The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso chapter on Fridays issued a stay-at-home order to lecturers of the institution pending the time the federal government and executives of the union will reach a conclusion.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that the management of the institution had on Thursday mandated the students to resume on campus by Friday, September 2017 following a long crisis that befell the school in recent times.
However, in a swift reaction, the secretary of the LAUTECH chapter of ASUU, Dr. Toyin Abegunrin advised its members to ignore the resumption notice. Abegunrin said this in a statement he signed and released on Friday.
“Comrades, we believe that our members are fully informed and clear about the issues that led us into the crisis,” he said.
“None of the issues has been addressed and the Governing Council that promised to get back to us after their meeting with the Union but up till now we haven’t gotten any response from them.
“In the light of the above, our strike is still in full force. The national body of our Union is fully briefed on the state of Things in LAUTECH and is on the same page with us. Let us remain resolute, we shall overcome, Dare to struggle, dare to win.
In a similar reaction, the chairman of ASUU, LAUTECH, Dr Biodun Olaniran, said “We are not concerned with the reopening of the varsity but as a union, we are still on strike. In the Congress we had yesterday we all came to a conclusion that we would not resume any work because our needs are not addressed”.
“Our demands are; Earned academic allowances, Pension and gratuity, national health insurance, conditions of service, promotion arrears, budget monitoring committee, payment of salaries and arrears”, he said
TheNewsGuru.com reports that ASUU has been on strike since August 8, following a fall out between the union and the federal government over an unimplemented agreement entered with the union since 2009.
However, efforts are ongoing to resolve the over one-month-old strike.