The Oyo State Government is under fire for failing to fulfill its obligations to Osun State regarding the dissolution of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomosho, Oyo State.
The university was jointly owned by Oyo and Osun states for 30 years until Oyo proposed dissolution in November 2020.
As part of the agreement, Oyo State agreed to pay Osun State N8 billion in instalments, with the final payment due by 2023.
However, according to Osun State’s Commissioner of Information, Barr. Kolapo Alimi, and Governor Ademola Adeleke’s spokesperson, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, Oyo State has only paid N4 billion, leaving a balance of N4 billion unpaid.
In a statement signed by Arch. Suleiman Oparinde, on behalf Osun Renaissance Group, the reluctance of Oyo State Government to honour the promise and agreement reached with its brother-state betrays the age-long friendship that have existed between the two states.
“2024 is almost over and the promise of Governor Seyi Makinde to Osun over LAUTECH dissolution is yet to be fulfilled. This is dishonorable. How much is N4 billion that the government of Oyo state could not settle in the last four years,” Oparinde queried.
The group urges Governor Makinde to, in the interest of peaceful co-existence, see to full settlement of its liability to Osun State without any further delay.
