ASUP - Following the withdrawal of the members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti chapter from the ongoing almost 10-month old nationwide strike embarked upon by the national body of the union, the authorities of the polytechnic have directed all its full-time students to resume immediately for normal academic activities.
In a circular to the polytechnic community, the Registrar, Mrs. "Sade Adediran said lectures and other academic activities should commence immediately.
According to the polytechnic chapter of ASUP, the decision to withdraw from the ongoing strike was taken in the interest of the students and the entire polytechnic community.
ASUP Chairman, Comrade Tunji Owoeye, who hinted that the decision to withdraw from the strike was taken at the chapter's congress, expressed the determination of the members of the union to give the students their best in terms of quality education delivery.
He, however, lamented the low turn-out of students in the lecture halls on the day of their resumption, despite the fact that they had been at home for long.
Meanwhile, the students have expressed delight over the decision, describing it as a welcome development to reverse the setback they have suffered as a result of the strike.
They expressed their determination to cooperate with their lecturers and the management towards achieving their academic ambition.
The President of the polytechnic's Students' Union, Owolade Oluwasijibomi and the Director of Sports, Olofintuyi Emmanuel, on behalf of the entire student body, expressed gratitude to their lecturers for withdrawing from the strike, even as they appealed to the lecturers to do their best to ensure that they are fully engaged academically.
They pledged the readiness of the union to cooperate with the management and ASUP in all spheres of the polytechnic development.
Source: New Telegraph