The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has declared that it would begin an indefinite strike from December 12.
The polytechnic lecturers will join their university colleagues who have been on strike for a month.
In a phone interview with PREMIUM TIMES Wednesday morning,
the National President of ASUP, Usman Dutse, said the federal government had failed to meet the demands of the polytechnic lecturers.
Prior to this impending strike, the union had on October 2 issued a 21-day ultimatum to the government before it extended it to November.
But even then, it did not commence the strike.
But Mr Dutse said the proposed strike would be “total and indefinite”.
But Mr Dutse said the proposed strike would be “total and indefinite”.
“This further emphasises the resolution of the 93rd National Executive Council meeting reached at the Yaba College of Technology, Lagos last week,” he said.
“Government has failed to implement and fulfil agreements it reached with the union as contained in the memorandum of understanding signed,” he said.
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