By Agboola Bayo
Ibadan
Academic staff unions in all the Oyo state government owned tertiary institutions under the aegis of Joint Action Forum of Academic Staff Union of Oyo State (JAFAS) has asked the state government to forget its planned stoppage of subventions to the institutions.
But, in a swift reaction, Oyo state government denied the allegation as claimed by the academic staff.
JAFAS in a communiqué made available to newsmen at the end of its meeting held at the Emmanuel Alayande College of Education (EACOED), Oyo also kicked against the policy describing it as unpopular and unacceptable.
The Academic unions in the communiqué jointly signed by their chairmen and secretaries at the LAUTECH, EACOED, Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology (OYSATECH), Igbo-Ora, Ibarapa Polytechnic, Oke-Ogun Polytechnic and College of Education, Lanlate, called on Oyo state government to immediately reverse the planned reduction of the subventions to 25 per cent by the state government.
The policy according to them was capable of throwing many students out of school in and across the state as a result of high school fees, saying,
“the position of the government on the stoppage of subventions to tertiary institutions is unacceptable and that the status quo ante be maintained”.
“LAUTECH Model, where the IGR-anchored initiative is being test run, is not sustainable as evident in the current LAUTECH situation, has ran into troubled waters.
“The meeting was convoked to discuss the recent Oyo state government’s decision to stop all forms of subventions to state-owned tertiary institutions”, they said.
