State Owned Universities Under Pressure to Disengage from ASUU Strike
The Acting Governor, Mr. Bayo Lawal, said lecturers in the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, should disengage from the strike. Gov. Lawal issued the directive during a stakeholders’ engagement forum on 2023 budget held at the International Conference Centre of the University of Ibadan, saying the current administration has settled all necessary obligations.
In his words: “What concerns us, concerns us, what does not concern us we should ignore. The ASUU issue is dear to my mind, because Oyo State Government is not owing LAUTECH a dime. About a month ago before His Excellency traveled out, we held a meeting with the management of LAUTECH and leadership of students’ union to say that look, this ASUU strike does not concern you.
“We have assiduously fulfilled obligations of governance to the institution. So, you need not partake in the strike, because ASUU strike has to do with federal institutions and not state institutions. So, we pleaded with them not to be part of the strike, because at the end of the day, who is suffering?”
Also, the Governing Council of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Niger state,(IBBUL) has directed all staff and students of the Institution to resume for the second semester for 2021/2022 academic session on Monday, September 5.
A statement signed by Deputy Registrar, Information, Alhaji Baba Akote, called on all categories of staff including students to heed the directive.
“This is to inform all staff and the entire students of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai that second semester for 2021/2022 Academic Session commences on Monday, 5th September 2022.
“Equally, all Staff are expected to resume work the same day and students are please advised to heed to the special announcement in their own interest,” the statement declared.
Similarly, the management of Ekiti State University, EKSU, Ado-Ekiti, issued a statement calling on workers to resume at their duty posts.
However, the Governing Council did not stipulate any penalty that awaits any erring staff or student.
Source: Vanguard
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