Sunday, December 15, 2024 -The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has called off its two-week warning strike and instructed its members across the country to return to work 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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