The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has threatened that it would embark on an indefinite strike action over an alleged imposition of a defective Scheme of Service for Polythenics by the National Board of Technical Education, NBTE.
Addressing newsmen at the end of the meeting, the Zonal Coordinator of ASUP zone D, Comrade Dr. Iloma Richard, noted that the Scheme of Service for the Polytechnics as released by NBTE contained fundamental deviations from the expectations of the stakeholders and staff members of Polytechnics. He further said the document introduced discriminatory lowering of the entry point for employment of graduate assistants to the advantage of B.Sc holders, and unnecessarily split of senior lecturer cadre to 1 and 2.
“It is in view of the above, that the Zone D of our union, comprising of all States in South-South and South-East Nigeria, strongly endorse the position of the National Executive Council of the Union by asking for the immediate Suspension of implementation of all identified areas of contention for review, and initiation of a review process through a stakeholders’ engagement.