In a memo released by the Registrar of the institution, Chief Bisi Adeyemi titled “request to suspend strike” it was stated that this decision was reached after series of meeting between the management of the polytechnic and ASUP branch of Federal Polytechnic Bida in persuading the union to call off the lingering strike yielded no result.
The management therefore in a bid to enable the polytechnic to complete the Second Semester of the 2012/2013 academic session and also to avoid a total collapse of the institution has decided to call off the lingering strike.
Consequently, all staff of the institution has been mandated to suspend their actions immediately and resume work to enable the Polytechnic, at least, commence and conclude the year 2012/2013 Second Semester as it had been confirmed that this Polytechnic is lagging behind all the other 22 Federal Polytechnics in the country in all spheres of Academic activities.
Excerpts of the memo read, “It has been confirmed that currently, some of the Federal Polytechnics did not join or had suspended their participation in the on-going strike, to attend to their peculiar challenges (similar to what is obtainable in Bida) – such Polytechnics include Auchi, Bali, Damaturu, Offa, Kebbi, Ede, Ilaro, Ado-Ekiti, to mention just eight. Also about twenty of the Federal Polytechnics had concluded their 2012/2013 Academic sessions before joining the strike, unlike the situation in this Polytechnic.
Management notes that admissions of candidates for the 2013/2014 for ND and HND had been done and almost all the admitted candidates had paid the Acceptance fees. JAMB had even released the results of year 2014/2015 UTME. This is a dilemma for the system.
All the scholarship proposals made available to the students of this institution by the Telecommunication companies such as MTN for 2013/2014 session would now be missed by our brilliant students as we shall have no result to present."
