Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the Ladoke Akintola University, Ogbomoso has appealed to Governor Seyi Makinde to improve welfare packages for lecturers whose efforts improve the ranking of the institution.
In a release by the chairman of the union, Professor Biodun Olaniran, ASUU implored Governor Makinde to increase the monthly subvention which currently stands at 295million.
According to him, the improved ranking has doubled the work of lecturers owing to more subscriptions from those interested in learning at LAUTECH.
He added:”Since 2020, LAUTECH has witnessed noticeable improvements in terms of finance and hence, stable academic calendar. However, towards, the end of year 2021, some setbacks began to creep in. This may be attributed to inadequate funding of the University by the owner state. In recent times, LAUTECH has been rated as the best state university in Nigeria. This feat was achieved as a result of the inputs of the Academic Staff Members in terms of their research outputs and publications. The consequence of this is an upsurge in the number of candidates choosing LAUTECH as their first choice university.
In order to maintain and to improve on this status, it is very expedient that a stable academic calendar is sustained in the University, and this can only be achieved by adequate provisions for the welfare of staff members in terms of prompt payments of salary, promotion of members as and when due, payments of promotion arrears, EAA, among other.”
