Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun state and his Oyo state counterpart Senator Abiola Ajimobi have been urged to use the opportunity of the financial relief occasioned by Paris club refund to solve the perennial funding problems that has brought institution to its knees
Academic staff Union of University LAUTECH branch in a press statement jointly signed by its chairperson, Dr Biodun Olaniran and secretary, Dr Toyin Abegunrin also. appealed to the governors to overlook whatever “imagined sins” must have been committed by some staff members to warrant this horrendous suffering unleashed on the system
The statements reads further that “They should use the milk of human kindness in them to pity the plight of the over 30,000 students who are wasting away the good part of their youthful energies at home”.
“ The governors should act in the interest of utmost public good by using the opportunity of this windfall to honestly sit down and address the LAUTECH matter. The University is a public institution ministering to the educational needs of the mass of poor citizen of the states”.
“The governors are also reminded that they are holding those offices by the grace of the people to whom those positions rightly belong. Using resources at the disposal of the state to service public interests like funding the University properly is part of the mandate and pact signed with the people”.
