Adeyanju Gbadegesin
On Tuesday evening, October 19, at Iseyin, Ayodeji Oludare Omole, LAUTECH Governing Council Chairman, announced that Governor Seyi Makinde has released the take-off grants of LAUTECH campus at Iseyin therefore work would start by November when His Excellency would do the turning of sod at the administrative site of the College along Okeho road before any work starts.
“I want to announce here that the take-off grant for work to start at the College has been released, by next month (November), the Governor himself will come and do the turning of the sod for construction works to commence.”
“The Governor has also promised that the institution will get more funding from the 2022 budget, as it has been captured in the 2022 annual financial estimate, so the community must brace itself for the works ahead.”
According to Omole, the land allocated to the institution is small, and it has been used up by projects for different aspects of academics and research. He also said that the college might even become a full-fledged University as he advised the community to get more land for the institution.
“You never can say, this College may eventually become a full-fledged University, the community needs to acquire more land,” he explained.
The National President of Iseyin Development Union (I.D.U), Alhaji Bayo Raji, also said that apart from the acquired land that has been handed over to the institution, 50 acres of land was presently being acquired for the institution.
Omole further advised the residents of the community to relate with students and staff members as everyone would be coming from different backgrounds with orientations.
“University normally changes the landscape of the community as students will be coming from different backgrounds with different orientations, our people should please accommodate them.”
The Aseyin of Iseyin in his remark gave kudos to Governor Seyi Makinde for not neglecting the Iseyin community. He assured the LAUTECH council and management staff of the security of lives and properties of the students and staffers of the college, assuring the delegation that upon commencement of construction works at the College site, indigenes of Iseyin would rally support for the success of the project.
