NEWS DIGEST–The Ladoke Akintola University of Technology may not survive any long if the Governing Council of the University refuses to demand adequate funding from Oyo and Osun state, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (LAUTECH Chapter) has stated.
This position was made known in a press statement issued today by the Union and gotten by this Newspaper.
The lecturers said the situation in the university may lead to a ‘deep crisis’
“The proposed increase of about 300% in LAUTECH is gathering storm with all imaginable destructive potentials.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) LAUTECH branch, is amazed at the fixated position of the Governing Council which insists that the University should remain self-sustaining, rather than impress it on the government about its funding responsibility to the University.”
The Union also accused the Governing Council of the University of failing to put measures in place to help solve the financial crisis in LAUTECH ,instead Parents are made to bear the funding responsibility for the Varsity.
“It is disturbing that the present council after being in existence for over 14 months has not succeeded in attracting requisite financial attention from the government that put it in place.
Shifting this responsibility on the hapless parents is a panacea for deep crisis. It is becoming increasingly clear that all the promises made by this Council to staff at its inception are mere ploy to tie students/staff hands while their heads are being cruelty shaved through the regime of inclement tuition.”
