MAPOLY CRISIS
The Management of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta on Thursday locked out members of the National Executive of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, in Nigeria from the school premises. This followed the declaration of indefinite strike action by the Academic Staff Union of the institution. The National Executive Council of ASUP which scheduled its press conference in the school on the “Deplorable condition of polytechnic education in Nigeria” had to hold the conference at the school gate. Speaking to reporters, the Union’s zonal coordinator, Olawale Omobaorun said, “They say we are not going to enter, and we are trying to tow the line of peace, we will stay at the gate and address the press.” He alleged that the state governor was after the Chairman of the MAPOLY Chapter of ASUP, Comrade Kola Abiola. He added, “The government of the state is after our chairman and that is why you are not seeing the chairman here today. “Let the world know that the...