Lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Niger State has began an indefinite strike.
The strike disrupted the ongoing examination in the school.
Following the development, the governing council of the institution, on Tuesday, suspended the activities of ASUP, Bida chapter, immediately
The Registrar of the polytechnic, Mr Hussaini Enagi, announced this in a statement, noting that the council took the action in view of the rising tension and prevailing negative security report.
According to reports, the institution had been in crisis over complaints by academics about excess workload and the management’s failure to pay staff allowances for the past 18 months.
Branch chairman, Kolo Joshua, asked union members to vacate the campus for the safety of lives and property, stressing that the lecturers’ grievances over unpaid allowances remained unresolved.
He accused the management of intimidation, including issuing queries to ASUP executives, instead of addressing financial obligations.
News edited by Favour Owonibi