ASUU warns Osun, Ogun govs on LAUTECH
The Ladoke Akintola University, Ogbomoso chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), yesterday warned the governments of both Oyo and Osun States against playing politics with the lives of staff and students of the institution.
ASUU maintained that the welfare of its members remains paramount and that it would do everything at its disposal to address their plight.
A statement jointly signed by the ASUU Chairman, LAUTECH, Dr. Biodun Olaniran and Secretary, Dr. Toyin Abegunrin, stated that the payment of salaries and arrears of members remains paramount and would not be traded for politics between the two states.
The institution’s ASUU had last week threatened to disrupt academic activities if the Osun State government which it said was scheduled to pay salaries between July and December fails to pay the outstanding August and September salaries.
But the Osun State government through the Secretary to the State Government, Wole Oyebamiji, said ASUU was misguided by the accusations.
Osun State further maintained that Oyo reneged on the agreement of salary payment, adding that it had kept faith with payment of salaries of workers at the LAUTECH teaching hospital.
But ASUU described the press release by the Osun State government as “outright lies, deceptive assemblage of figures with a propagandist mindset.
“Now to the facts of the matter, Osun State should be ready to explain to the public, if there was an arrangement between the two states (Oyo and Osun) to pay LAUTECH salaries on six monthly basis? How faithfully has Osun been discharging its own share of this responsibility since 2013? Osun State should also toe the path of honour by telling the public how many teaching hospitals service LAUTECH’s medical programme?
“If Osun State has been funding the LAUTECH Teaching Hospital in Osogbo, who has been funding the LAUTECH Teaching hospital in Ogbomoso? Why is Osun State hiding under the excuse that it has been paying salaries in the Teaching Hospital in Osogbo alone?”