If their outstanding salaries are not paid, the academic staff at the Ondo State-owned Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), have threatened to obstruct the planned resumption of classes and the upcoming convocation.
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The university’s Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) members went on strike last month over the non-payment of their salary arrears, which has since caused academic activities on campus to become inaccessible.
Boluwaji Oshodi, the head of the university’s branch of ASUU, claimed that the lecturers had had enough patience with the alleged government’s refusal to address their situation.
We’ve been patient and tolerant for a while, but we won’t be doing it again. The population of our country has been pushed against the wall.
We don’t see any efforts that can indicate that the state government is ready to act responsibly, Oshodi said.
The union’s meeting with Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa was unsuccessful, according to the ASUU chairman, adding that lecturers had endured “urgent conditions,” including taking exams “on an empty stomach,” due to the union’s efforts.
Igbekele Ajibefun, the state’s commissioner for education, science, and technology, refuted claims that the government had abandoned the institution while responding to ASUU’s threat.
The commissioner made it clear that the state government had been working with the squabbling lecturers to resolve the conflict and that it would be resolved quickly.
Source: Channels TV
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