The Non – Academic Staff Union of the Polytechnic, Ibadan
today Wednesday commences an indefinite strike which leads to the stoppage of Academic
activities in the school.
The premises of the prestigious polytechnic was reported to
be a war scenario this morning as member of the Non – Academic Staff Union came
out in mass, holding canes on bike and motorcycle to scare student back there various hostels and apartments.
The school gate was reported to be locked, preventing staffs
vehicle and Commercial vans from entering the school.
It could be recollected that the Staff union as hitherto
begin a warning strike last week, which was very peaceful to the fact that the
Academic activities were going smoothly without any threat or violence by the
Union.
According to an H.N.D 1 student of the Mass communication
department, Fabiyi Qozeem who was an eye witness of the scenario reveals that
the Union was angry by the act of taking all means to delay academic activities
in the school from now till further notice.
“we were attacked at the ‘Poly Microfinance Bank’ chased
back to our hostels with canes,
Lectures were also not allowed to commence as
our lecturers were locked outside the school compound, the union tends to be
very angry, we pray the government sees into their opinion faster, we want our
academics to move on, we can’t avoid to see our time being wasted”he said.
Also the H.O.D of the Mass Communication Department, Mr.
Olusoji Olatunji while reacting to the development showed his dissatisfaction
in the way the government reacts to the complains of the Union, he also express
the negative effect the strike would cause to academic activities in the school.
"The NASU were angry and they refused lectures to move
on, they are wasting the students' time" which will affect the academic
calendar, unfortunately the deadline for this has not been predicted, till God
says. He said.
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