Down through the ages, education has always been at the force front of human existence, which entails that without education in this 21^st century, its really going to be hard for the youths to make through for a better future.

According to Longman dictionary “ education” can be define as the process of teaching and learning usually at school, collage or university, polytechnics on its own is an edifice of teaching and learning.

Strike also was define as a situation whereby a groups of workers stop working for a period of time because they want a better pay or better working conditions. The 2011-2014 academic staff union of polytechnics (ASUP) strike was taken upon because the conditions which they expected the federal government to work on so as to enhance teaching in the various polytechnics in the country was overlooked and not paid attention to by the government.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

TITLE PAGE i

APPROVAL PAGE ii

DEDICATION iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT iv

PREFACE vi

INTRODUCTION 8

TABLE OF CONTENT 9

BREAKDOWN 10

BIBLIOGRAPHY ENTRIES 1

AUTHOR INDEX 5

CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX 6

SOURCE INDEX 7

SUBJECT INDEX 8

BREAKDOWN OF THE ASUP STRIKE

1. Preparation/Embarking

2. Appeal

3. Resolution

4. Violence

5. Direct Action.

DEFINITION OF BREAKDOWN

v Preparation/embarking: according to Longman dictionary, these two subjects can be used to ascertain/ talk about something starting now. It means starting something new for any reason.

v Appeal: oxford learner’s dictionary also defines an appeal as an urgent public request regarding a particular matter.

v Resolution: The dictionary stands firmly to define this as an act and behaviour of being resolution. Therefore, being resolute also is defined to mean being determined not to change what you are doing because you are sure that you are right.

v Violence: This can be define as an act of being violent in the oxford learners dictionary, being violent/an act of violence can be define as involving actions that are in tended to injure or kill people or are likely to hurt them too.

v Direction: This can be define as a way of taking or involving major steps and particular decisions either to enhance or effect the present situation being faced at hand.

BIBLIOGRAPHIC ENTRIES

PREPARATION/EMBARKING

1. Ademola. 2013. The ASUU, ASUP strike. Daily Sun. 9^th July. P. 9.

2. Adesuole, Dayo, 2013. ASUP may resume strike, unless. Vanguard. 18^th July. P.12.

3. Ojiego, Nnemdi. 2013. ASUP: is strike still the best option. Vanguard. 9^th July. P.10.

4. Chukwuka, Chinedu. 2012. ASUP Strike: why has the press forsaken us? Daily Sun. 9^th June. P.33.

5. Ekpunobi, Dom. 2011. Unizik alumni chairman appeals to striking poly lectures. Daily Sun. 8^th June. P.48.

RESOLUTION

6. Onwudinso, Emeka. 2013. Stop paying lop service to polytechnic education ASUP tells FG. Daily Sun. 9^th July. P.36.

7. Adesulu, Dayo. 2013. ASUP, ASUU strikes ground varsities polytechnics. Vanguard. 4^th July. P.12.

8. Madukwe, Bartholomew. 2013. Strike: ASUP remains adamant says no going back on demands. Vanguard. 2^nd July. P.11.

9. Ademola, Tayo. 2014. ASUP/ASUU arises: varsities turn ghost towns poly students fear fresh strike. Vanguard. 22^nd August. P.10.

10. Adesulu, Dayo. 2012. Stike: Varsity, poly students protest in Lagos block roads. Vanguard. May 10^th. P.40.

VIOLENCE

11. Arenyeka,Laju. 2013. ASUP Strike: Goodluck as protesting students storm Lagos road. Vanguard. July 10^th. P.10.

12. Olatunji, David. 2014. Strike: Travelers stranded as poly students protest. Vanguard. 28^th June. P.6.

13. Adesulu, Dayo. 2013. ASUP suspends strike. Vanguard. July 16^th. P.12.

14. Adesulu, Dayo. 2014. ASUP exco meets on strike today. Vanguard. June 16^th. P.10.

15. Adesulu, Dayo. 2013. Senator move to end 67 – day ASUP strike. Vanguard. July 8^th. P.15.

DIRECT ACTION

16. Adesulu, Dayo. 2013. Senator wades into ASUP strike. Vanguard. 9^th July. P.20.

17. Agbakwuru, Johnbosco. 2014. For not read to implement agreement ASUP. Vanguard. 19^th June. P.41.

18. Ojiego, Nnamdi. 2012. ASUP Strike: Polytechnic Slam media over block out. Vanguard. 3^rd June. P.6.

19. Okoro, Judex. 2013. ASUP suspends strike, ASUU adamant. Vanguard. 17^th June. P.22.

20. SONI, Daniel. 2013. ASUP Strike: Arena youths ask education minister to resign. Vanguard. 26^th July. P.16.

AUTHOR INDEX

1. Admola Tayo 1,2

2. Adesulu Dayo 3,4,5,6,7,8,9

3. Agbakwuru, Johnbosco 10

4. Arenyeka Laju 11

5. Chukwuka Chinedu 12

6. Ekpunobi Dom 13

7. Madukwe Bartholomew 14

8. Ojiego Nnamdi 15,16

9. Okoro Judex 17

10. Olatuji David 18

11. Onuwdinjo Emeka 19

12. Soni Daniel 20

CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX

Year Entries

2011 – 2014 1, 2, 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10

11,12,13,14,15,16,17, 18,19,20.

SOURCE INDEX

SOURCE ENTRIES

1. Daily sun newspaper 1, 12, 13, 19

2. Vanguard newspaper 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10

11,14,15,16,17,18

19,20.

SUBJECT INDEX

SUBJECT ENTRIES

Preparation/embarking 1, 2, 3

Appeal 4, 5, 6

Resolution 7, 8

Violence 9, 10, 11, 12

Direct action 13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20

PART 2

INDEX SURVEY ON THE 2011-2013 ACADEMIC STAFF UNION OF POLYTECHNIC (ASUP) STRIKE IN NIGERIA

ORAEGBUNAM CALISTA

FPO/ND/RII/LIS/013/262

DEPARTMENT OF LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE, SCHOOL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY,

FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, OKO.

OCTOBER 2014

DEDICATION

This work is dedicated to the God almighty and my parent/guidance who made all these possible for me.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Bringing this to a successful completion, I give much thanks and gratitude to some thoughtful individual who made this a reality for me.

Firstly, I am grateful to the almighty God who for his infinite mercy gave me the life to begin this project and to finish it without problems. I also wish to thank my able supervisor, Mrs. Onyejeakor Sandra for whom through her careful, through criticism and helpful suggestions made through for the successful execution of this bibliography.

My thanks goes to my loving parent Mr. and Mrs. Oraegbunam, to my sailing and also to my guardians both home and abroad, for their love, financial support and advice, I am also grateful to everyone who stood by me through this heavy challenge of writing and making it with my mind, mostly my friends, Oraegbunam Ngozi, Eke Chioma, Ozoemena Oluchukwu, Oraegbunam Calistus, Onuoraha Chinenye, Ezenyi Victoria, Ujunwa and Chilota with utmost prayer of fruitfulness I show appreciation.

PREFACE

This compilation on the (2011-2014) academic staff union of polytechnic (ASUP) strike was embarked by the compiler to enable the public most especially the comprisation of students, lecturers, working class personnel’s and other prestigious people in the country to have an insight about the various problems affecting the standard of education in our country.

This research work on the ASUP strike will serve as a guide and a pointer to the details of information available on the present reasons why strike was being taken upon or why it has always been used as the last resort to end educational problems both by the students and staffs. It will also serve as a reading list for consultation by students in higher institution of learning.

Also, it will be of good benefit to librarians, professionals, information scientists etc. in the acquisition of available information on the past and present ASUP strikes.

INTRODUCTION

Down through the ages, education has always been at the for front of human existence, which entails that without education in this 21^st century, its really going to be hard for the youths to make through for a better future.

According to Longman Dictionary “education” can be defined as the process to teaching and learning usually at school, college or university, polytechnics on its own is an edifice of teaching and learning.

Strike also was defined as a situation whereby a group of workers stop working for a period of time because they went a better pay or better working conditions. The 2013 academic staff union of polytechnics (ASUP) strike was taken upon because the conditions which they expected the federal government to work on so as to enhance teaching in the various polytechnics in the country was over looked and not paid attention to by the government.

BREAKDOWN OF THE ASUP STRIKE

1. Preparation/Embarking

2. Appeal

3. Resolution

4. Violence

5. Direct Action.

DEFINITION OF BREAKDOWN

1. Preparation/Embarking: According to Longman Dictionary, these two subjects can be used to ascertain/talk about something starting now. It means starting something new for any reason.

2. Appeal: Oxford Learner’s Dictionary also defines an appeal as an urgent public request regarding a particular matter.

3. Resolution: The dictionary stands firmly to define this as an act and behaviour of being resolution. Therefore, being resolute also is defined to mean being determined not to change what you are doing because you are sure that you are right.

4. Violence: This can be define as an act of being violent in the oxford learners dictionary, being violent/an act of violence can be define as involving actions that are in tended to injure or kill people or are likely to hurt them too.

Direct Action: This can be define as a way of taking or involving major steps and particular decisions either to enhance or effect the present situation being faced at hand.