ASUU,LAUTECH SAYS NO PAYMENT,NO WORK

The statement released by the chairperson of ASUU,LAUTECH Biodun Olaniran,Phd reveals that the union has refused to work until outstanding salaries are paid.He said;

It has been over two years now that LAUTECH has been thrown into crippling

financial crisis due to government’s refusal to meet its funding obligations to the institution.

Events reached an unfortunate peak when in July 2016 staff unions, with the exception of ASUU embarked on an indefinite strike to demand for the arrears

of unpaid salaries.

ASUU was later to join in September 2016 when the governments of Oyo and

Osun were not forth-coming in resolving the crisis. ASUU’s action forced the

government to set up a visitation panel to look into the cause(s) of the crisis and proffer solutions.

While waiting for the panel’s reports, the government took a fire-brigade

approach by releasing some money to settle two (2) months out of seven

months already owed the staff as of then.

Our Union, after signing an MOU with the administration on behalf of

governing council suspended our strike action in February 2017.Presently, the spirit and content of that agreement has substantially been

breached. Accumulation of arrears of unpaid salaries has continued unabated,

government has refused to make the report of the panel public.Staff members have continued to endure hardship and various financial

embarrassments due to non-payment of salaries (August – December, 2016

and half February – April, 2017). This brings us to a total of 7½ months of

arrears.Our Union therefore is left with no option but to invoke the provisions of No

Pay No work while the process for the resumption of our suspended full-blown

strike is on-going.Members of the public should prevail on the governments of Oyo and Osun to

live up to their responsibility to prevent another round of industrial crisis.

Fellow Ladokite,please remember LAUTECH in your prayer oooo.The situation is getting worse day by day.I pray God almighty will settle the case once and for aĺl.(Amen).

Attached to this article is the is the picture of the press statement released by the chairperson ASUU,LAUTECH.