THERE is need for subvention and trust fund to efficiently run the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo State, the institution’s visitation panel has said.
The visitation panel was inaugurated on Friday, Octobr 28, 2016 by the governors ýof Oyo and Osun states with the mandate to consider and explore avenues by which the institution could be rescued from the plethora of problems plaguing it.
Chairman of the visitation panel, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) presented the report to the Oyo State Governor, Sen Abiola Ajimobi at the executive council chamber of the governor’s office, Ibadan.
Part of the short-term recommendation of the panel was for the two owner states to provide subvention for efficient running of the institution, while working on modalities for the establishment of a trust fund for proper management of the institution.
In his remarks, Governor Ajimobi commended the panel for the depth analysis and coverage of the report, adding that the report does not matter as much as its implementation.
Ajimobi expressed concern over the quality of output from the education sector in recent times particularly poor moral standard.
“Reality on ground requires we look at different ways of doing things. We need to set up a joint committee to study the report and super impose a template in-line with current reality. We need to look at how can public schools be self-sustaining.
Also, his counterpart from Osun State, Governor Rauf Aregbesola said the two states regretted any inconveniences the present challenges has brought to the students.
He appealed to the management and staff members of LAUTECH to understand the pernicious revenue that could not even pay the salaries of the mainstream workers in the state.
“We must be innovate and think out of the box for the university to work. I want to appeal to all the staff unions to join hands with government to ýreposition the institution by calling off their strike,” Aregbesola said.
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