By Auwal Ahmed Ibrahim, Goronyo
The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has constituted a four-member committee to review the recent implemented scheme of service for polytechnics in Nigeria.

This comes as a response to the demand of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) and other related unions regarding the current Scheme of Service in which grey areas were pinpointed for review.
The committee is expected to comprehensively examine the existing scheme and propose necessary adjustments to address challenges and align with the needs of the Polytechnics and other TVET institutions as demanded.
In a letter dated 31at of September, 2024 written by the Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education, NBTE, Professor Idris M. Bugaje to the Director Human Resources of the National Board said following resolutions reached at the Ministry of Education on Wednesday, 23rd October, 2024 and the present 15-day ultimatum given by ASUP Union to embark on industrial strike, the NBTE Board constituted the committee to review the Scheme of Service/Service Conditions for Polytechnics and similar TVET institutions.
The Executive Secretary appointed the Director Human Resources of the NBTE Board to chair the committee for the review while the members of the Committee are withdrawn from various concerned unions: One member from ASUP leadership, one from Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics (SSANIP), one from Non-academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (NASU). Nafisa Aminu Abba from NBTE as the Secretary of the Committee and Mashkur M. Yusuf as the Secretariat Assistant.
The inauguration of the Committee is slated on the 6th of November, 2024 at the NBTE Liaison Office, Abuja at 2pm prompt.
Meanwhile the letter said the Committee has eight weeks from the date of inauguration to submit their reports for onward submission and review.