Students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso have given a 72-hour-ultimatum to the Academic Staff Union of Universities, LAUTECH chapter, to withdraw from the ongoing strike.
This is contained in a statement jointly signed by the Students Union President, Anuoluwa Adeboye, and the Public Relations Officer, Gabriel Michael.
The statement urged the lecturers to toe the path of their counterparts at the Kwara State University who opted out of the strike.
The academic union premised its strike on Federal Government’s failure to meet its demands.
The statement by the students union read that it would see the LAUTECH chapter of ASUU as saboteurs and be confrontational against them if they fail to withdraw from the strike.
“We are giving the leadership of ASUU LAUTECH 72 hours to borrow a leaf from ASUU KWASU that wrote a special letter to the National ASUU based on peculiarity in their institution.
“LAUTECH ASUU should opt out of this ongoing strike or else the students’ union will be left with no choice than to see ASUU LAUTECH as saboteurs to the progress of LAUTECH.
“They are doing these for their selfish interests and total confrontation will commence after the 72 hours ultimatum,” the statement read.
It stated that they had on Monday, March 14, reached out to the leadership of ASUU in the institution to bridge the communication gap, but “ASUU LAUTECH, up to date has refused to grant this sane request but gave excuses of no convenient time due to tensile loads on them.
“Yet, they have the time to mobilise other ASUU chapters to LAUTECH for reasons which only favours their interest.
“Is it not now crystal clear that ASUU LAUTECH is only fighting for their sole interest at the expense of students?”
It further read that “The involvement of ASUU LAUTECH is not only dangerous for the students but also horrendous for the University system.
“As a student body, we are poised towards the rectification of our prestigious institution and a better educational system.”
