When the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, provisionally suspended its nine-month industrial action on 17 July, 2014, the directive was that all the institutions should commence lectures on 22 July but a visit to some of the institutions in Lagos State has revealed otherwise.
When our correspondent visited Yaba College of Technology, YABATECH, there were no signs of academic activities, as most of the students were seen strolling within the school’s premises.
It was confirmed by the students that lectures will not be starting until Wednesday, 30, July, 2014.
Investigation also revealed that lecturers were yet to make new time-tables available for the new semester.
According to a student of Mass Communication Department, Tosin Ilesanmi, "All academic activities have been scheduled to commence on Monday, 28 July, that’s what we were told by the school management."
"We are yet get the new time-tables for the new semester so everybody is keeping calm at the moment," she added.
Also commenting on the absent of academic activities in YABATECH, Segun Richards, from the Engineering Department, stated that they were sure that the resumption date was mere formality, adding that most students on campus only came to confirm the suspension of the industrial action.
The part two student said: "After staying at home for that long, who wouldn’t jump on the next bus and head for school after the strike had been suspended?
"We already knew how things work here but we wanted to be sure that lecturers had really resumed, that was the reason majority of us were present in school."