IBADAN — The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has announced 25 percent reduction in the tuition fees students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) are to be paying.
The Governor made the announcement on Tuesday while have an interaction with the students of the institution in Ogbomosho.
While making the announcement, the Governor said the reduction will be effected on all students irrespective of their statuses or indigene.
This was made known to journalists in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Taiwo Adisa.
Adisa quoted the governor as saying that he was grateful to the students for the warm reception accorded on him, despite the impromptu nature of his visit.
Makinde also expressed his happiness to have fulfilled the promise of securing the sole ownership of the institution for Oyo State.
“I am glad to be back among you. After the 2019 election, I should have returned to say thank you to you but I didn’t want to come until I fulfill what I promised you, which is the sole ownership of LAUTECH by Oyo State.
“Let me tell you, the LAUTECH fee is still the lowest in the entire South-West. Having said that, I will reduce your fee across the board; whether indigenes or non-indigenes, even new students. There will be a reduction of 25 percent across the board,” Makinde said.
The governor also inaugurated a High Dependency Unit of the LAUTECH Teaching Hospital and said that his administration would construct a befitting flyover in Ogbomoso.
He also reassured the re-engaged 170 staff of the LAUTECH Teaching Hospital who were relieved of their employment by the previous administration that the current government will pay their five months salary arrears.
He then maintained that a four-year programme in LAUTECH will no longer turned to eight years any more.
“Again, if you remember, during my electioneering campaign in 2019, I promised you that we will fix U-Under-Stadium road so that none of our students will get killed on the main road. Now, the road is fixed and you have the street light installed. The securing of the sole ownership of the University means never again will a four-year programme turn into an 8-year programme in LAUTECH,” Makinde said.
