The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has announced the suspension of its two-week warning strike and instructed members nationwide to resume work on Monday, December 16, 2024.
ASUP had commenced the strike on December 2, 2024, citing the government’s neglect of polytechnic education and unresolved issues affecting the sector.
In a statement dated December 12, ASUP National President, Shammah Kpanja, revealed that the decision to suspend the strike followed a conciliatory meeting with officials from the Ministry of Labour and Employment. He disclosed that a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed, with an agreement to hold a follow-up meeting on January 23, 2025, aimed at resolving the industrial dispute.
“The general public may recall that our union declared a two-week definite strike effective December 2, 2024, over the inability of the government through its agencies to execute nine items in the work plan jointly developed with our union to resolve some pending issues of trade dispute,” the statement read.
Kpanja emphasized that the strike served as a “warning and precursor to an indefinite strike” and was called off after the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment initiated discussions to address the union’s grievances.
“Within the period of the strike, the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment convened a conciliation meeting between our union and the government on December 9, 2024, to resolve the dispute and save the sector from the impending indefinite strike,” he said.
He added, “At the meeting, a new memorandum of understanding was signed with a caveat that another meeting will be held on January 23, 2025, to assess compliance by parties as well as to address other issues. After this meeting, the union’s National Executive Council will meet to review the situation.”
The ASUP president concluded by directing union members to resume duties on December 16, 2024, while awaiting the January review.
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