Kwara: Industrial unrest looms at Federal Poly Offa

A fresh industrial unrest looms at the Federal Polytechnic Offa in Kwara State, DAILY POST reports.

This is as the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has repeatedly warned the governing council of the institution to stop holding council meetings outside the confines of the Polytechnic without any positive change.

The union has consequently called for immediate cancellation of the council’s meeting currently holding in Lagos and cautioned the council to desist from the act or risk industrial unrest.

A statement by the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, branch chairman of the union, Dr Idowu Atilola, on Thursday, also demanded a letter of apology to the Polytechnic community from the governing council.

Part of the statement read; “The attention of the Union has been brought to the fixing of Council meetings outside the confines of the polytechnic.

“Let it be on record that this conduct was first observed in May and the Union sent soft warnings but the management seems to have lost all regards for rules and regulations.

“It is also important to note that the current Governing Council has conspicuously left matters of staff welfare and the polytechnic’s progress unattended to, they have refused to reply letters of complaints by the Union and most unfortunately, they have even refused to give audience to the Union on matters of serious concern.

“It would have been expected that Engr. Kamoru Kadiri and Engr. Waheed Balogun should have guided the Council properly (being former Union leaders) towards proper conduct but they seem to have chosen a different path.

“The Registrar who is supposed to be an interpreter of rules has also hypocritically compromised his good stand for personal gains.

“No wonder Federal Polytechnic Offa has now become a shadow of itself.

“Consequently, the Union is demanding for an immediate cancellation of the Council meeting currently being held in Lagos and also a letter of apology to the polytechnic community from the Council.

“We will not close our eyes and allow where we earn a living to be destroyed,” the statement added.

Kwara: Industrial unrest looms at Federal Poly Offa