Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU), Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH, Oyo State chapter yesterday urged Governor Seyi Makinde to impress it on the Vice Chancellor Professor Mojeed Olaide Liasu and the Chairman Governing Council Professor Deji Omole to pay the over N5 billion seven years of arrears of earned academic allowances owed academic staff of the institution.
The union also blamed the leadership of the university for denying academics their due promotion arrears which was capable of dampening their morale
The union’s chairman, Professors Biodun Olaniran and Toyin Abegunrin, Secretary respectively who stated this in a statement entitled: “LAUTECH Administration: A Slave Driver”, put the amount being owed them at over N5 billion.