Makinde inaugurates Governing Councils of LAUTECH, AATECH

Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has said his administration’s commitment to improving education sector has been yielding positive results.

The governor stated this on Friday while inaugurating the Governing Councils of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, and the Abiola Ajimobi Technical University, Ibadan, at the Executive Chamber, Governor’s Office, Secretariat, Ibadan.

A statement by the governor’s Special Adviser on Media, Sulaimon Olanrewaju in Ibadan, on Saturday, quoted the governor as saying that the state owned one university and a half when he took office in 2019, but the state is now the sole owner of three universities, which are doing well in their own rights.

He said, “When we came in 2019, we had one and a half universities, because we had one full university owned by the state and LAUTECH that was jointly owned by Oyo and Osun states.

“But today, we are about inaugurating Governing Councils for two out of the three universities belonging to this state.

“When we talked about sole ownership for LAUTECH, people thought it was a joke. They said they had gone through the process before and it was reversed. They said they had even done it up to the extent of pronouncing the university owned by this state only, but that it did not work. But we were not deterred”.

The newly-inaugurated council members for LAUTECH are Professor Ayodeji Omole as Chairman, Professor R. Kalilu– Vice Chancellor; Professor A. Ogunkunle- Deputy Vice Chancellor, Strategy and Development; Professor Dauda Araromi- Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic and Innovation; Mr. Idowu Adeosun, Mrs. Titilayomi Ahmadu, ⁠Mr. Jelili Busari, Mr. Teslim Adediran and Mrs Yinka Balogun- Registrar.

For Tech-U are Dr. Adesola Adeduntan- Chairman, Professor Adesola Ajayi- Vice Chancellor; Professor Iyiola Tella- Deputy Vice Chancellor; Seyi Adisa, ⁠Prof Samson Ojoawo, Prof Mojeed Akinsola, Dr. Aminat Ahmed, Mrs. B. Oyinloye, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education; Mrs. A. Fasina, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance; and Mrs. Olanrewaju Omolola- Acting Registrar/ Secretary.