The members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has resolved at the end of their National Executive Council (NEC) meeting to continue with the strike action over what it perceived as governments insincerity over the plight of the lecturers.
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Speaking after the ASUP NEC meeting yesterday, Mr Clement Chirman who is the Publicity Secretary of the union disclosed that the Federal Government is not ready to reason with the lecturers yet.
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"Our strike cannot be suspended just like that. The last time we met the Supervising Minster of Education said the government would set up a committee based on the observation of Salaries and Wages commission on payment of CONTISS 15 migration, but the committee has not been formed yet," he said.
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He said that calling off the strike when nothing has been done means that they have been wasting their time since last year.
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However, the Special Assistant (Media), to Minister of Education, Simon Nwakadu said that the claims of the lecturers are false as the committee is already working with ASUP and COEASU member participating actively.
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Mr Nwakadu said: "The committee is on and they are meeting at the SGF level and both ASUP and COASEU are involved directly but they have not concluded their work. We are hoping by next week Tuesday they should conclude their work but they are on it".
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The eight-month-old strike has crippled academic activities in the polytechnics with the latest attempt by the National Assembly to resolve the issue suffering a set back yesterday.