Amid the ongoing strike embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the management of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, has ordered that academic activities be resumed this month.
The management of LAUTECH instructed that all staff and students of the institution are to resume academic activities on Thursday, May 26, 2022.
Kayode Ogunleye, the registrar of the university gave the directive in a statement made available to the media.
LAUTECH as a matter of fact is among other tertiary institutions inherited by the government of Seyi Makinde, the executive governor of Oyo State.
According to Ogunleye in the statement, the resumption is for the continuation of the academic activities for the first semester of the 2021/2022 academic session.
He counseled staff and students of LAUTECH to cooperate with the management of the institution by resuming as directed.
“Upon the directive of the visitor to the university, the management hereby informs all staff and students that the university will continue its academic activities for the first semester of the 2021/2022 academic session on Thursday, May 26, 2022.
“The amended academic calendar for the semester will soon be made available.
“Staff and students are hereby enjoined to abide by this directive.”
Recall that lecturers in public universities in Nigeria have been on industrial action since February 14. The lecturers under the umbrella of ASUU had given the federal government a 30-day warning strike notice to enable the government to address issues raised by the union.
At the expiration of the warning strike, ASUU rolled over the strike stating that the federal government has refused to attend to the union’s demands.
Early in May, lecturers issued another 12 weeks extension of the strike as the impasse between the union and the federal government seem to be getting no better.
Some of the demands of ASUU is that government should jettison the use of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IIPIS) to the preferred University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) platform.
Besides, the union maintained that the federal government should adhere to the 2009 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreement reached with the union among others.
