Breaking: Osun Tertiary Institutions Suspend 5 Month Industrial Strike

The striking lecturers of the Osun state tertiary institutions, ASUP and COEASU have suspend the 5-MONTH STRIKE ACTION!

According to the reports: "The Congresses of our Great Unions (ASUP & COEASU) have resolved that the leadership of CASUOSTI should go ahead and sign the draft Agreement with the State Government and suspend the strike action. Consequently, the strike is hereby suspended with immediate effect."

"We hope that Government would be faithful to the Agreement and ensure timely implementation of all the major clauses therein."

ASUP, COEASU Strike: Police tear-gas protesting students, lecturers - Premium Times (WITH PHOTOS)

The reports by the Premium Times confirmed that the protest by striking lecturers of Nigeria’s polytechnics and colleges of education has been disrupted by the Nigeria Police Force in Abuja.

According to the source, The protest, held at the Federal Secretariat, Abuja, was disrupted on Tuesday morning when police officers fired tear-gas at the protesters, made up of lecturers and students. The protesters, however, say they will not leave the venue.

UPDATE: ASUP, COEASU Plans Protest On Tuesday In Abuja

There appears to be no end in sight for students of polytechnics and colleges of education to return to school as the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) and Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) announced plans to embark on a peaceful protest in Abuja on Tuesday.

At a joint news conference in Abuja on Sunday, the National President of the ASUP, Dr Chibuzor Asomugha and the Abuja chapter chairman of COEASU, Dr Ahymed Lawal, criticised the Federal Government’s refusal to implement agreements reached with the unions in order to suspend the indefinite strike.

Wike not qualified to be a minister of education - COEASU

Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike is a Special Adviser to the President on Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s affairs

Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union [COEASU] of Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Saturday trooped out to protest what they called the”maladministration”of the Supervising Minister of Education, Ezebunwo Nyesom Wike . They maintained that he is not qualified to be a minister.

Its former National President, Comrade Remi Makinde said it would have been logical if Wike holds the office of “Special Adviser to the President on Governor Rotimi Amaechi’s affairs rather than be in an office that decides the future of all Nigerian students.

Makinde said Wike is a lawyer, who is interested in helping the Presidency to fight Amaechi rather than looking for ways to tackle all the challenges in the education sector.