The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) and its Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) have said there is no succession crisis in the appointment of a rector for the Federal Polytechnic, Offa in Kwara State.

They said the three applicants recommended by the interview panel were workers of the institution. Chairman of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics (SSANIP) in the school Chief Ayodeji Bankole alleged in a newspaper (not The Nation) that there crisis was looming in the institution.

He said one of the applicants was not qualified. The ASUP Chairman, Dr. Sola Ojeniyi, disproved Chief Bankole's allegation, saying: "There is no cause for any crisis. Nobody anticipates any cause for crisis as the three applicants recommended by the panel are our members.

"They are committed members of our union, ASUP. The union considers the applicants qualified. "We are ready to work with anyone appointed."

He described Bankole's statement as unfortunate, saying it did not represent the opinion of workers. Ojeniyi said ASUP would reject any appointment outside the list of recommended applicants.

NASU Chairman Comrade Ali Emmanuel said his union would accept any of the applicants. He dissociated himself from the report.