Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko Branch have staged a peaceful demonstration against the insensitivity of the Federal Government towards their demand since 2009.
The protest which took place on the University campus saw them carrying different placards with messages such as “Our take home can not take us home”, “On 2009 FGN-ASUU agreement we stand”, “Pay our EAA” and so on and so forth.
While addressing the protesters, the chairman of the Union, Comrade Boluwaji Oshodi narrated how University lecturers in Nigeria have been on the same pay since 2003 while the agreement clearly states that the salary would be reviewed every three years.
He lamented the sorry state of many universities in the country. According to him, virtually all Nigerian public Universities lack the necessary equipment needed in their laboratories, lecturers and the students need to improvise most of the time to conduct vital experiments and this is affecting the output.
Comrade Boluwaji Oshodi reveals that buildings in many Universities are in a sorry state, in some cases students receive lectures while lapping one another which is not conducive for both the lecturers and the students.
