Bauchi College of Agriculture crisis deepens as lecturers resume strike

Members of the academic Staff Union of Polytechnics ( ASUP) at Bauchi State College of Agriculture ‎have embarked on an indefinite strike Friday. The order to embark on the strike was contained in a letter signed by ASUP chairman of the college, Mohammed Bununu dated 21st September 2017. He called on members of the union […]

Members of the academic Staff Union of Polytechnics ( ASUP) at Bauchi State College of Agriculture ‎have embarked on an indefinite strike Friday.

The order to embark on the strike was contained in a letter signed by ASUP chairman of the college, Mohammed Bununu dated 21st September 2017.

He called on members of the union to immediately embark on the strike Friday 22nd December 2017 to press home their demands.

The letter reads:" Members of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics ( ASUP) Bauchi State College of Agriculture Chapter are hereby ‎directed to resume it’s suspended local strike.

"The decision to resume the suspended industrial action followed the release of the committee’s report set up by the College Governing Council to look into the series of allegations levelled against the principal officers of the College.”

The union alleged that the report of the committee does not meet its expectations as it was partial, contradictory and passionate towards the people allegedly behind the College’s problems.

"It was a waste of time, energy and resources of the meagre income of the college by the committee and by extension the Governing Council. We will not be cowed or deterred in our‎ quest for justice. We will be resolute in our struggle until victory is achieved," the letter adds.

The union in a separate letter to governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar ‎dated December 22nd 2017 calls on him to intervene in the crisis.

It stated that the union decided to write him and explain it’s position and inform the governor with facts about what has been happening in the College in the last couple of months.