Just in: ASUU disrupts examination in LAUTECH, begin strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has disrupted the on going second semester examination for 2017/2018 academic session at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, signalling that all is definitely not well at the institution.

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The secretary  of the ASUU LAUTECH chapter, Toying Abegunrin claimed that their move is a two-week warning strike to express their displeasure over non-payment of salaries and decayed infrastructure of the institution.

“The matter is in public domain. Yes we commenced warning strike today,” he said.

This is coming after the Institution went on a 16-month industrial action between 2016 and 2017, the hope of a stable academic calendar has now been.

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Earlier on Monday, the striking lecturers raised alarm that the institution might collapse over infrastructural decay in the institution, nonpayment of workers’ salaries and shortage of manpower by the state government of Osun and Oyo.

“Presently, suffering and uncertainty of survival means have become the abiding companions of staff members. After the alarm raised in (the) said release by the Union, one would expect that a sensitive government would have responded positively towards averting the looming crises.”

Mr. Abegunrin said nothing was done by the two governors, Rauf Aregbesola and Abiola Ajimobi on all the promises of the University Governing Council that led to the suspension of the previous months strike.

“It is saddening to report that up till now, the members of staff are being owed 10 months salary, promotion arrears, among other allowances.”

“We called on members of the public, up till now, no response of any sort was received”, he said.