Oyo Government set to rename LAUTECH

By Dayo Badmus, 

The Oyo State government is set to rename the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) to Ladoke Akintola University, (LAU).

The state Attorney -General and Commissioner for Justice, Professor Oyelowo Oyewo (SAN ) announced this to journalists in Ibadan on Tuesday.

Oyelowo who spoke shortly after the weekly state executive council meeting said the move was to make the Ogbomoso -based university become a conventional university.

According to him, the state government will forward a bill tagged “Ladoke Akintola University LAU” amendment bill to the Oyo State House of Assembly.

Oyelowo added that this was done to accommodate courses like Law, Humanities among others.

The briefing was attended by Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourists, Dr Wasiu Olatunbosun and Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Abdulraham Abdulraheem.