Setting New LAUTECH College in Iseyin, Strategic- Makinde
Oyo State governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has declared that his administration has successfully laid the necessary foundations, which successive administrations can build on about the infrastructure, education, and economy of the state.
The governor, while speaking on Friday in Iseyin, during the commissioning of the College of Agriculture and Renewable Natural Resources, a campus of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, -an event, former president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo graced stated that in a bid to make the State an education hub, his administration
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The governor said setting the foundations of the new LAUTECH college in Iseyin is strategic as his administration decides to expand its economy through agribusiness which means that the new College of Agriculture and Renewable Natural Resources being in Iseyin, Oke-Ogun- the food basket of the state, is another step towards achieving the state’s target.
He said, “Let me mention that this commissioning of the LAUTECH Iseyin Campus in Iseyin exemplifies what happens when we have existing infrastructure, whether they are physical or administrative, to build on.
“This is another landmark project we have invested in here in Iseyin. When we came into office in 2019, we planned to make Oyo State an education hub. For us, it is not just about increasing the number of universities in the state.
“We used to have one and a half universities when we came in; the Technical University and half of LAUTECH because it was jointly owned by Oyo and Osun states. But today, we have doubled the institutions as we now have the Technical University, which is fully owned by Oyo State, the LAUTECH and Emmanuel Alayande University of Education fully owned by Oyo State.
“So, it is not just about all of these universities but the fact that what we have done is to use our available resources to achieve our vision. Building on that, we took a multi-campus approach to expand LAUTECH.
“And to ensure both campuses of LAUTECH are connected, we are constructing a brand new road, the 76.67km Iseyin-Fapote-Ogbomoso road, which is about 80 per cent done, and I will come back here to commission that road before the end of this year,”.
Governor Makinde also explained that the decision to make LAUTECH a multi-campus institution was also to achieve accelerated development for the state, saying that the new development would have multiplier effects on the economy of Iseyin and Oke-Ogun.
He said the zone will be opened to more economic activities as about 1,533 students resume in the College in the next few weeks.
Makinde, in his speech, however, maintained that his government had pulled the state out of the trenches and would continue to build on the gains already recorded.
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