Students of Nigerian
polytechnics
under the auspices of
the National
Association of
Polytechnic Students,
have called on the
Federal Government
and Academic Staff
Union of
Polytechnics (ASUP) to
resolve the
lingering dispute
between them in the
interest of the students.
National President of
NAPS, Comrade
Sunday Ogbonnaya, also
condemned
the policemen for tear-
gassing some
lecturers penultimate
week during a
peaceful protest over
the lingering
strike.
"Actually, the issue of
this strike has
gotten out of hand and
the truth is that
we the students are at
the receiving
end. It is said that when
two elephants
fight, it is the grass that
suffers it. And
that is what is
happening today.
"We want to appeal to
ASUP to device
other means of
achieving their goals
instead of putting
students at home,"
he said.
He also called on the
Federal
Government to
genuinely address the
demands of the
lecturers, saying there
was no way "the country
could develop
without proper
investment in the
technological
development of the
nation," he said.
The students, who have
lost an
academic session to the
strike also
condemned in totality
the
discrimination against
polytechnics
graduates in public
service and urged
the Federal Government
to remove the
obnoxious ceiling
against Higher
National Diploma (HND)
holders.
Ogbonnaya said that the
association
was in full support of
the move by the
Higher National
Diploma Holders
Association of Nigeria to
drag the
Federal Government to
court over
discrimination in work
places.
"Honestly, it's a cancer.
It's what we
have heard of and seen
in public
service. But we students
don't have
any regret of being
polytechnic
students. We make bold
to say it
anywhere, anytime,
because we feel
and we believe that it is
from
polytechnic that we get
good and
quality practical
education."
"Instead of celebrating
practical aspect
of what one can do, our
system
celebrates certificate
and that is what
is killing our system
today," he said
Title : ASUP STRIKE:- POLY STUDENTS PLEAD WITH F.G. ASUP TO END STRIKE.
Description : Students of Nigerian
polytechnics
under the auspices of
the National
Association of
Polytechnic Students,
have called on the
Federal ...