ASUU LAUTECH Insists on No Negotiation Until Full Payment is Made

Despite the school management saying "real progress" was being made in ensuring the school resumes academic activities as already schedules, the academic staff union has insisted that it won't continue with negotiations until the money promised by the owner-state governments is payed.

Here's what the ASUU Chairman, Dr. Biodun Olaniran, said yesterday, per Punch:

“The university management invited us to a meeting on September 18th and we honoured the invitation. The management wanted to start discussing with us and we asked if the owner states had credited the university’s account but they said no.

“We told them there was no point going ahead with the negotiation because there was no commitment yet from the states. We told the management to inform us the moment the university’s account is credited and we would then negotiate with them. Without paying the money to the university, we won’t negotiate.

“We are open to negotiation but the two state governments are not ready to show any commitment. They have not paid a dime to the university and they owe us 12 months’ salaries. That is one whole year, from September 2016 to September 2017.”