The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has criticized the Federal Government for waiting until the beginning of the strike declared before resuming talks with the national leadership of the union.
The Federal Polytechnic Mubi chapter of the ASUP stated this while addressing newsmen at the Yola campus of the polytechnic on Wednesday.
Chairman of the Federal Polytechnic Mubi chapter of ASUP, Comrade Hussaini James said, the Federal Government rushed a meeting with ASUP as the strike was already beginning on Tuesday, when it should have convened the meeting long ago.
“The notice of this strike was given well ahead of time but the Federal Government took no steps to possibly avert it until yesterday when it convened a meeting, and of course, it was deadlock,” he said.
He said such delayed action by the Federal Government shows how unserious it had always been over issues relating to polytechnic education.
According to him, when it comes to this education sub-sector, “Government lies down on otherwise simple things: things it can do without breaking a sweat.”