The management of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo State, has been reported to have called off its unions’ six months strike, with an assurance that the academic activities for the 2021/2022 academic session would soon commence.
The University is billed to announce and continue its academic activities for the first semester of the 2021/2022 academic session soon, most likely before the end of the month of August, 2022.
According to a source who pleaded anonymity mentioned that a meeting with Joint Action Committee (JAC), has been scheduled for today, Tuesday 16th, August 2022 while security meeting will hold later in the week.
However, Dr. Kayode Ogunleye, the school registrar said that the process is on and resumption is in earnest”.
The unions (ASUU & JAC) which had been on strike for the past six months, had however refused to resume academic activities despite the school management’s order.
In the meantime, there have been several efforts from government to make the unions resolve all wrangling issues that may be stopping academic activities on campus, with the recent meeting the unions held with Oyo State government last month.