Students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, have given the LAUTECH chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) 72 hours to withdraw from the ongoing strike.

This is contained in a statement jointly signed by the Student Union President of the varsity, Anuoluwa Adeboye, and Public Relations Officer, Gabriel Michael.

The union, in a statement made available to journalists on Friday in Ibadan, said that it would consider the varsity chapter of ASUU as saboteurs and resort to confrontation, if it fails to withdraw from the action.

“We are giving the leadership of ASUU LAUTECH 72 hours to borrow a leaf from ASUU KWASU that wrote a special letter to the National ASUU based on peculiarity in their institution.

“LAUTECH ASUU should opt out of this ongoing strike or else the students’ union will be left with no choice than to see ASUU LAUTECH as saboteurs to the progress of LAUTECH,” the students said.

It said that they had on Monday, March 14, reached out to the leadership of ASUU in the institution, but the lecturers refused to grant their request for a meeting.

The union said that regardless of the impasse between the federal government and ASUU, the involvement of LAUTECH ASUU in the strike was questionable.

“The involvement of ASUU LAUTECH is not only dangerous for the students but also horrendous for the University system.”

According to the union, the students’ last semester results are currently withheld and the final-year students are delayed.

“Also delayed is their mobilisation for the NYSC by the four-week warning strike which was extended by eight weeks.”

The union warned that “Another disaster looms around the comer if the prevalent maladies are not immediately curbed.”

(NAN)