The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, on Tuesday, called for a resumption of the 2010 ASUP-FGN renegotiation agreement process following news of the widely “purported” salary increment for staff of public tertiary institutions in the country.
The union, in a statement signed by its National President,
Dr Anderson Ezeibe, noted that the increment,
though a wage award, fell short of the agreement it had with the Federal
Government and called for a review.
The union said the government ought to take into cognizance
the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy before the announcement of a
percentage increment.
“Our Union has undertaken a review of the recent approval
and release of a new wage structure for Nigeria’s polytechnics, as communicated
through the National Salaries Incomes and Wages Commission. Following the
review process by our union’s team, it has become pertinent to put forward the
union’s position on this recent development for the purposes of clarity.
“The new salary structure indeed reflects an increase of 35
per cent for Chief Lecturers; and 25 per cent for other layers of staff in the
CONPCASS salary structure. This increase is a slight adjustment on the offer of
35 per cent and 23.5 per cent made by the government in the process of the
renegotiation of the ASUP/FGN 2010 agreement in July, 2022. The offer fell
short of our union’s demands during the renegotiation process.”
The union, therefore, renewed “our call for a conclusion of
the ASUP/FGN 2010 agreement renegotiation which will usher in an improved and
acceptable wage review reflective of the current economic realities through
collective bargaining.”
It assured the government of “its readiness to engage in any
such sincere and productive collective bargaining process which will improve
the technical and vocational education landscape in the country.”
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