{"id":160803,"date":"2025-04-28T22:51:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T21:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/kwara-offa-asup-at-loggerheads-with-management-over-union-check-off-dues"},"modified":"2025-04-28T23:52:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T22:52:20","slug":"kwara-offa-asup-at-loggerheads-with-management-over-union-check-off-dues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwara-offa-asup-at-loggerheads-with-management-over-union-check-off-dues","title":{"rendered":"Kwara: Offa ASUP at loggerheads with management over union check-off dues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, Federal Polytechnic Offa chapter, has condemned the decision by the management of the institution to halt the deductions of union check-off dues from its members.<\/p>\n<p>At a press conference held in Offa on Monday, the chairman of the chapter, Dr Idowu Atilola, declared: \u201cASUP is determined to ensure that the rights of members shall be protected at any cost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsequently, the union is, in the face of tyranny and mischief, resolute in condemning the contentious communique\u0301 of the Rector of Federal Polytechnic, Offa, and the Committee of Federal Polytechnic Rectors in its entirety. We are also prepared to employ all means necessary to compel a withdrawal of those contentious documents, accompanied by an apology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ASUP chairman lamented, \u201cit is most troubling that the architects of this malicious attack on the union are former leaders of the union in various capacities, which calls their membership into question.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout mincing words, the Rector of Federal Polytechnic, Offa, has acted in a most disappointing manner. Having served as a former chairman of the union and contested twice for the position of ASUP President, he ought to be better informed than to undertake actions that would undermine the union.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, \u201cit must also be made clear that it is the opinion of the union that the conduct of the Rector, Dr Kamoru Kadiri, is a retaliatory measure against the union\u2019s complaints and agitations, which primarily concern maladministration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ASUP further argued that the Committee of Federal Polytechnic Rectors \u201cis alien to any known law and therefore incapable of making binding decisions on workers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Rectors\u2019 Committee failed to take into consideration that members of staff are employees of the Federal Government. It is on record that the Federal Government collated the consent of all employees regarding union membership during the enrolment into IPPIS,\u201d Dr Atilola stated.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Non-Teaching Staff and the Senior Staff Association of Polytechnics, Offa branch, in their separate statements, also condemned the management\u2019s decision to cease the deductions of union check-off dues from members.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, Federal Polytechnic Offa chapter, has condemned the decision by the management of the institution to halt the deductions of union check-off dues from its members. At a press conference held in Offa on Monday, the chairman of the chapter, Dr Idowu Atilola, declared: \u201cASUP is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":160802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[1205,254,17042],"class_list":["post-160803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-kwara","tag-nigeria","tag-offa-asup"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kwara: Offa ASUP at loggerheads with management over union check-off dues - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, Federal Polytechnic Offa chapter, has condemned the decision by the mana ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwara-offa-asup-at-loggerheads-with-management-over-union-check-off-dues\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kwara: Offa ASUP at loggerheads with management over union check-off dues\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, Federal Polytechnic Offa chapter, has condemned the decision by the mana ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwara-offa-asup-at-loggerheads-with-management-over-union-check-off-dues\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-28T21:51:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-28T22:52:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/sm_1745868163.550926.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"938\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwara-offa-asup-at-loggerheads-with-management-over-union-check-off-dues#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwara-offa-asup-at-loggerheads-with-management-over-union-check-off-dues\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kwara: Offa ASUP at loggerheads with management over union check-off dues\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-28T21:51:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-28T22:52:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwara-offa-asup-at-loggerheads-with-management-over-union-check-off-dues\"},\"wordCount\":368,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwara-offa-asup-at-loggerheads-with-management-over-union-check-off-dues#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/sm_1745868163.550926.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Kwara\",\"Nigeria\",\"Offa ASUP\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwara-offa-asup-at-loggerheads-with-management-over-union-check-off-dues#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwara-offa-asup-at-loggerheads-with-management-over-union-check-off-dues\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/kwara-offa-asup-at-loggerheads-with-management-over-union-check-off-dues\",\"name\":\"Kwara: Offa ASUP at loggerheads with management over union check-off dues - 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