The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) chapter Wednesday, dared Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, saying that despite his threats over subvention, the strike action would continue.
ASUU warned that any branch that breaks the strike would lose out from the benefits of the struggle, including infrastructure development.
It added that her members had resolved to forge ahead with the strike and pursue it to a logical conclusion which “is imminent”.
ASUU Chairman and Secretary, Prof Biodun Olaniran and Toyin Abegunrin, respectively after their congress, reacted to the threat by the state governor, Seyi Makinde, to stop payment of subvention until lecturers returned to classroom.
The Union said the government should not see itself or students as targets of the strike but as beneficiaries of ASUU strike as the intervention of most state governments in terms of subvention has been used as part-payment of salaries.
According to ASUU, the Union was shocked to hear from the Commissioner of Education during his appearance at Fresh FM that the state had been paying LAUTECH 100 percent subvention when the university administration revealed to the Union that only 55 percent subvention comes from government and the balance of 45 percent is sought by the university through Internally Generated Revenue (IGR)
The ASUU leaders stated that the Commissioner’s claim on subvention had created further distrust between the management and the Unions as to who is telling the truth and who is not.
