BEVERLY HILLS, October 17, (THEWILL) – The Academic Staff Union of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) has announced suspension of its four months strike.
The ASUU Chairman in the university, Dr. Biodun Olaniran, made this known and this was confirmed by Ade Adejumo, ASUU zonal coordinator saying that academic activities will resume on Monday, October 23.
“We have suspended the strike action and lectures will resumeon Monday. But the detail will be stated in our press statement which will be issued very soon,” Olaniran said.
“The zone will have to be briefed, national will have to be briefed, but the Congress have suspended the strike in principle as from today but full lectures will resumeon Monday,” Adejumo added.
“Skeletal things will continue, preparatory to the commencement of full academic activitieson Monday.”
LAUTECH, jointly owned by Osun and Oyo states, has been closed down multiple times in the past few years over the non-payment of staff’s salaries and allowances.
Lecturers of the institution in June 2017 embarked on their second strike within a year, leading to a situation where LAUTECH alumni embarked on a crowdfunding initiative to raise funds with the hope of solving the financial crisis.
Alhaji Muraina Alesinloye, Chairman, Joint Action Committee in the university, which comprises of Senior Staff Association of University; Non-Academic Staff Union and National Association of Academic Technologists, revealed that workers had been paid three months out of 12 months they were being owed by the university.
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