Students of the Ladoke Akintola
University of Technology have
resumed for studies after a
directive by the university
management.
The school was closed in June
last year as lecturers went on
strike to demand payment of
their salaries.
In a circular earlier distributed
by management of LAUTECH
and signed by Jacob Agboola,
the school asked all academic
and non-academic staff to
resume on Friday.
PREMIUM TIMES had earlier
reported that lecturers had
vowed not to resume Friday
even when students resume.
By Friday morning, most
lecturers did not resume.
Speaking with PREMIUM TIMES,
chairman of ASUU, LAUTECH
Chapter, Biodun Olaniran, said
the Oyo and Osun state
governments were not serious
with ensuring full resumption
of the school.
“The truth is that there have
been no efforts to ensure that
we resume; students who have
resumed are only here to play
and really we will not resume
until our demands are met,” he
said. “We have said until our
demands are met, we will not
resume and that is what we are
doing today.”
“If the students stay in school
for one or two weeks, I don’t
know what they will be doing,
until we get a directive from
our national body after our
demands have been met, we
remain on strike.”

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