Osun Assembly lauds Osun, Oyo governors over LAUTECH

Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola and his Oyo State counterpart Governor Abiola Ajimobi have been hailed for amicably resolving the controversy over the ownership and management of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) in Ogbomoso, Oyo State.

The commendation came from the Osun State House of Assembly through a statement by its Committee Chairman on Information & Strategy Olatunbosun Oyintiloye.

The statement described the gesture of the two leaders as a demonstration that they live up to the demand of their offices.

The statement reads: “The assembly noted that conflicts cannot be ruled out in any human settings even among siblings but allowing conflict to degenerate to crisis was a responsibility that leadership must exercise. This resolution would make the institution to be stronger and meet up with the aspiration of its founding fathers.

“The resolution and the re-affirmation of the joint ownership of the institution by the two states have vindicated that path of peace, dialogue and tolerance was the way to go rather than any party fanning the ember of discord and violence.

“We have always said that Oyo and Osun are creation of law and the constitution and would not do anything that would contravene the same constitution over the joint ownership of LAUTECH.

“LAUTECH is also created by law and unless that law is jointly amended by the two states, none of the two states can arrogate to herself the sole ownership of the institution.

“Those fanning the ember of discord needed to be educated on this and desist from causing disharmony between the two states and their people over the institution.

“It was a privilege that the institution is located in Ogbomosho, Oyo State and that privilege must be properly explored by the hosting community for economic development.”

The Assembly urged the two owner-governments to design ways of making the institution to be self-sustaining like other universities.

It said: “By making such design, it would relief the two states, the burden of using their scarce revenue to finance the institution on monthly basis, rather than making it a revenue-generating institution on its own.