The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has
suspended its two-week warning strike and directed members nationwide to resume
duties on Monday.
Recall that the union had embarked on a two-week
warning strike on December 2 over alleged neglect of polytechnics in Nigeria.
ASUP National President, Shammah Kpanja, said the union
suspended the strike following a meeting with officials of the Ministry of
Labour and Employment.
Kpanja, in a statement released on Friday, said a Memorandum
of Understanding, MoU, was signed and another meeting would be held on January
23, 2025, to put an end to the industrial dispute.
He further stated that the union’s National Executive
Council will meet to review the situation ahead of the meeting with the
government in January.
The statement reads, “The general public may recall that our
union declared a two-week definite strike effective 2nd December 2024 over the
inability of the government through its agencies to execute nine items in the
work plan jointly developed with our Union to resolve some pending issues of
trade dispute.
“You will also recall that a strike was declared to serve as
a warning and precursor to an indefinite strike.
“Within the period of the strike, the Federal Ministry of
Labour and Employment convened a conciliation meeting between our Union and the
government on the 9th of December 2024 to resolve the dispute and save the
sector from the impending indefinite strike.
“At the meeting, a new memorandum of understanding was
signed with a caveat that another meeting will be held on 23rd January 2025 to
assess compliance by parties as well as to address other issues.
“After this meeting, the union’s National Executive Council
will meet to review the situation.
“In view of this development, all members of the Union are
directed to resume duties from Monday 16th December 2024.”
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