Community commends Makinde over LAUTECH resolution, ready to host faculty
The people of Iseyin, in Iseyin local government area of Oyo State, have commended Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State for his diplomatic moves, which they claimed, led to the ceding of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso (LAUTECH) to Oyo State by Osun State.
The National Universities Commission (NUC) recently announced the ceding of the ownership of the institution to Oyo State after the two states entered into some agreements bothering on staff welfare and sharing of properties of the university.
In a statement signed by the National President, Iseyin Development Union (I.D.U), Bayo Raji, and made available to newsmen on Wednesday, the body described the development as a pointer to greater things that would happen to Oyo State in the nearest future.
Raji said the brickbats about ownership and sharing of responsibilities have been overcome while the next step would be for the government and various stakeholders to take the institution back to its former glorious days.
He called on the State governor to use the human and material potentials available in Iseyin to the fullest by siting a faculty of the University at the community.
“The governor has achieved what seemed impossible again by successfully getting the Osun State government to cede ownership of LAUTECH to Oyo State, he has broken many jinxes in the areas of infrastructural facilities and welfare of the people of the State, we are grateful.
“On behalf of the people of Iseyin, we want to use the opportunity of this communication to appeal to our amiable governor to make use of human and material potentials that are in abundance in Iseyin and site a faculty of the University there.
“We have arable lands, we have sites that are suitable for research for farming, raw materials and tourism, our prayers are always ready to work and are versed in skilled, academic, technology lines, while we have youths that are ready to work in the areas of unskilled callings too.