Makinde Announces 25% Reduction In LAUTECH Tuition Fees
Seyi Makinde, the governor of Oyo State, has announced a 25% cut in tuition rates for students at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH).
The governor made the announcement during a meeting with schoolchildren in Ogbomoso on Tuesday.
This was revealed in a statement issued by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Taiwo Adisa.
The governor stated that the reduction will affect all pupils, regardless of their status or whether they were indigenes or non-indigenes, when making the announcement.
He reported Makinde as adding that despite the spontaneous nature of his visit, he was grateful for the warm greeting he received from the pupils.
He further remarked that he was pleased to fulfill his promise of ensuring Oyo State’s sole ownership of LAUTECH.
“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,” the governor said.
The governor also opened the LAUTECH Teaching Hospital’s High Dependency Unit and promised that his administration will build an appropriate flyover in Ogbomoso.
He also informed the re-hired 170 LAUTECH Teaching Hospital employees who had been laid off by the previous administration that the current administration would pay their five-month salary arrears.
The governor said a four-year programme in LAUTECH will not be turned to eight years again.
“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.
