The Academic Staff union of Polytechnics, ASUP, is currently holding its National Executive Council, NEC, meeting. The meeting, being held in Abuja, is mainly to review the ongoing 10-month strike by the polytechnic lecturers.
The ASUP NEC meeting is holding two days after the leadership of the union held a ‘fruitful’ meeting with the new Education Minister, Ibrahim Shekarau, who was sworn-in by President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday.
The ASUP NEC consists of all chapter (polytechnic) chairmen of the union and the national executives.
A member of the NEC, who is attending the meeting, said on Saturday morning that the strike might be suspended after the meeting. “The strike is likely to be suspended at the end of the NEC meeting today following the outcome of the last meeting we had with the new Minster of Education,” the source said.
The ASUP NEC meeting is holding two days after the leadership of the union held a ‘fruitful’ meeting with the new Education Minister, Ibrahim Shekarau, who was sworn-in by President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday.
The ASUP NEC consists of all chapter (polytechnic) chairmen of the union and the national executives.
A member of the NEC, who is attending the meeting, said on Saturday morning that the strike might be suspended after the meeting. “The strike is likely to be suspended at the end of the NEC meeting today following the outcome of the last meeting we had with the new Minster of Education,” the source said.
It was however, learnt that some members of the NEC have voiced reservations on trusting the new minister without a concretely signed agreement, particularly on the salary arrears being owed them, and may raise such during the meeting.
Should such members win the majority of the NEC over, then the strike may still continue, the source said.
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