2019: AFRICAN ACTION CONGRESS GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE PLEDGES TO RESTORE LOST GLORY OF LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY

He noted that Ladoke Akintola University,as an institution of higher learning has been experiencing great neglect which according to him will negatively affect the future of students of the institution,but gave assurance that if voted as Governor, he would restore the lost glory of the institution.

He also stated that the current joint ownership by the two states is not working, saying if it did not work under the All Progressives Congress(APC) led governments in the two states, one should imagine what it would be like with two different parties.

“It’s unfortunate that LAUTECH which used to be one of the best State owned Universities in the country in the past five years has become a ghost of its former self owing to neglect by the APC governments of Oyo and Osun’.

The Governorship candidate added that both governments have underfunded the institution in the last five years,also adding that,“salaries and allowances were not paid. Many students have dropped out owing to years of strike by staff members of the institution who the Governments refused to pay.”

Penpushing further reports that,Laosun  described the nonchalant and lackadaisical attitudes of the All Progressives Congress(APC) led Governments in both Oyo and Osun over the issue of the university as unfortunate.

“This has shown that the APC led government has no future plan for the young ones. You can imagine a situation where our Governor has not found it expedient to find a lasting solution to the problem of LAUTECH’

‘Yet he has established and provided funds for smooth take-off of a private Technical University. This is telling you that this Government doesn’t have the fear of God and the love of our young people at heart. But I can assure you that all the problems facing LAUTECH will become a thing of the past when elected Governor of Oyo State in 2019.”