Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has suspended its strike nationwide.
The poly lecturers had embarked on industrial action two months ago over the Federal Government's failure to implement agreements reached with the union in 2017.
Addressing journalists at the end of its national executive council (NEC) emergency meeting yesterday in Abuja, the president, Usman Dutse, directed members to commence academic activities immediately.
He said the strike was called off due to the progress made in negotiations with government. "The NEC of the union, after exhaustive deliberations and in due consultations with respective congresses across the nation, resolved to suspend the current industrial action."
He noted that the suspension was on the condition that government commits to a reviewed memorandum of action to concretise the resolutions and ensure its full implementation by end of May 2019, failing which the union should resume the action at its discretion.
Dutse explained that the union withdrew the services of its members since December 12, 2018 to press home a resolution of several lingering issues undermining the smooth running of the sector
