LAUTECH crisis: unpaid salaries

Twenty-six-year-old Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, has remained in the news for the wrong reasons, Femi Atoyebi and Femi Makinde write

When five days ago, some indigenes of Oyo State, under the auspices of Ogbomoso Parapo Worldwide Home Branch, protested and asked the Osun State Government to hands off in the running of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, the incident underscored the oddities the ivory tower has passed through in recent years.

The protest in which the protesters also asked Osun State indigenes in the university to leave the school also reminded stakeholders of the challenges both the workers and students are currently undergoing. Aside  from the fact that the gates of the school are shut, its workers have not received their salaries for many months now.

Some of the placards the protesters carried read, ‘Osun State, leave LAUTECH for Oyo State’, ‘Do not destroy LAUTECH, it is Oyo’s glory’, ‘Osun, quit now,’ ‘Federal Government, save LAUTECH from Osun State Government – No salaries for 14 months.’