ASUP update: NASS meets ASUP The joint committee however succeeded in prodding the aggrieved polytechnic lecturers to resume work after about 70 days. The National President of ASUP, Chibuzor Asomugha, said the polytechnic lecturers would do what is necessary to call off the strike as soon as possible. “We will try to do anything within our ambit and do the biddings over the National Assembly,” Mr. Asomugha said. Earlier, Rufai had pleaded with the lecturers to return to work in the interest of nation promising that the federal government will not relent in efforts to address their grievances. Some of the issues in contention are “non- migration of members at the lower cadres on CONTISS 15 salary scale; release of white paper on the visitation panel to federal polytechnics; non- commencement of needs assessment of Nigerian polytechnics; troubling state of state-owned polytechnics/ monotechnics; and continued appointment of unqualified persons as rectors by some state governments.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 20:05:39 +0000
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