SEVEN YEARS AFTER LEAVING OFFICE, ALAO-AKALA SAYS HE WILL REVIVE LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY IF RE-ELECTED

He further stressed that the University will be fully owned by Oyo State and he challenge people to take him up on this when the time comes.

Asked on how he Intends to fund the Institution upon assuming full ownership, he declared that the Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) currently being generated by the State is enough to fund the education sector while also declaring that there is a particular fund coming to the State shortly that will cater for that.

“I want to categorically tell you that funding LAUTECH is not going to be a big deal as I am not a new comer in matters affecting Oyo State, I was Governor of Oyo State for four years and I know what comes to Oyo State and how it is being spent to the minutest details till date”

He noted that there is a Particular fund coming to  the State by June next year to the tune of 200Billion naira, adding that the fund will be used to revive the education sector of the State right from the primary to tertiary level.

He however said that backlog of salaries to the tune of 19months being owed lecturers of all higher Institutions in the State will be cleared at once, and decayed Infrastructure will be taken care of, while  the  State Education Trust Fund  will be revived just like the Federal Government has its own TETFUND.

“Bulk of this N200Billion,  I’m talking about will be in this Trust Fund while a particular percentage of our IGR, federal and local government allocation will also be kept in the Trust Fund to cater for our education sector in the four years I’m going to Governor of Oyo state God willing”