Workers in the nation’s Polytechnics weekend threatened to resume their suspended nationwide strike over failure of Federal Government to implement agreements entered into with the workers through their unions, Vanguard reports.
The workers are also aggrieved following alleged circular from the office of the Minister of Education suspending the implementation of CONTISS 15 in the Polytechnics contrary to the agreement entered into between the sector and the government.
On the platform of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics, SSANIP and the Non Academic Staff Union of Educational Associated Institutions, NASU, in a statement titled, “Breakdown of Industrial Peace looms in the Polytechnic sector”, they said; “The attention of the unions has been drawn to a circular FME/S/66/C.2/11/270 dated 26th January, 2015 emanating from the office of Honourable Minister of Education purported to have suspended the implementation of CONTISS 15 in Polytechnics without recourse to the spirit and letters of agreement with the unions in the sector.
“Recall that the unions in the sector were on strike throughout the preceding year following the refusal of government to act responsibly and honour agreements signed with the unions. In deference to the then newly appointed Hon Minister’s plea for time, and to his strong assurances that the thorny issues would be resolved within three months, the unions resolved to give the government a benefit of the doubt and suspended the strike in July 2014.
