Not again! LAUTECH begins another indefinite strike after staying at home for 8 months

Just three months after the lecturers of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) called off its eight-month hold strike, the academics have embarked on another indefinite strike – a second time this year.

A statement announcing the strike was signed by the chairman of the ASUU, LAUTECH chapter, Biodun Olaniran and Toyin Abegunrin, secretary, on Friday.

“This is to inform our members that the National Executive Council of our Union has granted the branch the permission to resume the strike action that was earlier suspended in February with immediate effect,” it read.

“Since the feasibility of holding a congress on the campus, for now, is doubtful, it is hereby officially declared that ASUU LAUTECH branch is on strike.

“If in need of any clarification, please contact the branch chairperson.”

“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,” Olaniran had said.

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