Ado-Ekiti Federal Polytechnic Suspend Strike

After three months of feuding with the Rector of the
Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti, all the three
industrial unions at the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-
Ekiti, have suspended their strike of over two
months.
Unions under the auspices of Academic Staff
Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), the Non-Academic
Staff Union (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association
of Nigerian Polytechnics (SSANIP), had been
embroiled in a running battle with the Rector
because of some benefits due to the workers,
which culminated in the staff calling for her
removal.
Adressing newsmen in Ado-Ekiti at the weekend,
representatives of the unions said the decision to
suspend the strike was arrived at by members
after their meeting with the Minister of Education,
Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, in Abuja.
Speaking on behalf of others, the ASUP Chairman,
Owoeye Tunji, said at the Abuja meeting, also
attended by the Minister of Labour, the
management of the institution was directed to pay
CONTISS 15 to workers of the school.
"Apart from that, all other issues were thrashed.
The management was asked to withdraw all
queries and pay the backlog of salaries. On the
deduction of pensions from casual workers, the
issue is being resolved by the management. The
issue of cooperative deductions is still lingering,
but we are going to resolve it amicably.
"We are open-minded. We are suing for peace and
we will allow for give and take. The management
has been directed to implement Ibrahim
Shekarau's order," he said.