The Commissioner for Information in Oyo State, Dr Wasiu Olatunbosun, cleared the air on the position of the state government on the ownership crisis bedevilling Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso in an interview with WALE OYEWALEFrom our own end, we don’t have anything against Osun but what really disturbed us was the attitude of Osun to fulfilling its financial commitment to LAUTECH.
Is it true that problem started when former governor Adebayo Alao-Akala built another teaching hospital in Ogbomoso, which many said it was a plan by Oyo State to take over the university fully? What you are saying is that by the time LAUTECH is fully owned by Oyo State, the tuition and other fees would still be kept low?
We have set up our committee. They have set up theirs as well for us to negotiate. So they are still negotiating. What comes out from the negotiation will determine which way we are going. While in office, former Governor Adebayo Alao-Akala said that he would not sack anybody from Osun if the university was ceded to Oyo State. Has this changed?