OYO State Governor, Mr Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, inaugurated the Oyo State Negotiation Committee on ownership of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, with a clear mandate that the committee should secure a divorce of Oyo from Osun State in joint ownership of the university.
According to him, the push for divorce in joint ownership of LAUTECH stemmed from a continued stay in an alliance that was not working.
Makinde who asserted that sole ownership was a solution to the countless of problems that have plagued the university over time, allayed fears that Oyo State was not capable to solely manage LAUTECH.
Makinde said the 2020 budget already captured overheads and capital expenditure for the university at N2.09billion while the government may also explore the opposition of presenting a supplementing budget.