Confusion In LASU As Striking Workers Shut Offices

The striking workers of the Lagos State University, Ojo on Wednesday, July 30th, took justice into their hands to show how angry they are with the school authorities.

The striking workers, who have been on strike since May, closed down offices in the university by force, interrupting all administrative and academic activities going on in the school and also making the efforts of prospective corps members, who needed to collect their call up letter to as to resume camp by August 5 to be futile.

They also prevented an earlier scheduled press briefing between the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. John Obafunwa and journalists. The Press Briefing which was supposed to be on the school’s forthcoming 19th convocation and 30th anniversary ceremonies did not hold until three hours after the scheduled time with only few journalists left as many of them left due to the new development.

Punch reports that the LASU-SSANU Chairman, Mr. Saheed Oseni, told newsmen that the union is not happy with the university authorities as it had failed to address the needs of its members.

Oseni, who spoke on the sidelines of the union’s congress on Wednesday, noted that the shutdown was strategic, especially as “they had several unresolved issues with the authorities.”

He also said: “The authorities have not been fair to us and this explains why we cannot suspend the strike. Of importance to us is that the university council has failed to resolve the promotion issue we raised with the management for over one year now.

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