The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) at Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic has announced an indefinite strike, effective Tuesday, September 30, 2025, due to unresolved demands related to the Polytechnic’s Salary Structure and other welfare issues. The action comes three months after the union staged a one-week warning strike in June, following a two-week ultimatum issued
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has announced plans to meet with the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) over a directive affecting lecturers without a master’s degree. NBTE’s circular, dated September 10, 2025, instructed that academic staff in polytechnics and other Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions who do not obtain
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has warned President Bola Tinubu’s administration that it may embark on a nationwide strike if long-standing issues affecting the sector are not resolved within 21 days. The union is demanding the creation of a National Polytechnics Commission, similar to regulatory bodies for universities and colleges of education. It
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Federal Polytechnic Offa branch, has accused the institution’s management of inflating the cost of an upcoming departmental accreditation exercise. The union alleged that the budgeted amount, put at N500 million, is excessive and unjustifiable. In a statement on Monday, ASUP chairman Dr. Idowu Atilola described the expenditure as
Two major academic unions— the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP)—have rejected the new national admission cut-off marks set by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), describing them as detrimental to academic standards. Following the 2025 JAMB policy meeting held in Abuja, JAMB, in collaboration with
