechnic lecturers.

Prior to this impending strike, the union had on October 2 issued a 21-day ultimatum to the government before it extended it to November. But even then, it did not commence the strike.

But Mr Dutse said the proposed strike would be “total and indefinite”.

“This further emphasises the resolution of the 93rd National Executive Council meeting reached at the Yaba College of Technology, Lagos last week,” he said.


“Government has failed to implement and fulfil agreements it reached with the union as contained in the memorandum of understanding signed,” he said.

ASUP went on strike in November 2017; but when the federal government reached an agreement to implement the recommendations of the 2014 NEEDS assessment, the strike was suspended 15 days after.

The agreement particularly highlighted the need for increased funding of polytechnics.

Mr Dutse also said the roles of state government and the National Assembly is not encouraging when it comes to funding the education sector.

“The issue of the funding of the institutions has always been a major concern. After the government conducted the NEEDS assessment in 2014, it promised to implement it. Years after, there is no designed roadmap to implement that,” he said.

He said the bill meant to review the act on the establishment of polytechnics in the country was yet to be passed by the National Assembly. He said the union was hoping that the strike would also help fast-track its passage.

“The institutions are not funded. The states are even worse because state governments just establish schools without actually funding those schools. So, no infrastructure is in place,” he added.

The ASUP president also alleged that some state governments were owing salaries for up to 14 months just as institutions victimise union leaders who voice out against what he termed injustice.

“We have states that are owing about 14 month salaries. Some owe eight months. Benue, Ogun, Osun, Edo, Kogi are owing up to as long as 14 months,” he said.