Ondo AAUA lecturers cry out over alleged govt neglect, non-release of capital grants

•Want peculiar involution funds

By Dayo Johnson, Akure

Lecturers astatine the Ondo State government-owned Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, AAUA, person cried retired implicit what they called progressively unbearable unit welfare, infrastructural decay and non-release of superior assistance for 7 years by the authorities government.

They lamented that the superior assistance appropriated for the instauration by the authorities House of Assembly for 7 years had not been released by the authorities government.

Addressing newsmen successful Akure, the Chairperson of the institutions Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Comrade Boluwaji Oshodi, besides said that the authorities authorities had taken the TETfund involution distant from the instauration hence the decay successful infrastructural facilities.

Oshodi, who painted a atrocious authorities of the institution, said: “ Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko has been neglected for excessively long. The assemblage has not enjoyed immoderate signifier of important involution by the authorities authorities since its constitution successful 1999.

“It is connected grounds that a sister tertiary instauration successful the authorities has received peculiar fiscal involution connected specified than 2 occasions.’’

“ The precocious Akeredolu authorities gave the tertiary instauration successful question N850m portion the existent Governor. Dr Aiyedatiwa, has fixed this aforesaid instauration Special Financial Intervention twice, N850m successful the archetypal lawsuit and different N897min the 2nd lawsuit making a full of N2.597b. The question indispensable the asked, what has AAUA done incorrect oregon not doing right?

“ It is our condemnation that, what is bully for the goose is arsenic bully for the gander. An instauration that has been good managed deserves to beryllium supported.

“ With the fiscal prudency and effect oriented absorption skills displayed by AAUA Managers successful the past 7 years, coupled with the precocious level of dedication and committedness shown by world unit of the University, it is bittersweet that unit are being owed salaries.”

Oshodi noted: “As we talk contiguous October 3, 2025, isolated from backlog of antithetic benignant of arrears, our members are being owed 2 months wage (August and September, 2025), which led to the ongoing onslaught enactment by ASUU members successful AAUA.”

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