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ASUP Suspends Indefinite Strike, To Resume Tuesday The Academic Staff Union of polytechnics ( ASUP) have suspended its over 10month old indefinite strike today, following a National Executive Council meeting of the union in Abuja on Friday. The Minister of Education, Ibrahim Shekarau had met with the leadership of the Union after which the ASUP National executive committee took the decision to shelve the protracted strike for three months. President of the union, Mr. Chibuzo Azomugha who confirmed the suspension said all striking lecturers have been directed to resume work with effect from Tuesday the 15th of July, 2014. “We have directed our chapters to hold congresses on July 14 to take decision and resume work on July 15,” he said. “The suspension is for only three months to give the new minister some time as requested; we do not want to welcome him with strike. The minister has given us assurance and we want to give him the benefit of a doubt.

Congrats, ASUP STRIKE Clocks One Year – Nigeria Is Educationally Disadvantaged – By Comrade Solomon Jacobs ASUP Academic activities in Nigeria public polytechnics have been paralyzed for the past 10 months which is over one academic year due to the strike action embarked upon by ASUP and the slow pace of action in resolving it by the education ministry. The demands of ASUP union are deemed genuine and rightful as this is a timely intervention to the educational disaster waiting to rock the Nigeria education system. Going by the figures available, Nigeria is a nation that is educationally disadvantaged. If you agree with me the mass failure of student in SSCE exams (WAEC) yearly, this lead to re-writing the exam again and again for students who fails to make the paper.