By Kehinde Oluwasegun
The Osun State University Academic Staff Union of Uinversity Chairman , Dr Femi Abanikanda, said the university was poorly funded .
According to a report by The Punch newspaper, Abanikanda was quoted to have said since 2011 , the state government had not executed capital projects in the university.
The State University which has its main campus in Osogbo with other campuses in Okuku, Ejigbo, Ikire , Ifetedo and Ipetu Ijesa, the ASSU chairman stressed that nearly all the projects done were either funded by TETFUND or donors .
He said , “Throughout the eight year tenure of former governor Rauf Aregbesola, the state did not fund any capital project in the university. The impression of the then governor was that the university was coping , but the poor students were the ones being made to pay exorbitant fees .”
Abanikanda also said underfunding had hindered research efforts of lecturers .
