ASUP Suspends Nationwide Strike

The Academic Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has suspended its 15-day-old nationwide strike on Wednesday during the union’s 14th National Delegates Conference at the Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic, Bauchi State.

National President of ASUP, Mr. Usman Dutse, told a press conference that the decision to suspend the strike was reached after the agreement of both parties, the leadership of the union and the Federal Government, to a Memorandum of settlement and Action (Mos) on issues raised by the union.

He said that the union considered the suspension to give an opportunity for implementation of the content of Memorandum of Settlement and Action, and shall be reviewed according to the timelines outlined in the MoS.

“our union‎'s congress have been fully briefed on these developments and I am therefore to communicate the decision of our union to suspend the 15 days old strike action of our union effective Wednesday, 28th November,2017," Dutese said.

"In arriving at this decision, our union considered the impact of the strike action on the society including parents and students, pleas on the union by well meaning Nigerians and other stakeholder groups in the sector."

"We want‎ to assure Nigerian public that our struggle shall continue to be focused on the survival of this vital sector and in the same vein express our gratitude to all well meaning Nigerians including members of the media and our members for the support and understanding during this period,” the union added.