Speaking with our correspondent, the ASUP President, Chibuzor Asomugha, who lamented the discrimination in the nation’s education sector, said it was wrong for the government to treat polytechnics issues with disdain.
“Their thinking that it is only the children of the poor that attend the polytechnics is wrong,” he said.
Asomugha noted that due to promises made by the Federal Government to the union, it suspended its strike on July 16, 2013 for one month. But the lecturers resumed strike on October 4 after the government failed to respect the pact.
Stressing that the situation was getting out of control, he said the union was embarrassed by the insensitivity of the government concerning the place of polytechnic education in the nation’s development.
“There is no mitigation for this level of insensitivity by government; we are approaching the
