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ASUP SUSPENDS STRIKE AFTER 2 MONTHS

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has suspended it’s strike which has been on for over two months. The association embarked upon the strike since lDecember 12 2018 over the failure of the federal government to implement the agreements it had with the association in 2017.

The agreement was to implement the recommendations of the 2014 NEEDS assessment which recommended the increase of funding to the polytechnics. However, Mr Usman Dutse, the ASUP President, announced the suspension of the strike on Tuesday during a press briefing in Abuja.

According to him, the association agreed to suspend the strike on the conditions that government commits to a reviewed memorandum of Action to solidify the resolutions and ensure its full implementation, failing which the union shall resume the action at its discretion.

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