The Governing Council of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo State, headed by Professor Dapo Afolabi, has directed that the proposed tuition fees in the Institution be brought down to N140, 000 for indigenes of Oyo and Osun States while non indigenes be allowed to pay N170,000, as against the N200,000 for indigenes of owner states and N250,000, for non indigenes.
Students of the school recently went on a public protest against the newly announced hike in school fees. The institution has faced years of disruption over the inability of its owner states of Oyo and Osun to adequately fund its operations.
The Management of Lautech, according to a statement by its spokesperson, Lekan Fadeyi has also announced resumption for October 29, 2018.
”The Governing Council and Management of the University appreciate concern of stakeholders over its present situation, but plead with well wishers to come to the realization that cost of running qualitative and functional first grade technical institutions like ours are becoming unbearably impossible if N65,000 and 72,000 for indigenes of Owner- States and non-indigenes are maintained’,’ the statement said.
”While Internally Generated Revenue from students fees would only remain supplementary, arrangements have been concluded to enlist parents and students into management of University fund in a manner that entrench transparency and accountability.”