The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on strike action to protest inadequate funding of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) by the owner states of Oyo and Osun.
ASUU LAUTECH branch chairperson, Dr. Biodun Olaniran and secretary, ‘Toyin Abegunrin in a statement on Wednesday, said members of staff were owed several months of salary, promotion arrears among others.
According to ASUU, apart from non-payment of salaries and other entitlements, there has been no singular infrastructural development on campus since the inception of the present administration in Oyo and Osun States.
It added that members of staff were retiring while some other ones are leaving the University for other Universities, students’ enrolment was increasing yet no employment of any kind has been made in the last ten years.
“On several occasions, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), LAUTECH branch had communications with the University…
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