Oyo Government To Give LAUTECH A New Name (See The Proposed New Name)

The Oyo State government under the leadership of Engineer Seyi Makinde has proposed a change of name for the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH).

The proposed change of name is part of moves to change the institution from a strictly technology-focused institution to a conventional university.

To this end, the state government has approved a Bill titled ‘2022 LAUTECH Amendment Bill, to be forwarded to the Oyo State House of Assembly.

Naija News gathered part of the provisions of the Bill is to change the name of the institution from LAUTECH to L.A.U which represents Ladoke Akintola University.

The bill when signed into law will allow the university to offer courses in the social sciences, humanities, law, and other fields of study apart from technology.

The bill also seeks to make provision for workers’ pension scheme.

These developments were made known to newsmen on Tuesday after the State Executive Council meeting.

According to a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, the Attorney-General/Commissioner for Justice, Prof. Oyelowo Oyewo, briefed journalists shortly after the meeting.

He said: “We have a bill that has been proposed and approved by Exco, for onward transmission to the Oyo State House of Assembly, to amend the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso Law, to reflect the proposed change in the current status of the institution from a technical university to a conventional one.

“This is to enable the institution to offer courses in Humanities, Law and other fields for qualified candidates, as approved by National Universities Commission, NUC.

“So, the bill, in essence, seeks to amend the name of the university to Ladoke Akintola University (LAU) instead of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH).

“It is also to amend the objectives of the university to accommodate other fields of study and alter its present status as a strictly technical university to a regular university, which will translate to having more campuses in humanities to carry some courses like Social Sciences, Law, Management, Education and other fields of studies in art and humanities.

“The Bill is also to encourage and promote scholarship and conduct of research in all fields of learning and human endeavours and also to correct an omission by allowing the university to make provision for the establishment of pension scheme for its staff; as you are all aware that the pension is regulated now by law consistent with state policy on pension.

“The university will also establish a pension scheme which will be the contributory pension scheme, which will eventually be under the pension reform law.

“In essence, this is what has been done to the LAUTECH amendment law and, specifically, the university is to be addressed as Ladoke Akintola University, aka, LAU.

“The law will be Ladoke Akintola University Amendment Law 2022 and that is what has been approved by Exco to be communicated to the Oyo State House of Assembly for debate, processing and passing.”

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