The former Oyo State governor Rashidi Ladoja on Wednesday donated N 5 . 8 m to the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology , Ogbomoso .
The former governor donated the money through an initiative by former students of LAUTECH .
The initiative, tagged # fundLAUTECH , aims at raising N 1 bn to assist the university surmount its financial challenges.
While receiving the alumni members in Ibadan , the governor made an instant donation of N 2 m and promised to also donate six months of his pension to the effort.
In all , Ladoja would be donating a sum of N 5 ,840 ,000 . His pension, according to a source , is N 644 , 589 .15 per month.
Apart from the donation , eight lawmakers in the Oyo State House of Assembly , who are members of the Accord Party , also pledged a donation of N 1 , 000 , 000 to the school.
Ladoja said, “I know the value of education . If you educate your child, you are ensuring a good future for yourself. It is not only that you are serving LAUTECH , you are serving humanity. What is going to be the fate of those students who have been in the same class for close to three years ?
“Whatever happens to LAUTECH happens to all of us . As governor, my records are there in LAUTECH. I wanted to make the school number one in Nigeria but it was ranked fifth among all universities in the country. That is commendable .”
Meanwhile, the Oyo State Youth Stakeholder’ s Forum has called on Osun and Oyo states – owners of the school – to dissolve the Governing Council of the institution and disengage the Vice – Chancellor.
In a statement signed by its president , Mayowa Adigun, and its Mobilisation Officer, Kunle Olaoye, on Wednesday , the group said the call became imperative with the unending crisis in the institution and the unconvincing attitude of the LAUTECH Governing Council towards resolving the crisis .
Credit :Punch newspaper
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