The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has commenced an indefinite strike nationwide.
Leadership of the union led by its president, Anderson Ezeibe made the announcement on Tuesday while addressing newsmen in Abuja.
Also, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is threatening to resume another round of strike, blaming federal government for none or partial implementation of the some of the agreements reached for the suspension of the 10 month old strike.
However, according to Ezeibe’s ASUP leadership, to Leadership, the members of the union have vowed to shut down the Nigerian Polytechnics till the Federal Government meets their demands.
The minister of education, Adamu Adamu, had scheduled a meeting with the union on Tuesday.
According to a statement issued on Monday by Ben Bem Goong, spokesperson for the ministry of education, the meeting was to address the issues raised by ASUP in a bid to avert the planned strike.
