The Senate President of Nigeria, Abubakar Bukola Saraki who has been actively involved in the crisis going on at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) held a meeting yesterday with the union of the school and various comrades in the school. He said,
"The Senate is touched by the ongoing 2-year
strike at Ladoke Akintola University of
Technology (LAUTECH)". This is why today
myself, the leader of the Senate and a few other
distinguished Senators met with students and
alumni of the institution.
I remember it was in November last year that
this matter first came up at the Senate. Since
then, we have watched and reviewed the
situation, which culminated in the passage of the
motion last week where we resolved to call on
the Oyo and Osun State governments to sort out
the ownership issue, and the Federal
Government to work towards the release of
necessary funds for the reopening of the school.
Let me make myself clear on behalf of the
Senate: Now that we have taken up this issue,
we are not going to stop until action is taken.
In the past week, I have had the opportunity to
speak to the Minister of Education on the
LAUTECH closure, and he has reassured me that
a meeting is in the works to bring
representatives of both governments together to
resolve the ownership affair between the two
states.
Additionally, we can argue from now until
tomorrow about the ownership of the University,
however, all parties concerned must know that
the LAUTECH students and their parents are the
ones that are affected by this. Hence, swift
action must be taken.
Moving forward, we will continue to fight for the
students of LAUTECH so that soon, the doors of
that university will be open.
At this point, I want to continue to appeal to
LAUTECH students for their patience. There is
light at the end of the tunnel. We are on your
side. Please take this message back to your
families: “The Senate is on your side. We will
continue to fight for you.”
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