Oyo State House of Assembly on Tuesday summoned the
Vice-Chancellor of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Ogbomoso ,Professor
Sulaiman Adeniyi Gbadegesin and the state Commissioner for Education Professor
Adeniyi Olowofela to appeal before it over the lingering crisis that has
bedevil the institution in the last couple of years due to non-payment of workers’
salaries.
Oladeji argued that “prior to the suspension of the strike
action by the unions in the university, a MOU was signed with the management on
behalf of the governing council but now the content and the spirit of the
agreement has been breached.
“Accumulation of arrears of unpaid salaries still continued
unsettled, staff of the university now endures hardship and various financial
embarrassments due to non-payment of salaries I.e.7 1/2 months of arrears.
She declared that the staff unions in the university is planning
to embark on an indefinite strike action “if urgent intervention is not taken
by the two owner states to rescue the situation whereby students of the
university would engage themselves in aimless wandering and criminal activities
because of idle hands is the devil's workshop”.
She then “urged the house to call on the technical committee
to hasten up their assignment and submit their report without further delay.
It was however gathered that the unions in the university
have embarked on indefinite strike.
Other members including Hon. Gbenga Oyekola (Atiba) and Hon.
Olusegun Olaleye (Ibadan North 11) urged the two states to as a matter of
urgency ensure prompt payment of the staff in the institution, make life better
for both students and workers in the institution.
The Speaker of the assembly, Hon. Michael Adeyemo then
ordered the invitation of the Commissioner for Education, Science and
Technology and LAUTECH VC to appear before the committee on Education, Science
and Technology with a view of making clarifications on the actual indebtness of
the two owner states and suggest possible means of getting out of the woods.
Adeyemo urged the Oyo and Osun state governments for
posterity sake to take actions on payment of outstanding salaries of LAUTECH staff.
He also asked the committee on Education, Science and
Technology to meet the state commissioner for Education, Science and Technology
as soon as possible with a view to meet the state governor Senator Abiola
Ajimobi to know the actual debt Oyo State is contributing in the payment of the
staff.
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