Oko Poly withdraws from ASUP strike, resumes lectures next week
AWKA- THE academic board of Federal Polytechnic, Oko in Anambra State
yesterday announced the withdrawal of the institution from the ongoing
national strike of Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP.
Meanwhile, the academic board and the governing council of the institution have directed immediate reopening of the polytechnic and resumption of lectures with immediate effect.
Registrar of the polytechnic, Mr. Tony Nwaokolbia directed students to
return to school immediately, adding that the suspended 2012/2013 second
semester examinations and lectures for fresh students will commence on
Monday, July 7, 2014.
Rising from the emergency meeting at Oko,
the academic board said that while it is in support of the agitation of
the unions, it had to put the fate of students who had remained at home
for almost one year into consideration, adding that the withdrawal from
the strike was to enable students write their second semester
examinations and be at par with students of other institutions.
A member of the board and dean of the School of Engineering, Dr. Nsionu
Ifeanyi, who addressed reporters after the meeting of the board praised
the efforts of ASUP in putting up a good fight, noting that their
withdrawal was not to dissuade the union from the struggle, but in
consideration of the students who have wasted a lot of time at home.
Ifeanyi said the management of the institution would work out
modalities for the examination which, he stated, would commence as soon
as possible.
According to him, the academic board, which is the
highest decision making body of the polytechnic, deliberated on the
ongoing national strike of ASUP and the fate of our students who have
been at home for nearly one year and decided to take the decision.
He said: “While we are supporting the union’s fight, we said it is
important that we see what we can do for our students to help them
because they have lost so many months. The board therefore decided that
the students be called back to write their examinations and continue
with lectures, while we wait for the outcome of the engagement of the
union with government. We don’t want them to fail in their demands. We
only want to bring ourselves at par with our colleagues in other
institutions.”
However, the national president of ASUP, Dr.
Chibuzor Asomugha, said in an interview that the academic board was not
competent to call off the strike.
Asomugha said he was not aware that Oko Polytechnic had withdrawn from the national strike.
7/04/2014
Oko Poly withdraws from ASUP strike, resumes lectures next week
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