From Jude Owuamanam, Jos
Plateau State Polytechnic, Barkin Ladi, Jos and all allied institutions in Plateau state have joined the 2-week warning strike declared by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP).
The institutions include the College of Health Technology, Zawan, and it’s counterpart in Pankshin and College of Arts, Science and Remedial Studies, Kurgwi.
The non academic staff also joined the strike, called by the union to protest what it described as the disposition of government towards executing the terms of a work plan agreed in the union’s last meeting with the Federal Ministry of Education and other
stakeholders on the 23rd of October, 2024.
Chairman of ASUP in Plateau State, Samuel Mahanan Dang, told our correspondent in Jos on Monday that the chapter had no option than to abide by the directive of the national body since the federal government has remained adamant to the union’s demands.
ASUP had, at a resolution reached at the union’s 112th National Executive
Council (NEC) meeting warned that it would withdraw the services of all academic and non staff across Nigeria’s Polytechnic System effective 2nd December, 2024 for a definite period of 2 weeks in the first instance.
Dang said that among the institutions that have joined the strike are College of Health Technology, Zawan, and Pankshin and College of Arts, Science and Remedial Studies, Kurgwi.
He said, “Yes, we have joined the strike over the non implementation of the 25 per cent salary increase for states and arrears of federal government salary for federal Polytechnics from February to December last year.
“The action will last for two weeks in the first instance as directed by our national body and further action will be taken at the the end of warning period if the federal government still remain unresponsive.”
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