There was tension in the University of Ibadan (UI) yesterday caused by breakdown in the sharing of the N1.6billion Earned Academic Allowances (EAA) released by the Federal Government to the institution.
The non-academic staff locked all the gates to the campus as early as 7.00am. Visitors were not allowed to drive into the university, leaving many to abandon their vehicles at Agbowo and other entry points. Academic activities were paralysed.
The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Idowu Olayinka, appealed to the protesting workers to allow normalcy return to campus and to direct their grievances to the appropriate quarters.Following the suspension of the nationwide strike embarked upon by the academic and non-academic staff of the universities in the country, the Federal Government released N23billion to 24 federal universities to pay the allowance for 2009/2010.
It was gathered that out of the money released, N18.3billion was allocated to the academic staff while N4.6billion was provided for the non-teaching staff.

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