ASUP Threatens To Embark On Strike If Federal Government Fails To Honor Signed Agreement

The union, however, threatened that its members may withdraw their services in polytechnics across the country if the government fails to implement the MoA.

Academic Staff Union Of Polytechnics (ASUP)

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has threatened to embark on another strike if government fails to honor the implementation of a Memorandum of Action (MoA) it signed with the Union in April 2021.

The union, however, threatened that its members may withdraw their services in polytechnics across the country if the government fails to implement the MoA.

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Despite the three-month suspension corridor granted by the Union.

The Union said there will be no further warnings if the government does not quickly avert another round of strikes.

This was revealed in a communiqué issued at the end of the 101 regular meeting of the National Executive Council of the Union at the Gateway ICT Polytechnic in Ogun State.

Which was made available to journalists on Sunday.

The statement read, “In view of the unsatisfactory status of the implementation of the Union’s MoA signed with the government in April 2021.”

“The Nigerian public should hold the government and its agencies responsible for any other breakdown of industrial harmony in the sector as our Union and her members have shown considerable patience and restraint.”

“The Union once again demands that the government should without further delay ensure the release of the arrears of the minimum wage to staff.”

“Release the approved revitalization fund for the sector and set up the implementation committee to administer the funds.”

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“Recommence the renegotiation of the Union’s 2010 agreement and withdraw institutional accreditation to state-owned institutions where salaries are owed to staff.”

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