After yesterdays three hour meeting with the FG,
ASUP’s National Publicity Secretary, Clement
Chirman has vowed to not stop their ongoing strike
of over three months until the FG meets its
demands.
The accusations The rowdy state of the meeting
began when the NAPS president, Sunday
Obonnaya, accused the federal government of
neglecting students. Mr. Obonnaya also accused
the polytechnic lecturers of using students to
pursue their selfish interests.
“The union (ASUP) told us that both the FG
and ASUP had met in 2009 for an agreement
which the FG had not kept to their own side
of the agreement. “We were also told that
the union and the FG had met several times
and that 13 demands were made. Out of the
13 demands, only four were picked by the FG
to attend to which up until now is not yet
attended to,” the student leader said
He accused the federal government of ignoring one
of the demands, removal of the dichotomy
between BSC and HND holders, which is central to
students’ interest. He also accused the lecturers of
only using the student angle to pursue their
‘selfish’ demands. “Please stop using the students
as your bait for your own selfish interest because
we are at the receiving end,” he told ASUP.
“Besides I keep getting calls, when will the strike
be over and even when it is over will this
discrimination be over.
Please find a solution to it.” Mr. Obonnaya’s
statement infuriated the ASUP delegation. The
union’s president, Chibuzo Asomugha, said he
wondered if the meeting was called by the
Education Minister, Nyesom Wike, to embarrass
the union before the media or to be insulted by the
students.
“The agenda presented to us is altered. Because in
the agenda given to us, we did not see the entry
for remark by the NAPS president and we want to
point out that we were invited to this meeting
officially.
“I think we were invited for the media to see
us dramatize and to be insulted by the
students we teach because it was all over
the press that the minster was meeting with
ASUP and we came here out of the deep
respect we have for the FG. “But if we are
here for the student to insult us then I will
say there is no meeting,” Mr. Chibuzo, who led
the ASUP delegation said.
ASUP’s National Publicity Secretary, Clement
Chirman has vowed to not stop their ongoing strike
of over three months until the FG meets its
demands.
The accusations The rowdy state of the meeting
began when the NAPS president, Sunday
Obonnaya, accused the federal government of
neglecting students. Mr. Obonnaya also accused
the polytechnic lecturers of using students to
pursue their selfish interests.
“The union (ASUP) told us that both the FG
and ASUP had met in 2009 for an agreement
which the FG had not kept to their own side
of the agreement. “We were also told that
the union and the FG had met several times
and that 13 demands were made. Out of the
13 demands, only four were picked by the FG
to attend to which up until now is not yet
attended to,” the student leader said
He accused the federal government of ignoring one
of the demands, removal of the dichotomy
between BSC and HND holders, which is central to
students’ interest. He also accused the lecturers of
only using the student angle to pursue their
‘selfish’ demands. “Please stop using the students
as your bait for your own selfish interest because
we are at the receiving end,” he told ASUP.
“Besides I keep getting calls, when will the strike
be over and even when it is over will this
discrimination be over.
Please find a solution to it.” Mr. Obonnaya’s
statement infuriated the ASUP delegation. The
union’s president, Chibuzo Asomugha, said he
wondered if the meeting was called by the
Education Minister, Nyesom Wike, to embarrass
the union before the media or to be insulted by the
students.
“The agenda presented to us is altered. Because in
the agenda given to us, we did not see the entry
for remark by the NAPS president and we want to
point out that we were invited to this meeting
officially.
“I think we were invited for the media to see
us dramatize and to be insulted by the
students we teach because it was all over
the press that the minster was meeting with
ASUP and we came here out of the deep
respect we have for the FG. “But if we are
here for the student to insult us then I will
say there is no meeting,” Mr. Chibuzo, who led
the ASUP delegation said.
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