The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Kwara State University branch has lamented poor funding of the institution by the Kwara State government.

It stated that such predicament is currently responsible for it decision on the ongoing national strike called by ASUU.

In a statement issued in Ilorin by KWASU chairman of ASUU, Dr Shehu Salahu said that the institution was facing some challenges especially funding saying that was the reason it could not join the second phase of the union warning strike.

The chairman while expressing the branch support for the ongoing warning strike declared by the union's national body said, "As a young branch just admitted into the fold, KWASU has challenges owing to our funding status of zero subventions for about seven years ago.

"The branch relies on Internally Generated Revenue as well as loans from banks to run the university. This situation is detrimental in no small measure to the system.  KWASU is relatively a new branch and our members are gradually being initiated into the ASUU philosophy, tradition and procedure of a University."

Salahu however sought the understanding of national leadership of the union on the predicament of the institution's lecturers.

The union called on the federal government to do the needful and bring to an end the lecturers' strike in the overall interest of the nation.