The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has ended its two-week warning strike and has asked members to return to work next month.
Abdullahi Yalwa, the union’s National Publicity Secretary, said as much in a statement released on Saturday.
“The Union’s two-week definite strike will end on May 29, 2022, as agreed by the NEC’s emergency meeting.”
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“As a result, the Union is requesting that members resume duties on the 30th of May, 2022, while hoping that the government will use the window to address the five outstanding items,” he said in a statement.
“Further directives/updates will be issued following the 103rd meeting of the NEC, which is scheduled for June 2022 and during which the situation will be reviewed.”
The move came after “significant inroads were made in four (4) of the items on our list of demands,” according to the union, which include payment of areas of the new minimum wage, among other things.
However, ASUP claims that the government has yet to address four more issues. This includes the release of the sector’s approved N15 billion revitalization fund.
“This issue is still stuck in the Federal Ministry of Finance,” the statement continued, “with the promise of follow-up action by the Education Ministry.”
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The release of CONTISS 15 migration arrears for the lower cadre, the release of the Scheme of Service and Conditions of Service, the continued delay in the appointment of substantive Rectors for Federal Polytechnics in Mubi, Offa, and Kaduna, and the resolution of issues with members in Colleges of Agriculture, according to the union’s statement.
