Students of the Federal polytechnic Bauchi,
yesterday staged a protest over the continued
closure of polytechnics across the country, urging the
Federal Government to fulfil the agreement it
reached with the Academic Staff Union of
Polytechnics in 2009.
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The students demanded full implementation of the
Consolidated Tertiary Institution Salary Structure
(CONTISS 15) migration across board, review of the
polytechnic act to remove disparity between the
Higher National Diploma certificate and the
university certificate among others.
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President of the Student Union Government,
Comrade Abubakar Abdullahi Bako, while addressing
newsmen in Bauchi, lamented that the strike has
paralysed academic activities in the various
campuses across the nation with no positive
response from the Federal Government.
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Also speaking, one of the union leaders and a Mass
Communication student in HND 1, Tsummani John,
decried what he described as dichotomy between the
university and the polytechnic system of education.
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"Polytechnics were created to bring about technological advancement, but universities are given more recognition and priority over polytechnics. We want the Federal Government to find a lasting solution to the problem," he said.