Speaking at the opening ceremony of the NEC meeting, the ASUP President, Chibuzor Asumogba said that the NEC meeting was to discuss various issues affecting the union, not limited to the on-going strike.
He also added that the union would decide its next line of action concerning the strike after the meeting.
The Chairman, Governing Council of Yabatech, Ebenezer Babatope, however, appealed to ASUP to suspend its strike in the interest of the students.
Mr. Babatope who was represented by Shehu Agara, a member of the council, said, “Over the past nine months the sector has been paralysed as a result of strike by your union members; our students have been the most affected.
“The good news is that ASUP and the Federal Government have been negotiating to resolve the lingering crisis.
I am certain that the negotiation will soon reach an amicable solution. It is my hope, however, that at the end of your deliberations, you will come out with workable solutions to some of the problems and challenges facing the system”, he said.
In his submission, the Rector of Yabatech, Margaret Ladipo, urged the union to temper their decisions with considerations of the students.
“As you go into this NEC, I urge you to take decisions for our children, who, over the past nine months, have lost a useful time span in their lives that can never be regained.
I am optimistic that very soon we will all go back to our respective duties. ASUP is without doubt pivotal to the development of the polytechnic sector in Nigeria.
As a responsive and responsible union, you play vital roles in promoting and ensuring virile industrial peace and harmony in the polytechnic system,” she said.
We await the decision of the ASUP leadership as they concludes the NEC meeting today.
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