Auchi Polytechnic joins ASUP nationwide strike: ASUP strike paralyses academic activities at Auchi Poly

Members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic ( ASUP ) in Federal Polytechnic, Auchi in Edo State on Monday paralysed academic activities in the institution by joining in the nationwide strike called by the national leadership of the body.
Lecture halls and offices were under lock and key when our reporter visited the campus.
Some graduating students that were on campus for project supervision were seen leaving the campus.
The leadership of ASUP commenced the nationwide strike to protest the non-implementation of its CONTISS 15 migration arrears, non-commencement of renegotiation of ASUP/Government agreement of 2010 and the delay in the review of the Federal Polytechnics Act, amongst other issues.
Chairman of the Auchi Polytechnic Branch of ASUP, Mr. Justin Momodu, said his members complied with the national directive to proceed on the strike action
Momodu said, “The Auchi branch of ASUP have complied with strike because the Federal Government has refused to meet our demands.
“Government has not demonstrated that it is prepared to honour its agreement with ASUP.
“We have demonstrated enough patience and if government fails to meet our demands we will remain on total trike,” he said.
The Chairman Strike Implementation Monitoring Committee, Mr George Okosun said the committee was set up to enforce the strike.
“This committee is set up to ensure that no lecturers or academic activities is taking place at the polytechnic.

“Our aim to shut down lecture halls and office are closed down for any academic activities,” he said.
Okosun said that the committee would continue to go round the institution to ensure lecturers complied with the strike directive.
ASUP strike paralyses academic activities at Auchi Poly On November 13, 20172:24 pmIn NewsComments Academic activities have been paralysed in Auchi Polytechnic, following the strike declared by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), which began on Monday. The chairman of the Auchi Polytechnic, Mr Justin Momodu, told the Newsmen in Auchi that the chapter’s strike followed the directive issued by the national body of the union. He said the strike was to compel the Federal Government to honour the agreement it had reached with the union, adding that ”government has not demonstrated its preparedness to honour the agreement”. “The Auchi branch of ASUP has complied with the strike directive because the Federal Government has refused to meet our demands. “We have shown enough patience and if government still fails to meet our demands, the strike will be total,” he said. The union leader vowed that his members would continue with the strike until the Federal Government yielded to their demands. Also, the Chairman, Strike Implementation Monitoring Committee, Mr George Okosun, said the committee was set up to enforce the strike. “This committee is set up to ensure that no lecture or academic activity is being carried out at the polytechnic. “Our aim to shut down lecture halls and offices are to close down all academic activities,” he said. Okosun said that the committee would continue to go round the institution to ensure that lecturers comply with the strike directive. NAN reports that academic activities at the polytechnic have been paralysed due to the strike and students were seen vacating the campus. ASUP began a nationwide strike on Monday to protest the non-implementation of its CONTISS 15 migration arrears, non-commencement of renegotiation of ASUP/Government agreement of 2010. The union is also on strike for the delay in the review of the Federal Polytechnics Act, among other issues.


Asaba —ACADEMIC activities have been brought to a halt at the Delta State Polytechnics, Ozoro, Ogwashi-Uku and Oghara, following an indefinite strike by workers of the institution. The workers, under the auspices Unions of Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics, SSANIP and Non Academic Staff Union, NASU, said their action was necessitated by the state government’s unwillingness to implement the new revised scheme of service for polytechnics and other tertiary institutions in Nigeria. They listed other grouses they have against the state government to include non of implementation of migration of technologists, executive and technical officials, instructors and confidential secretaries and others who were not captured in the earlier migration as well as non implementation of promotion of staff from level 11 to 13. Speaking on the development, Chairman of the joint unions, Mr Thomas Ojuye, advised the workers to remain steadfast and united in their quest to achieve their desired results. Contacted, the state Commissioner for Higher Education, Mr. Jude Sinebe, appealed to the unions to suspend the strike and go back to work while government work on their demands.