The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics (SSANIP) has on Monday commenced a 14-day warning strike action with effect from January 4, 2021, following alleged neglect of their demands by the Federal Government. The strike directive was conveyed in a release signed by the Acting National Secretary of SSANIP, Comrade Emmanuel Enyiegor in Calabar, Cross River State. The association also demands the government to constitute Governing Councils in Federal and State Polytechnics. The release reads “This is to bring to the attention of all the members that the General Executive Council had on December 17, 2020, approved the commencement of 14-day warning strike with effect from January 4.
“Members are by this notice directed to refrain from going to office from Monday, January 4, 2021.
“We demand the immediate re-evaluation and implementation of NEEDS assessment report and release of funds for the Polytechnic sector without further delay.
“We demand the complete payment of salaries and arrears of minimum wage for staff in the Polytechnic sector starting from the period of implementation in April 2019.
“We demand the release of the scheme of service for Polytechnics immediately. This has been put on hold by the National Board for Technical Education for three years without any concrete explanation.”
