The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP has called on the Federal and some state governments to pay unsettled arrears of the minimum wage to its members as contained in the Memorandum of Action, MoA.

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP has called on the Federal and some state governments to pay unsettled arrears of the minimum wage to its members as contained in the Memorandum of Action, MoA.

ASUP also frowned at the delays in the release of the approved 15 billion naira Revitalisation Fund, non-payment of salaries to its members in some state owned institutions, and non-commencement of the renegotiation of the 2010 agreement.

National Publicity Secretary of the Union Abdullahi Yelwa stated this in a statement in Bauchi. He added that the decisions were reached during the 101st Regular ASUP National Executive Council, NEC meeting held at the Gateway ICT Polytechnic Ogun State.

Yelwa also said members of the public should hold government responsible in the event of breakdown of industrial harmony, adding that the union and its members had shown considerable tolerance.

The ASUP Spokesman noted that the union will extend its consultations on the next action as there will be no further cautions if the government failed to meet its demands.

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