College of Education goes on strike
Alayande College of Education in Oyo state has on Wednesday reportedly embarked on a strike.
The institution resulted to an industrial action after Students on Tuesday held a peaceful protest within the school premises due to indefinite postponement of the first semester examination.
The Nation gathered that the examination billed to start on Monday, 25th May was initially postponed to this week and now till further notice.
Students however ran out of patience when the school management notified them on Tuesday that the examination has being postponed indefinitely and took to the streets within the campus.
It was reported that President of the Student Union Government (SUG), Obisesan Monsur, organised the peaceful protest and gave the school an ultimatum of one week to procure a lasting solution.
Meanwhile, it was further gathered that staffs’ salaries in the institution have been unpaid by Federal Government for quite a while and thus, the school resulted to going on strike.
Addressing the students, the Deputy Provost, Alhaji O. Y. Akinyemi, who promise that the school will see to their grievances and will move to effect quick resumption, pleaded with the student to suspend the strike.
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