ASUP strike: Are polytechnic students on strike or on a life time holiday?

Posted by: stiphbami in State of Mind Feb 26, 2014

ASUP strike started 8months ago and only little has been heard about the strike.

I, being a Polytechnic student, a lot of questions has been running through my mind and one of those questions numerous question is, “Is ASUP on “STRIKE” or on a Life time “HOLIDAY“?

If ASUP were to be on strike, I think a load lot of things should be happening right now rather than subjecting we innocent student to compulsory ‘HOLIDAY’.

I believe Dialogue Upon Dialogue
ought to have been going on or happening between ASUP and the FG just like how it happens during the ASUU strike.

Does the Government’s nonchalant attitude towards resolving ASUP strike reflects the government attitude towards Polytechnic education in Nigeria? At least we all saw what happened during the University strike and we all saw how it went.

Even though it took months before the ASUU strike was resolved but there were lot of moves made by the FG in other to resolve the crisis. The question is, what will it take the Federal Government to meet up with ASUP demands.

But come to think of it, among the numerous demands by ASUP, which of them are they really demanding for or let me say which of them is “Important”? Is it the Funding of Nigerian Polytechnics by the FG? Is it the constitution of an effective and functional governing council for polytechnics? Is it a white paper on visitation panels to polytechnics and a much-needed assessment of polytechnics? Or more importantly HND and B.sc discrimination?

Left to me as a student, with my little level of thinking. I think what ASUP needs to do is to cut down there demands and have a scale of preference because the nonchalant attitude of the Government is not encouraging and it is we the student that are suffering from this.

Let’s have a solid reason for going on strike. If it is because of HND and B.sc discrimination, let the government know and if it because of the allowances, let the government know about it because if we continue to present a paper full of demands, we might still continue our “HOLIDAY” until.. Only God knows.

One other thing is that the media are not helping the matter at all. During ASUU strike, the news was everywhere all through till the end of the strike. Why is ASUP strike a different case? The question is left for the media to answer.

-ASUP please do something very fast! We can’t wait to resume.

-FG thanks for your nonchalant attitude towards polytechnic education. Keep pursuing your 2015 political ambition.

– Only God can judge.

I rest my case.
– Readers, please ignore my grammatical blunders, it is as a result of the strike. As time goes on I will improve.

– Com. Ogbeni Akinremi BBM:22735673