* Lock out VC, students
* Demand payment of minimum wage
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities have shut down the Lagos State University (LASU).
It was gathered that the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Olanrewaju Fagboun and students were denied entry into the university campus.
The LASU SSANU Chairman, Comrade Oseni Saheed, reportedly said that workers are protesting the non-implementation of the minimum wage among other issues.
“We have shut down the school because of non-implementation of the minimum wage, among other issues like the Consequential Adjustment which has been on for close to two years,” he said.
The SSANU chair added that there was no activity whatsoever in the school, saying it is a ‘total shutdown’ by all the unions.
He said: “There is no activity whatsoever in LASU; it is total shutdown from all the unions. There is no entry and exit.”
The Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu had announced that the tertiary institutions in the State be reopened on Monday, September 14. Students in 300 and 400 levels were expected to resume today (Monday) with other members of staff that had been away from work occasioned by the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.