President Jonathan Says HND-BSc Discrimination Will Soon Be A Thing Of The Past

The President of the Federal republic of Nigeria,
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has finally aired his voice
over the Asup strike, where he disclosed that very
soon, the Higher National Diploma (HND) and
Bachelor of Science (BSC) discrimination will soon be
a thing of the past. The President has set up a
committee which is headed by the Secretary to the
Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator Anyim
Pius Anyim, to address the controversy of HND/BSc
dichotomy.
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HND-BSc Discrimination Will Soon Be A Thing
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While addressing chairmen of the Governing Councils
of Federal Polytechnics and Federal Colleges of
Education in Kaduna during a special retreat, and
also present in the retreat is the supervising Minister
of Education, Nyesom Wike, said the dichotomy
between Higher National Diploma (HND) and
university degree holders will be resolved soon.
Acting Minister of Education, Wike said the SGF and
members of the committee met, last week, with the
Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) to
resolve the dichotomy.
Mr. Wike said that other demands about the strike
had also been resolved.
According to the education acting minister, the
release of the White Paper on visitation panels to
Federal Polytechnics and Federal Colleges of
Education is being concluded at the Office of the SGF.
A statement yesterday by Simeon Nwakaudu, the
Special Assistant (Media) to the minister, said Wike
advised the chairmen of the governing councils to
deploy their requisite skills to resolve the lingering
strike of the polytechnics.
The minister also advised the striking unions to
respond to the President’s good gesture by resuming
academic activities in their various academic
institutions.
According to Wike, whom we choose to quote
directly, and here’s his exact word: “Permit me to call
on our lecturers to call off their protracted strike to
enable academic activities begin in the polytechnics
and colleges of education. Let us show understanding
with the government and the challenges before it
and call off the strike.
More details coming very soon, but we guess this is
not the end of the strike, and the main question
facing us now is this:
According to wike, will the striking union (ASUP and
COEASU) understand the problem the federal
government is dealing with? which we all know, is
about the insurgency, Boko Haram.