In a bid to end the strike called by the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU), Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko (AAUA), the Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has announced the release of N1.1billion to settle outstanding salaries of the lecturers.
ASUU began a fresh industrial action on 10 July to demand the payment of outstanding salaries and the implementation of negotiated agreements.
The union said its members were owed three months salaries – May, June and July.
In a statement on Wednesday by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Ebenezer Adeniyan, a total of N1.1billion “Special Intervention Fund” was approved for the university.
“The intervention is specifically to offset outstanding salary arrears owed to staff of the institution and to bring an end to the ongoing industrial dispute in the institution,” the statement said.
