LASPOTECH boycotts ASUP nationwide strike

Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH) has boycotted the proposed industrial action by the The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, (ASUP). Recall that ASUP threatened to join their university counterpart (ASUU) which have been on strike for more than one month now. However, the LASPOTECH chapter has ignored the union's resolution as academic activities continues undisturbed in the school. Speaking on the decision of the school not join the strike, the Vice-Chairman, ASUP, LASPOTECH, Mr Salami Olugbenga said: "We are not on strike because we have some internal wranglings with the management sometime last year which is still in court." "We can’t join the strike because there is no organ of the union on ground for now." "Our members at some point were looking up to ASUP National to wade into the matter and resolve it, unfortunately, the national body is seriously disappointing." "The national came to LASPOTECH at some point and met the Rector, maybe because the rector was so adamant and the case was already in court, they felt there was nothing they could do about it," he said.