JUST IN: NUC Transfers Ownership Of LAUTECH To Oyo

The crisis emanated from the joint ownership of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, has been put to rest as the National Universities Commission (NUC) has transferred ownership of the institution to the Oyo State Government while the Osun state Government is to take over the College of Health Sciences in Osogbo.

The resolution followed the lingering ownership of LAUTECH over the years.

The Executive Secretary of the NUC, Professor Abubakar Rasheed, stated this at a media briefing in Abuja.

Professor Rasheed said both Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State and Adegboyega Oyetola signed a memorandum of agreement to the development.

The NUC boss expressed optimism that the new arrangement would restore peace to LAUTECH.