LAUTECH ASUU cautions institution owners against poor funding April 1, 2016

LAUTECH ASUU cautions institution owners against poor funding April 1, 2016 The Academic Staff Union of Universities Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso branch has condemned the lackadaisical attitude of the institutions two owner states on the release of subventions to the institution. The Union said it owes the general public the painful truth on the state of affairs at LAUTECH, most especially the abdication of responsibilities by the visitors in providing subventions and capital grants to the University. The observations were part of resolutions at the union’s congress held on Tuesday. The Union also said that the non-release of subvention for a total of 17 months (12 and 5 months owned by Osun and Oyo respectively) till date has constituted a serious clog in the wheel of progress of the institution. “The unsustainable payment of salaries through Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) is seriously affecting other activities of the institution which are not supposed to be compromised under any guise,” the union said in a statement signed by its Chairperson, Dr. ‘Biodun Olaniran. “Non-release of subventions has led to backlog of various allowances namely Earned Academic Allowances and promotion arrears because IGR that was supposed to be used for these allowances were been diverted to pay staff salaries.” The union lamented that the academic staff are made to work under increased lecturer/ student ratio and other unfavourable conditions to ensure uninterrupted academic sessions for the management to be able to meet up with payment of salaries which is not only delayed but also irregular and unreliable and not so forthcoming. “The Governing Council, which is supposed to help the situation by facilitating the necessary means of getting the owner states to be more alive to their responsibility, is not helping matters, as all efforts by the Union to get the council on its feet, in this regard, are to no avail,” Dr. Olaniran said