The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) on Wednesday declared a two-week warning strike.
The industrial action begins from Monday, the academics said.
This decision was reached at an emergency meeting of its National Executive Council on Wednesday.
President of ASUP, Anderson Ezeibe, said the warning strike was due to the refusal of the federal government to meet the union’s demand.
On 10 June, 2021, the union suspended its strike after the signing of a Memorandum of Action (MoA) with the federal government.
ASUP’s demands include non-release of the approved revitalization fund for the sector, Approved N15 billion yet to be released 11 months after approval by the president.
The union said, “Non-release of arrears of the new minimum wage: The owed 10 months arrears for the Polytechnics is yet to be released. The composite amount covering all Federal Tertiary Institutions to the approximate figure of N19Bn currently exists as an AIE in the Accountant General’s Office.”
“We are deploying this medium to equally appeal to members of the public to prevail on the government to do the needful within the two weeks period so as to avoid an indefinite shutdown of the sector.”
