The Non-Teaching Staff Union of Polytechnics (NOTSUP) Wednesday January 03, 2023 call on Federal Government to exclude Polytechnic institutions as revenue generating agency/agents in the Federal Ministry of Finance circular.

According to a statement signed by NOTSUP President, Comrade Shaba Nakorji lamented that the Ministry of Finance circular ref: FMFCME/OTHERS/IGR/CFR/21/2023, dated 28th December 2023, its distribution list include to all Rectors of Federal Polytechnics/Monotechnics is implying that the Federal Government is classifying Polytechnic institutions as a revenue generating agency/agents.
He described the circular to like the one issued in October 2023 where the Federal Government conveyed its plans to commence the deduction of 40% of the Internally Generated Revenue of partially funded federal government institution, the Nigeria President, His Excellence Bola Tinubu directed a suspension of the policy in Federal Tertiary Institutions because of the outcry from Nigerians.
In his statement, Shaba Nakorji made a clarion call appealing to the Nigeria President to exclude Polytechnics and other tertiary institutions from the Federal Ministry of Finance circular.
Also, Comrade Victor Iduma Okocha in a separate statement urged the Federal Government to increase it’s funding of Polytechnics to resuscitate the institution, and call on the Government to exclude the institutions from the circular to save it from the dire consequences which are severe to Polytechnic non teaching staff, students and the entire Nigeria society.
