In a move which may not be unconnected with the ongoing strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), the registrar of the Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State, Dr. Godwin Ihionkhan weekend announced the indefinite postponement of the institution’s resumption for the new academic session indefinitely.
In a statement on Saturday in Auchi and made available to newsmen in Benin, Ihionkhan said that a new resumption date will be announced.
The statement read in part: “This is to inform staff and students that resumption for the new academic session has been postponed indefinitely.”
ASUP which had on April 6 declared a strike vowed to continue with its nationwide industrial action despite a N15 billion offered by the Federal Government.
According to ASUP’s President, Anderson Ezeibe, the union which is demanding the implementation of a new salary scheme for polytechnic lecturers will continue with the strike until all their demands are met.
ASUP had explained that its decision to the down tool was to draw the attention of the government to the nine basic needs of the union, adding that the need to release the 10 months arrears of the new minimum wage owed its members in federal polytechnics and the implementation of same in some states polytechnics which are yet to implement the new minimum wage.
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