ASSU Blasts LAUTECH for Owing Staff 10 Months Salaray

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has slammed the Chairman, Governing Council of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Professor Dapo Afolabi, over his recent claim that workers of the institution have been receiving their salaries.

ASUU in a statement signed by its Ibadan Zonal Coordinator, Dr. Ade Adejumo, said it was painful that Afolabi was allowing himself to be used as a conduit of public disinformation.

The union said contrary to Afolabi’s claim, workers of the institution were still being owed 10 months salary arrears.

Adejumo said, “The union is in receipt of a shocking statement credited to the Chairman, LAUTECH Governing Council as a fall out of the last warning strike and public protest staged by our colleagues in that university.

“The statement is to the effect that the workers are not being owed any money and that the government has been fulfilling their obligation to LAUTECH.

“The Ibadan Zone of ASUU is compelled to respond to this statement to put the record straight. We call on the public to disregard this lie as the facts are there that LAUTECH staff are being owed 10 months’ salary arrears, promotion arrears, EAA etc.

“This fact has been severally acknowledged by the Council Chairman himself.

“We want to make it clear that we are academics and not politicians; therefore, the insinuation that ASUU is being used by politicians is a futile attempt to cast us in bad light. If the stock in trade of politicians is lying to the public, ASUU begs not to be drawn into the murky waters of their dirty politics.

“It is very painful that Prof Dapo Afolabi, a seasoned academic, is allowing himself to be used as a conduit of public disinformation to shore-up the image of government that have proved irresponsible in the discharge of their statutory responsibilities to a public University like LAUTECH.

“The branch will be issuing a comprehensive report on this latest assault on LAUTECH”.