In a memo released by the Registrar of the institution, Chief Bisi
Adeyemi titled “request to suspend strike” it was stated that this
decision was reached after series of meeting between the management of
the polytechnic and ASUP branch of Federal Polytechnic Bida in
persuading the union to call off the lingering strike yielded no result.
The management therefore in a bid to enable the polytechnic to complete
the Second Semester of the 2012/2013 academic session and also to avoid a
total collapse of the institution has decided to call off the lingering
strike.
Consequently, all staff of the institution has been mandated to suspend
their actions immediately and resume work to enable the Polytechnic, at
least, commence and conclude the year 2012/2013 Second Semester as it
had been confirmed that this Polytechnic is lagging behind all the other
22 Federal Polytechnics in the country in all spheres of Academic
activities.
Excerpts of the memo read, “It has been confirmed that currently, some
of the Federal Polytechnics did not join or had suspended their
participation in the on-going strike, to attend to their peculiar
challenges (similar to what is obtainable in Bida) – such Polytechnics
include Auchi, Bali, Damaturu, Offa, Kebbi, Ede, Ilaro, Ado-Ekiti, to
mention just eight. Also about twenty of the Federal Polytechnics had
concluded their 2012/2013 Academic sessions before joining the strike,
unlike the situation in this Polytechnic.
Management notes that admissions of candidates for the 2013/2014 for ND
and