After three months of feuding with the Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ado Ekiti, all the three industrial unions at the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, have suspended their strike of over two months.
Unions under the auspices of Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics (SSANIP), had been embroiled in a running battle with the Rector because of some benefits due to the workers, which culminated in the staff calling for her removal.
Adressing newsmen in Ado-Ekiti at the weekend, representatives of the unions said the decision to suspend the strike was arrived at by members after their meeting with the Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, in Abuja.
Speaking on behalf of others, the ASUP Chairman, Owoeye Tunji, said at the Abuja meeting, also attended by the Minister of Labour, the management of the institution was directed to pay CONTISS 15 to workers of the school.
"Apart from that, all other issues were thrashed. The management was asked to withdraw all queries and pay the backlog of salaries. On the deduction of pensions from casual workers, the issue is being resolved by the management. The issue of cooperative deductions is still lingering, but we are going to resolve it amicably.
"We are open-minded. We are suing for peace and we will allow for give and take. The management has been directed to implement Ibrahim Shekarau's order," he said.
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