The ASUP president, Mr Chibuzor Asumogha, at the end of 77th national executive council (NEC) meeting said that a meeting of the committee and some education stakeholders scheduled for June 24 did not hold because no government official came so the union resolved to continue its nine months old strike pending the outcome of its meeting with the senate committee on education on Tuesday, July 1st.
“That meeting was supposed to be held, resolution reached and agreement signed.
It was against this backdrop that we fixed the NEC meeting so that, if we have the resolutions, we will come here and suspend the strike.
“This is the position of the NEC; we are meeting again next Tuesday,” he said.
Asomugha however berated the federal government for frustrating all the efforts made by the union in suspending the strike by breaching all the agreements they had.
He appealed to parents and students to continue to be patient and support the union to achieve it goals.
It will be worth noting that the government has met some of the ASUP demands, including the of governing councils and setting up of the NEEDS assessment committees but the union is demanding that all their demands would be met before calling-off the strike.
We keep our fingers crossed and await the Tuesday’s meeting, hoping for a positive news for our polytechnic students who are not having it easy sitting at home for over one academic session now.
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