ASUP Strike: Poly Students Demand Wike's Removal

The National Association of Nigerian Polytechnic Students has called
on President Goodluck Jonathan to sack the Minister of Education, Mr.
Nyesom Wike.
Members of the association made the call on Monday in Abuja while
protesting at the Federal Ministry of Education office over the strike
of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics.
The strike started on October 5, 2013.
The association, which accused Wike of not being capable of resolving
the ASUP strike, carried placards bearing "Wike Must Go" and
"Government is Insensitive", among others.
The National President of NANPS, Sunday Ogbonnaya, said the students
were supporting their lecturers' call for better funding of the
nation's polytechnics.
Ogbonnaya said, "ASUP's demands have the backing of the student body,
particularly with regard to ending the discrimination against HND
holders and the call for better funding for the polytechnics.
"The last meeting between ASUP and the minister was inconclusive. ASUP
initially had 13 demands, then they streamlined into four. With the
agreement, it is unfair for the government to fail to yield to the
pact. We also appealed to ASUP at the meeting with the minister, that
if they are canvassing what is theirs; they should not use students as
negotiation tools in getting what they want.
"A few days after that meeting, ASUP met and said the strike continues
and for various reasons, we believe in the struggle of ASUP. We are
tired of staying at home. We are totally in support of the 13 demands
of the union and we are ready to give them all necessary support."

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