The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Ladoke Akintola Chapter has distanced itself from the Registrar’s statement encouraging students to return to school on Thursday, May 26.
According to a statement issued by the institution’s ASUU Chairman and Secretary, Professor Biodun Olaniran and Toyin Abegunrin, academic staff are on complete strike in accordance with the union’s national leadership’s directions and would not return to class until ordered by the union’s national body.
As a result, LAUTECH ASUU has stated that they will not be teaching even if the students return.
“We urge the parents, guardians, students and general public to note that our members are not in position to conduct any academic activities,” the union stated, adding that her members are still fully on strike.
The strike, according to the union, is not directed at the Vice-Chancellor, students, or the university community, but rather at the effort to reposition public-funded universities in Nigeria in a way that benefits the common people’ children, the university community, and the country.
They urged the parents to come to LAUTECH and count how many TEFTFUND structures there are on campus, which are the result of the union’s struggles.
According to the duo, the federal government has yet to meet the union’s demands, and the LAUTECH administration has yet to pay the outstanding Earned Academic Allowances.
“Our union is in receipt of the Memo from the University Registrar calling for resumption of academic activities for the First Semester of the 2021/2022 Academic Session on Thursday May 26, 2022. The Academic Staff Union of Universities LAUTECH branch wishes to dissociate itself from the said memo.
“This is against the principles of our union and we wish to inform the general public that our branch is actively participating and also in full support of the ongoing national struggle.
“As you are aware, LAUTECH branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is involved in the on-going, twelve weeks roll-over strike action by our union called to draw the attention of federal government to implement Memorandum of Action (MoA) signed with ASUU in 2020.
“The MoA encapsulates all that needed to be done to make our public universities (Federal or State) internationally competitive. The decision to embark on this action was communicated to the university administration.
“As clearly stated by our union, the ‘on-going strike action embarked upon by ASUU is not intended against any Vice-Chancellor, University Administration, students or any group within or outside the system’.
“It must be emphasised that, the strike action has not being vacated and neither has the subsisting demands made by LAUTECH branch on the University administration addressed”, the union stated.
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