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…To reappraisal implementation of demands successful 6-weeks
By Johnbosco Agbakwuru
ABUJA — THE Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has announced suspension of its planned onslaught implicit the inability of the Federal Government to resoluteness its bid of demands and concerns.
ASUP besides has acceptable a six-week deadline to reappraisal the level of compliance by the government.
These among others were contained successful a connection issued connected Sunday by ASUP President Shammah Kpanja.
The polytechnics lecturers said the determination to suspend the projected onslaught was predicted connected the information that the Minister of Education has shown bully religion successful addressing immoderate of their demands.
Recall that the national had served the authorities a 21- time ultimatum announcement aft its exigency National Executive Council, NEC, gathering connected 15th August, 2025.
The ultimatum listed a fig of items of quality requiring the urgent involution of the government.
But ASUP said pursuing bid of structured engagements with the authorities done the Minister’s bureau from the effectual day of the ultimatum till date, NEC reconvened connected the 9th of October, 2025 astatine her 115th gathering to reappraisal the effect and committedness of the authorities towards effectual solution of the issues.
According to the statement, NEC peculiarly took enactment of the merchandise of the circular by the National Salaries Incomes and Wages Commission, NSIWC, concerning the Peculiar Academic Allowance; measurable advancement made successful the merchandise of the 2025 rhythm of the NEEDS ASSESSMENT involution for Polytechnics; resumption of meetings of the Polytechnics Implementation Monitoring Committee PIMC and the scheduled monitoring and valuation activities arsenic a prelude to accessing the 2025 NEEDS ASSESSMENT cycle; the reconstitution of the Federal Government Renegotiation Committee to accommodate the Polytechnics sector; the decisive disposition of the FME successful calling the Rectors of Federal Polytechnics Nekede and Ekowe to order.
It further stated that its NEC arsenic took enactment of the request to prosecute the National Assembly connected the issues of the dual mandate operation for Polytechnics, arsenic good arsenic the constitution of a dedicated Commission for effectual regularisation of Polytechnics.
It said: “The Union’s NEC besides received reports of the efforts and advancement being made to effect the merchandise of the arrears of the 25%/35% wage accommodation which covers the full tertiary acquisition assemblage and merchandise of promotion arrears owed unit of Polytechnics; and moves to reconstruct the afloat governing capabilities of the NBTE done the constitution of its board.
“In presumption of the advancement listed supra and the committedness displayed by the Honourable Minister of Education and his team, the Union’s NEC resolved to enactment connected clasp its projected onslaught action.”
It explained that the suspension was to springiness ample clip to efficaciously resoluteness the issues, particularly, the merchandise of the 25%/35% wage accommodation arrears, merchandise of outstanding promotion arrears and the decision of the ASUP/FGN renegotiation process.
Others are the reappraisal of the argumentation connected outsourcing of prime assurance activities of the NBTE (National Board for Technical Education) and the constitution of the committee of NBTE successful enactment with extant laws, restoration of ASUP/FME Rapid Response Committee to grip issues including CONTISS 15 migration arrears and the deployment of regulatory instruments to amended the conditions of state-owned institutions.
“The Union’s NEC further resolved to reappraisal the concern wrong six (6) weeks from the day of this communication.
“The Union is appreciative of the efforts and committedness of the Honourable Minister of Education, the Honourable Minister of State and the different officials of the FME, ” it added.
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