EDUCATION: OUR COMMITMENT IN EDUCATION SECTOR YIELDING POSITIVE RESULTS..... GOVERNOR SEYI MAKINDE AS HE INAUGURATES TWO STATE-OWNED UNIVERSITIES' GOVERNING COUNCILS
Oyo State governor, 'Seyi Makinde, on Friday, said that his administration's commitment to improving the education sector has been yielding positive results. The governor stated this while inaugurating the Governing Councils of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, and the Abiola Ajimobi Technical University, Ibadan. Governor Makinde, at the event held at the Executive Chamber of the Governor's Office, said Oyo State owned one university and a half when he took office in 2019, but that the state is now the sole owner of three universities, which are doing well in their own rights. The governor said: “When we came in 2019, we had one and a half universities, because we had one full university owned by the state and LAUTECH that was jointly owned by Oyo and Osun states. "But today, we are about inaugurating Governing Councils for two out of the three universities belonging to Oyo State. “When we talked about sole ownership for LAU...