Rector of Hussaini Adamu Federal Polytechnic, Kazaure, has appealed to members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP) to suspend the ongoing strike and return to their respective classes.
He made the call during the opening ceremonies of the Zonal Executive Council meeting of the union (Zone A) held in Kazaure on Wednesday.
The rector, who was represented by the Deputy Rector, Mrs. Gaji Bello Hussaini, pleaded with the union to solve issues bordering it amicably and urged them to save the lives of the teeming students roaming the streets “because of the ongoing strike.”
In his response, the national secretary-general of ASUP, Comrade Usman Ndah Umar, thanked the rector for the advice and appealed on the government to have a listening ear on the issue raised which were agreed upon by the federal government in 2010.
He said ASUP was compelled to continue the strike in view of the government lukewarm attitude to addressing the 13-point demands by the union.