Nigerian students barricade N’Assembly, want FG to take over LAUTECH
Students drawn from various faculties of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomosho, on Thursday, stormed the National Assembly, demanding that the federal government should takeover the funding and administration of the institution.
The students also decried the prolonged industrial action, which had kept them in one level for almost 2 years.
DAILY POST recalls that, LAUTECH was established in 1990 under the old Oyo state. One year later, the state of Osun was created and, with Ogbomosho carved into the present Osun state, the institution has been at the mercies of both states.
“It is pertinent, we also bring to your notice Sir, that Osun state had, had a separate state university, just as Oyo state recently commissioned hers, leaving LAUTECH in more dilemma,” one of the protesters told this reporter.
Consequently, the institution has been entangled with frequent strike actions, which is prominently anchored on poor funding.
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