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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, chapter has warned the management of the institution not to invite it for negotiations until the Oyo and Osun state governments pay their N2.1 billion salary arrears.
This was revealed on Tuesday by the Chairman of the union, Dr. Biodun Olaniran in an interview with The Punch.
The ASUU chairman explained that the two owner states promised to pay three months’ salaries each but none of the states had paid over N1bn each to the coffers of the institution.
Olaniran put the wage bill of LAUTECH at N350m per month, saying each of the two states agreed to pay three months but he stated that the university management told the union that the money had yet to be paid to them.
He said the union was open to negotiation but the two states had not shown commitment, saying lecturers and other workers were being owed a year salary each.
The ASUU chairman said, “The university management invited us to a meeting on September 18th and we honoured the invitation. The management wanted to start discussing with us and we asked if the owner states had credited the university’s account but they said no.
“We told them there was no point going ahead with the negotiation because there was no commitment yet from the states. We told the management to inform us the moment the university’s account is credited and we would then negotiate with them. Without paying the money to the university, we won’t negotiate.
“We are open to negotiation but the two state governments are not ready to show any commitment. They have not paid a dime to the university and they owe us 12 months’ salaries. That is one whole year, from September 2016 to September 2017.”
TheNewsGuru.com reports that the institution has been enmeshed in several strike actions which has kept it under lock and key for over a year.