The Vice Chancellor of the Adekunle Ajasin University in Akungba-Akoko (AAUA), Prof. Femi Mimiko, has said authorities of the university were making efforts that would lead to the end of the 137-day-long strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Prof. Mimiko stated this when he received the participants of Course 22 of the National Defence Academy (NDA) during their tour of the university. When asked why AAUA joined the ASUU strike since the institution is funded by the Ondo State government, Prof. Mimiko responded that before the strike began, there was no dispute between the university and its academic staff. But since members ASUU members in the institution were bound by the decision of the national body, he said, it became necessary for them to join the industrial action. “The university was established and funded by the Ondo State government. And now, we are on strike to compel the Federal Government to implement an agreement t...