Education Minister wades into Fed Polytechnic Ekowe dispute, summons Rector, Unions

The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alauda has summoned parties to the concern quality that near the Federal Polytechnic, Ekowe successful Bayelsa unopen since July 11 to a gathering connected Sept. 29.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt connected Saturday that Chairmen and Secretaries of the 3 unions successful the polytechnic, the Rector and Governing Council Chairman are expected astatine the meeting.

The invited unions are Non Academic Staff Union, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics (SSANIP) and Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) successful the polytechnic.

NAN reports that the gathering follows a associated petition to the curate implicit suspension of a governing assembly gathering to resoluteness the labour quality connected the grounds of insecurity.

The workers had successful the petition submitted that the assertion of insecurity was a ploy to avert pending probe of allegations by the Rector arsenic determination was nary information menace successful Bayelsa to warrant suspension erstwhile the assembly members were already successful municipality for the meeting.

The unions astatine the Polytechnic had said that lone the suspension, pending probe of the Rector, Dr Agbabiaka Lukman, volition warrant concern harmony to the institution.

The workers had kept the instauration nether locks for alleged usurpation of the Polytechnic Act by the Rector who took the 3 unions to tribunal implicit labour disputes whereas the governing assembly was statutorily mandated nether the Act to grip labour related matters.

When contacted for an update connected the face-off, Mr Nimizuo Pereseigha, Public Relations Officer of Federal Polytechnic, Ekowe declined to comment. 

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