Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) have commenced an indefinite strike from January 31, 2022.
The striking lecturers declared the industrial action, said to be total and comprehensive, over the non-disbursement of Earned Academic Allowance to (EAA) their colleagues.
The ASUU Chairman at OAU branch, Dr Adeola Egbedokun, announced the commencement of the strike in a statement on Monday.
According to him, this formed part of the resolutions reached at an emergency congress to update members on the EAA disbursement held in lle-Ife, Osun State.
Egbedokun, during the meeting, briefed the lecturers on the series of engagements the executive has had with some senior members of the university community, as well as his conversation with the school’s vice-chancellor.
Thereafter, the lecturers affirmed that the university had no serious commitment to effecting the payment of EAA to deserving members, adding that all political and diplomatic means to resolve the issue had failed.
As part of their resolutions, the lecturers also agreed that the strike must not be called off without a congress resolution to the effect.
For them, the payment of EAA must be based on ASUU computation and anything short of that would be unacceptable while a strike coordinating committee should be set up to monitor compliance.
