The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) branch, has suspended all academic activities pending the payment of their unpaid arrears.

Lectures for the new academic session were billed to start on Monday.

The lecturers’ union had earlier issued a 10-day ultimatum to the university to pay their August, September and October salaries or face industrial crisis.

This paper gathered that the academics are being owed cumulative 11 months’ salary arrears by the Oyo and Osun governments.

In reaction to the ultimatum, the university’s Vice-Chancellor, Michael Ologunde, was said to have attributed non-payment of the salaries to non-release of subvention to it by the two co-owners, Osun and Oyo.

However, the union at a congress held on Monday, decided to embark on a lecture boycott.

In a telephone interview with PREMIUM TIMES on Monday, the chapter’s chairman, Abiodun Olaniran, explained that the union members resolved to suspend all academic activities until the arrears are settled.

In the last two years, LAUTECH has experienced several industrial actions over unpaid salaries and workers’ entitlements.

Moreover, the two owner states, on several occasions, have been at loggerheads over who has defaulted in releasing subventions.

OSUN INTERVENES

On Wednesday, the Osun State Governor, Gboyega Oyetola, released N472 million for the payment of salary arrears of the staff and its teaching hospital in Osogbo.

According to a letter signed by the State Commissioner of Finance, Bola Oyebamiji, and addressed to the Chairman of the University’s Governing Council, Oladapo Afolabi, the release of the fund was aimed at ensuring financial stability in the university.

The governor noted that the release of the fund was in line with the earlier agreement reached at a meeting in Abuja between Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde and himself on the need to ensure “financial stability and sustainability” of the institution.

Although the government claimed to have released money, the workers are yet to be paid.

When PREMIUM TIMES contacted the spokesperson of the school, Fadeyi Olalekan, he said he is not aware of the industrial action as he is currently in Ibadan.

Meanwhile, some students of the institution who spoke with this reporter confirmed the lecture boycott.

“The Division of students’ affairs has addressed us. They told us the lecturers will be coming to the office but won’t lecture,” a student, Hamzat Mariam, said.

Johnnyessence:
clueless oyetola have started following the footsteps of his predecessor Aregbesola. workers are owed salaries, now Lautech lecturers have started their strike already. the clueless governor can buy expensive vehicles to his commissioners and SSA but he cannot pay workers and teachers salaries.

OSUN INTERVENES
On Wednesday, the Osun State Governor,
Gboyega Oyetola, released N472 million for the
payment of salary arrears of the staff and its
teaching hospital in Osogbo.
According to a letter signed by the State
Commissioner of Finance, Bola Oyebamiji, and
addressed to the Chairman of the University’s
Governing Council, Oladapo Afolabi, the release
of the fund was aimed at ensuring financial
stability in the university

Johnnyessence:
the clueless governor of osun state never pay up the workers salaries niiii. he hasn't pay them since July. is that not wicked.

raumdeuter:


Being a wailer is a tough job

in the link you posted this was shown
.

Yet you continue to wail about Osun state that you posted has released 472M for LAUTECH.

What is the PDP govt of Oyo doing about it, At least LAUTECH is on Oyo territory and 80% of the staff and assets are in Oyo State

Osun has its own state University and are not going on strike like Lautech

What Oyo should do is to buy out the stake of Osun in Lautech and fund the school on its own

raumdeuter:


Being a wailer is a tough job

in the link you posted this was shown
.

Yet you continue to wail about Osun state that you posted has released 472M for LAUTECH.

What is the PDP govt of Oyo doing about it, At least LAUTECH is on Oyo territory and 80% of the staff and assets are in Oyo State

Osun has its own state University and are not going on strike like Lautech

What Oyo should do is to buy out the stake of Osun in Lautech and fund the school on its own

Johnnyessence:
you can see that it's Lautech teaching hospital workers he just paid, and that money is meant for the month of August. since July, he hasn't pay the lecturers which is very bad.

Johnnyessence:
pdp government has paid up the lecturers salaries from Jan to June this year.

This paper gathered that the academics are being owed cumulative 11 months’ salary arrears by the Oyo and Osun governments.

raumdeuter:


So if PDP has paid from Jan to June this year, why is this part in the news you posted



So July yo November is 11months, And the news stated owed by Oyo AND Osun govt, Not just 1 of them

Let Oyo pay off Osun and take over LAUTECH fully

solmusdesigns:





Lets see what saint Makinde would do since all of Ajimobi's strict sugestion and policy to end constant strike and make Lautech accountable and sustainable by auditing their internal revenue or capturing Lautech Payroll system were hurriedly thrown out



..

Johnnyessence:
will osun state government accept it in the first place.

Johnnyessence:
Abegi he has been paying Lautech workers salaries and arrears.

Johnnyessence:
This paper gathered that the academics are being owed cumulative 11 months’ salary
arrears by the Oyo and Osun governments.
https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-west/363919-again-lautech-lecturers-embark-on-indefinite-lecture-boycott-over-unpaid-salaries.html?fbclid=IwAR03y5ebV7K_BJcDed0adbXysrefsNNoxTW2rluh0RUsUNAQRprbVwxIih0

raumdeuter:


Accept what? Osun has their own State University, Oyo needs to buy Osun stake in LAUTECH and Oyo takes full responsibility for it

raumdeuter:


So where did the 11 months arrears come from



Abi shey na August to November added up to 11months

Johnnyessence:
will osun state government allow them niiiii.

Osun has always been cheated on LAUTECH: only one (1) out of the eight ( academic faculties is in Osun, while Oyo has about twice of the staff strength of the University. Osun single-handedly funded the infrastructure development in the LAUTECH campus in Osun; also 85 per cent of the total institution’s infrastructure is in Oyo, whereas funding is equally carried out.

Johnnyessence:
it's july to December niiiii .

solmusdesigns:





Lets see what saint Makinde would do since all of Ajimobi's strict sugestion and policy to end constant strike and make Lautech accountable and sustainable by auditing their internal revenue or capturing Lautech Payroll system were hurriedly thrown out



..

raumdeuter:


Accept what? Osun has their own State University, Oyo needs to buy Osun stake in LAUTECH and Oyo takes full responsibility for it