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Oyo to become topmost learning centre in Nigeria –Makinde

Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has declared that by 2023, his administration would have spent close to N70 Billion to build road infrastructure to connect all the five administrative zones of the state.

 

The governor stated this in Iseyin, during the sodturning ceremony for the newly-established Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Sciences of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso. He maintained that his government would complete the 38-kilometer Oyo-Iseyin Road, the 46-kilometer Saki- Ogbooro-Igboho Road, and the recently awarded 76.7-kilometer Iseyin-Fapote-Ogbomoso Road in record time, the same way it did with the 68-kilometer Moniya-Iseyin Road.

 

He noted that the government embarked on the building  road infrastructure to connect all zones of the state and thereby expand its economy. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, quoted him as saying that all the roads would be completed before the expiration of his tenure. He added that the new road would also ensure an easy commute between the new faculty in Iseyin and the LAUTECH main campus in Ogbomoso. Makinde stated that the foundation-laying ceremony of the Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Sciences in Iseyin was a fulfillment of his campaign promises, saying: “Back then, all was not well with tertiary education in Oyo State; but we knew exactly what we needed to do to make things right. We talked about what we were going to do and even made some promises that people  felt were impossible. But one after the other, we are redeeming all our pledges to the good people of Oyo State.

 

“For example, on this issue of tertiary education, we promised that we would work towards sole ownership of LAUTECH. We knew that we could not build anything else without that foundation and we kept that promise. As a result, the students at LAUTECH no longer have their education disrupted by strikes due to non-payment of staff salaries. Students can register at LAUTECH and be assured that a four-year course will take them four years to complete.

 

“Also, when we said we would take the multi-campus approach in order to bring educational development and, by extension economic development to other zones in Oyo State, some people also thought it was impossible.

 

“Well, with today’s event, we kept that promise.” He stated that the state government has already released the sum of N500 Million as a grant to the new Faculty to ensure its smooth take-off, noting that an additional grant of about N200 Million is coming from the Federal Government. Governor Makinde declared that his administration remains committed to repositioning LAUTECH, stating that it has also included the expenditure for infrastructure development of the university in the 2022 Budget.

 

Makinde, who stated that his government’s huge investments in education were targeted at making the state the number one destination for quality learning, said the improvements in LAUTECH have already brought about the doubling of admission applications to the university from 5,000 to about 11,000 for the 2022 admission exercise

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