The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU), Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Chapter, today said that it has lost confidence in the university administration led by the acting Vice Chancellor, Professor Mojeed Olaide Liasu and the Deji Omole-led Governing Council for failing to pay seven years’ arrears owe the lecturers.
According to the Union, the arrears owed the academic staff is over N5billion.
In a release jointly signed by the Chairman, Professors Biodun Olaniran and Toyin Abegunrin, Secretary respectively entitled “LAUTECH Administration: A Slave Driver”, ASUU condemned the institution’s management for denying academic staff their promotion arrears, which is capable of dampening their morale.
The Union urged Governor Seyi Makinde to impress it on the Vice Chancellor and the Chairman of the Governing Council to pay seven years of arrears of earned academic allowances owed academic staff of the Institution.
Demanding that the state governor intervene immediately before the situation degenerates into further crisis in LAUTECH, the Union said, “It is rather unfortunate that the 2016 and 2017 avoidable crisis started because the then administration refused to address arrears of EAA. Apparently not learning from history, the present university administration and council are now towing the same path.”
The duo of Olaniran and Abegunrin stated, “Our Union cooperated with the administration to realize the debt from students with the understanding that our EAA and promotion arrears will be settled, knowing full well that at least one third of it could be paid. However, as against our understanding, the university administration went ahead to appropriate the realized money on acclaimed capital projects and none of the two arrears was attended to.”
“We, therefore, want to inform our Visitor, His Excellency, Governor Seyi Makinde, that we have lost confidence in the university administration led by acting Vice-Chancellor, Prof M.O Liasu and Professor Ayodeji Omole-led Governing Council to address our welfare matters. In this regards, to avoid repeat of such avoidable scenario, he should intervene now”, the Union concluded.
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