FEPASU blasts ASUP over call for ES of NBTE sack

By Khadija Sale Ibrahim, Kaduna

The Interim National President of Federal Polytechnics Academic Staff Union (FEPASU) Dr. Shadrach Audu has today blasted the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP over their call for the sack of the Executive Secretary (ES) of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Professor Idris M. Bugaje.

Yesterday, the national leadership of ASUP made the call for the sack of the NBTE Executive Secretary on the new Scheme of Service .

Dr. Shadrach in his statement with the media said that it is pathetic that ASUP has reduce itself to this pitiable state of resorting to attacking the personality of the NBTE Executive Secretary forwarded and transmitted the Scheme of Service handed down from the office of the Head of Service to the regulatory body, NBTE.

“Professor who has been a two time Rector of Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa, NARICT and Kaduna Polytechnic, spent many years trying to solve the issue of HND and B.Sc dichotomy.

The FEPASU Chairman explained with worry on how ASUP was quite ignorance and unaware on Scheme of Service where so many hands have worked tirelessly towards the betterment of the system, only ended up attacking the personality of the ES.

“Comrade, Dr. Shadrach wondered how and when ASUP has suddenly turned itself into a policy formulator when thousands of it’s members welfare have been abandoned, but unknown to ASUP instead, it put the lion share of the blame on the innocent Executive Secretary of the NBTE, for doing his job.

“Dr Shadrach reiterated how just yesterday, the ES made submission back to the Ministry and the of office of the HOS on the observations and letter of complains by all the concerned stakeholders in the polytechnic sector including ASUP, but sadly just the same yesterday ASUP called for his sack for only God knows why?

FEFASU Chairman, Dr. Shadrach called for calm from federal polytechnics staff and assured them of the concern of the NBTE Executive Secretary and the Minister of Education.

Dr. Shedrach regretted such statement made by ASUP on the removal of the ES and apologized to the Minister of Education, the Head of Service and the ES of the NBTE on the reckless and unguided utterances made by ASUP leadership.

The Chairman however, commended the Committee of Federal Polytechnics Rectors (COFER) role in the effort of identifying gray areas in the Scheme of Service for the provision of conducive academic environment for the polytechnics staff.

One thought on “FEPASU blasts ASUP over call for ES of NBTE sack

  1. This is another saboteur of the federal polytechnics and at the same time a bot over by the executive secretary of Nbte to destroy the entire polytechnic system.

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