Lecturers of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso has said not engage in any academic activities despite the management’s directive that students should resume next week.
This was contained in a statement issued by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) chairman, LAUTECH branch, Dr. Biodun Olaniran, on Friday May 20, 2022.
Recall, the management of the state-owned varsity on Thursday May 19, 2022 directed its students and staff to resume on Monday May 26, 2022 for the continuation of academic activities.
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According to him, lecturers at the university are part of the nationwide strike declared by ASUU and they are not ready to abandon the cause except the national body of the union suspended the strike.
He said stated parents and students should be aware that academic activities would not start even if the students resumed as directed by the university management.
The ASUU chairman said, “Our union is in receipt of the memo from the university registrar calling for the resumption of academic activities for the first semester of the 2021/2022 Academic Session on Thursday, May 26, 2022.
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“The Academic Staff Union of Universities, LAUTECH branch, wishes to dissociate itself from the said memo. The branch wishes to make it abundantly clear that ASUU-LAUTECH is part of the ongoing nationwide struggle of the union to reposition our public universities. LAUTECH has not, and cannot, back out of this patriotic struggle.
“As you are aware, the LAUTECH branch of ASUU is involved in the ongoing, twelve weeks roll-over strike action by our union called to draw the attention of the Federal Government to implement the Memorandum of Action signed with ASUU in 2020. The MoA encapsulates all that needed to be done to make our public universities (Federal or State) internationally competitive.
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“The decision to embark on this action was duly communicated to the university administration and it has not been vacated. As clearly stated by our union, the ongoing strike action embarked upon by ASUU is not targeted at any vice-chancellor, university administration, students, or any group within or outside the system.
“Once again, it must be emphasised that the strike action has not been reviewed in any way. It must also be stated that the administration pays attention to the subsisting demands of the branch to ensure a conducive industrial atmosphere in LAUTECH even after the suspension of the nationwide strike.
“We, therefore, urge the parents, guardians, students, and general public to note that our members are not in a position to conduct any academic activities while this ongoing action lasts,” he said.
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Meanwhile, the Management of Osun State University (Uniosun), has declared that the school has no intention of joining the ongoing ASUU strike and has commenced its rain semester on Monday May 16, 2022.
The statement released by school’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Adesoji Ademola who made this known partly reads; “Our students have resumed the rain semester academic session and lectures will commence very soon. Please disregard any information saying that UNIOSUN will soon join the ASUU strike.”
On the reason why the branch isn’t joining the strike, Ademola said; “We are under suspension by the national executive council of our union. We are all affected by the demands put forward to the Federal Government by the our leaders.
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