DELTA State Commissioner for Higher Education, Jude Sinebe has appealed to members of the Joint Unions in the three state owned polytechnics at Ogwashi-Uku, Oghara and Ozoro to patiently wait for the state government to address some of the issues raised by them.
Sinebe, who disclosed this in an interview with newsmen said that the appeal had become necessary as it would enable the state government to do what it can in resolving some of the issues, adding that the threat to embark on strike action would not in any way yield the desired result.
He specifically said that there was never a time the state government entered into any form of agreement with the Joint Unions in the state-owned polytechnics with regard to the current agitation of the unions, even as he urged members of the Joint Unions to pray for the success of the Governor Okowa administration in the state.
Meanwhile, affiliate unions of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics and Non-Academic Staff Union, under the umbrella of the Joint Executives Unions of Delta State Chapter, have planned to embark on an indefinite strike to press home their demands, following the alleged failure of the state government to review the understanding reached with the unions.
Speaking with newsmen the Joint Union Executive Chairman, Delta State Chapter, Comrade Thomas Ojuye, at the meeting advised the union members to remain steadfast and united in the challenges ahead.
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