About 500 members of the Committee of Union of tertiary Institutions who are on strike since on Monday has protested at the Kwara State College of Education, Illorin.

According to the National Chairman, College of Education Academic Staff Union, Mr. Sanni Ahmed, in an interview said the protest was as a result of alleged infrastructural decay in the college and unfair labour and welfare treatment as well as the administrative and financial impropriety of the Chairman of the Board of the institution, Alhaji Ayinla Yeketi.

Yekiti on his part, has denied the allegation, saying he was only repositioning the institution for greater efficiency.

Mr. Bisi Fakayode, who is the Special Adviser to the Kwara State Governor, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed on Labour matters said the government will soon meet the demands of the striking workers.

The The Provost of the college, Dr. Isiaka Opobiyi, has called on the striking workers to put into consideration the academic interests of the students and call off their strike.