LAUTECH TO L.A.U Amendment Bill Passes Second Reading.
The proposes bill to change the current status of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso from a technical institution to a conventional university has scaled through its second reading in the Oyo State House of Assembly .
Recall that the bill tagged: “Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH Ogbomoso (Amendment) Law, 2022”, passed its first reading in February 2022 after a letter from Governor Seyi Makinde concerning the change, was read by the Speaker, Hon Adebo Ogundoyin.
The bill seeks to rename of the university from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH to Ladoke Akintola University, L.A.U. The bill will also enable the institution to offer courses in humanities and other fields of study as approved by the National Universities Commission, NUC while it will also encourage and promote scholarship and conduct research in various fields of learning.
Furthermore, the amendment will allow the University to make provision for the establishment of a suitable pension scheme for all its staff. According to the Speaker, the bill was an initiative of Governor Seyi Makinde-led administration to reposition university education in Oyo State.
Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin stated that the state governor had continued to demonstrate his love and passion for all-round quality education in the state, adding that making LAUTECH a regular university will give more Oyo students and those of their colleagues outside the state the opportunity of pursuing any educational career of their choice in the institution.
In his words: “The bill has scaled through a second reading. We are working on it to ensure that our students and others like them have the opportunity of studying any course they like without restriction to technical education or courses alone.
Other lawmakers including Hon Sanjo Adedoyin (Ogbomoso South), Hon Wumi Oladeji (Ogbomoso North), Hon Isiaka Tunde (Oyo East/West), Hon Bamidele Adeola (Iseyin) and Hon Simeon Oyeleke (Ogo-Oluwa/Surulere) in their contributions to the bill commended Governor Seyi Makinde for working hard and the successes recorded in LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, especially with securing full ownership of the University from Osun state and now repositioning it as a conventional University.
