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The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP on Friday said it will embark on industrial action if the government fails to suspend the new Scheme of Service in Nigeria Polytechnics, which took effect, June 7.
The Auchi Polytechnic, Edo State chapter of the union stated this after at an emergency congress in Auchi on Friday.
Speaking to journalists, the Chairman of ASUP, Auchi Chapter, Bamidele Osamudiamen, said the new scheme represented a “dead-end” to the growth and development of polytechnic education.
“Starting from Monday, we will kick start the process with a protest on the new scheme, while this will be followed by a strike,” he said.
Osamudiamen reiterated that the new scheme represented a “dead-end” to the career progression of lecturers in the polytechnic system.
He said the gains recorded by the sector in recent times would be eroded by the new scheme.
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