The Committee of Unions in Tertiary Institutions (CUTI) in Kwara state has dissociated itself from the ongoing strike embarked upon across the state’s Colleges of Education.
The union also distanced itself from the recent comment of the Joint Academic Staff Union in Tertiary Institutions (JASUTI) critical of the governor AbdulRazaq AbdulRazaq’ s ‘administration.
Contrary to JASUTI’s position, CUTI said the administration of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has done creditably well for the education sector and welfare, even if there are rooms for improvements.
“Committee of Union in Tertiary Institutions wishes to dissociate herself from a press release where the Governor was unnecessarily castigated by JASUTI (COEASU). We wish to set the record straight that His Excellency is committed to the development of Tertiary Education in Kwara State,” chairman CUTI ,Comrade Gegele Oladimeji and secretary CUTI Comrade Issa Mariam said in a joint statement issued on Thursday following its emergency executive meeting.
“As a committee of unions, it would be ungrateful of us to ignore the landmark and purposeful concern of the governor since the inception of his administration in the advancement of Tertiary Education in the state,” the statement added.
CUTI maintained that the administration of AbdulRazaq has shown reasonable commitment in resolving issues inherited from the last administration.
“So far, the government has shown reasonable commitment in resolving issues inherited from the last administration some of which include: payment of outstanding salaries to workers of all the Colleges; the release of N70m to the managements of College of Education Ilorin, Oro Lafiagi and College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies (CAILS), this year as special grant in support of NUC accreditation for affiliated degrees courses in the colleges,” the body said.
