Nigeria: No Plans to Call Off Strike Yet, Says ASUP

17 December 2013

Jos — Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP) has said it has no plan to call off its over two-month old strike yet, which it embarked upon on October 4, expressing disappointment at the federal government's cold attitude towards polytechnic education in Nigeria.

National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Clement Chirman, who disclosed this in Jos, Plateau State, yesterday said the National Executive Council (NEC) of the union met at the Labour House in Abuja on December 12, to review the progress made so far on the negotiation with the government, and concluded that government had no iota of seriousness towards resolving issues with the union.

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