By Dayo Johnson Akure
Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, has approved the release of N1.1 billion as a Special Intervention Fund to Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, AAUA, to offset outstanding staff salaries and end the ongoing ASUU strike.
The approval came hours after the Students’ Union issued a 72-hour ultimatum to the state government to resolve the industrial action.
A statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Ebenezer Adeniyan, in Akure on Tuesday said the fund was specifically for payment of salary arrears owed to staff of the institution.
“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,” Adeniyan said.
