By Our Reporter
The Executive Director Finance and Chief Financial Officer of OES Energy Services, Chief Adegboyega Adegoke, has said there is need for both Oyo and Osun State governors, Seyi Makinde and Alhaji Gboyega Oyetola, respectively, to device a peaceful resolution on the ownership and funding crisis rocking the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH).
Adegoke, who is the Mogaji of Abose compound in Olubadan traditional lineage, said this gesture would go a long way in finding lasting solution to the recurrent crisis that has been rocking the institution since the creation of Osun State from the old Oyo State.
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He maintained that peaceful accord would also be a demonstration that the two leaders are capable and living up to the demands of their offices.
It could be recalled that joint ownership and financial contributions of both states have been generating controversies since the time of former Governors Adebayo Alao-Akala of Oyo and Olagunsoye Oyinlola of Osun.
Adegoke was of the opinion that peaceful resolution would make the institution stronger and meet up with the aspiration of its founding fathers.
He implored the government of the two states to design ways of making the institution self-sustaining like other universities, which necessitated that both states need to work together on matters of mutual interest rather than be seen as working at cross purposes.
According to him, “there is need for both the governors of Oyo and Osun states to sit down as brothers and look into the problems rather than allow intruders to come in between them.
His words: “If both governors, the governing council and management team meet, they will be able to dissect the problem properly and jointly proffer solutions on the way forward.
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