July 03, 2014

ASUP Strike: Fed Poly Oko Pulls Out

Following the emergency meeting held by the Academic Board of the federal Polytechnic Oko, the institution has pulled out of the on-going ASUP strike.

This as we learnt is to enable the students write their first semester examinations and complete the academic calendar.

May 30, 2014

ASUP : Polythechnics and Colleges of Education students protest in Lagos

Students from Polytechnics and Colleges of Education this morning took to the streets of Lagos to protest the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic, ASUP, strike which has been on for over 9 months now. The strike has grounded academic activities in all Polytechnics and also halted the students' academic pursuits.
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May 23, 2014

To Those Writing CBT, What You Need To Know.

 

TO THOSE WRITING JAMB CBT :
Writing CBT here is an opportunity for you to outshine the performance of PPT based on their result statistics, so you should be fully prepared by now.

April 30, 2014

Police officers fired tear-gas at Lecturers and student







The protest yesterday  by striking lecturers of Nigeria’s polytechnics and colleges of education was disrupted.
The protest, held at the Federal Secretariat, Abuja, was disrupted  when police officers fired tear-gas at the protesters, made up of lecturers and students.
The protesters, however, say they will not leave the venue.
The protest was organised to show displeasure at the federal government’s handling of the strike by polytechnic lecturers ASUP, and college lecturers, COEASU.
Both unions have been on strike since last year with hundreds of thousands of students unable to attend lectures.
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April 28, 2014

Poly Alumni writes Open Letter To Pres. Jonathan

According to Dailypost , the Forum of Nigeria Polytechnic Alumni Association [FONPAA] has written an open letter to President Goodluck Jonathan, lamenting over the prolonged Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic [ASUP] strike which is now 8 months old.
The group described the failure of the federal government to end the academic war as a clear indication of its neglect of Polytechnic education in the country.
In the letter signed by its National Chairman, Emmanuel Ojo and Secretary, Olayode Omorayewa which was made available to DailyPost, the group is accusing the government of only showing concern about University education and ignoring the nation’s polytechnics.

April 26, 2014

Polytechnic students call for sack of Education Minister

According to PremiumTimes  The National Association of Polytechnic Students, NAPS, on Friday, held a protest at the Federal Secretariat in Abuja to demand the removal of the Supervising Minster of Education, Nyesom Wike.
The students also demanded that the lingering strike, which has lasted for a straight seven months, be called off.
The senate president of NAPS, Salamudin Lukman, told PREMIUM TIMES that the students protested because they were tired and frustrated of waiting for the Federal Government to resolve the lingering ASUP strike.
“We had earlier on told them that they should please ensure that the issue is resolved but up on till now nothing has been done. So we have run out of patience.
“We have therefore passed a vote of no confidence on the Minister of Education, Wike. We are also asking Mr. President to remove the Minister of Education with immediate effect,” Mr. Lukman said.

April 24, 2014

ASUP Plans Nationwide Protest For April 29



The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), on Wednesday, said it had concluded plans to stage a nationwide protest over what it described as government’s insensitivity to its lingering strike.
The National President of the union, Dr Chibuzo Asomugha, told newsmen in Abuja that the protest would take place on April 29.
This is coming on the heels of Kebbi State chapter of the union’s decision on Tuesday to call off the 10-month old strike.