The Vice Chancellor of the Osun State University, Osogbo, Prof Labode Popoola has told staff of the university who join the ongoing strike by the Non- Academic Staff Union of the institution that they would not get their salaries for the period of the strike.
The Vice Chancellor who made this known while briefing newsmen over the strike action in Osogbo recently noted that he had met with workers several times on the issue and others and made the financial position of the university known to them, adding that non-academic union members are not the only body affected.
Popoola blamed the inability of the university to pay the money on paucity of funds and noted that despite the financial situation of the university, salaries were paid promptly, “a situation he said does not obtain in most state universities across the country.