ASUP STRIKE: Polytechnics in Nigeria have been closed following an indefinite strike action embarked upon by ASUP

Polytechnics in Nigeria have been closed as a result of an indefinite strike called by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) in response to the federal government's failure to meet its demands.

On Tuesday, ASUP President Anderson Ezeibe announced that polytechnics across the country will remain closed until the federal government meets their demands.

Mr Ezeibe said the strike became imperative after the expiration of an ultimatum it gave the federal government last year to revamp the poor state of polytechnics and monotechnics in the country.

According to the ASUP president, the union had made its demands know to the various relevant ministries and state governors without any thing done.

Some of the union’s demands include non-implementation of the 2014 NEEDS Report and non-release of revitalisation funds to the sector despite assurances since 2017.

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“Our grievances also include the non-reconstitution of governing councils in federal polytechnics and many state-owned institutions leading to the disruption of governance and administrative processes in the institutions since May, 2020,” Mr Ezeibe said.

“This has also undermined the renegotiation of the union’s 2010 agreement with the government which was unilaterally suspended by the government for over two years now.”

On Tuesday, the Nigerian minister of education, Adamu Adamu, held an emergency meeting with union leaders to try to avert the strike.

Just last week, the country's resident doctors went on an indefinite strike to press their demands.