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  • LAUTECH appoints new VC, two others

    The Governing Council of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, has announced the appointment of a new Vice-Chancellor and two other principal officers.

    A statement by the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Lekan Fadeyi, named Prof. Michael Ologunde, a renowned professor of food science, as the new vice chancellor.

    The council also appointed Dr Kayode Ogunleye as Registrar and Mr Abayomi Okediji as Bursar.

    The newly appointed vice chancellor will take over the running of the institution from the incumbent, Prof. Adeniyi Gbadegesin, whose five-year tenure will end on Feb. 14, 2019.

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    The council said that Gov. Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State and his Osun State counterpart, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, had approved the appointments as recommended by the Prof. Dapo Afolabi-led governing council.

    It hinted that the position of the University Librarian would be filled soon.

    “The council at its 135th special meeting held last week had directed that the vacancy in the position be re-advertised while the process of appointing a new University Librarian be concluded on or before Jan. 25, 2019,” it said.

    The statement explained that the appointments would take effect from Feb. 14, 2019.

  • LAUTECH expels students over union election violence

    The management of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology ( LAUTECH  ), on Wednesday, expelled four students and suspended eight others who allegedly sparked “crisis” after the Students’ Union election on June 13.

    The University Registrar J.A. Agboola said in a statement that the management approved the sanction after it “considered at length the report and recommendation of the panel set up to investigate the student crisis.”

    Eight out of the twelve sanctioned students, including the son of ex-Osun SSG Moshood Adeoti, were currently in their final year.

    In an earlier statement on June 16 after the Students’ Union election, the University, in an attempt to debunk a report by online blog Naijaloaded, had denied there being any “chaotic situation,” stating that there was “No fire in LAUTECH over Students’ election.”

    The University Public Relations Officer, Lekan Fadeyi had, however, further stated that a few students belonging to “unrecognized” political groups “wanted to start trouble” after the election which “was held peacefully.”

    He alleged that one of the students who previously served as the Speaker of the Students’ Representative Council “led thugs carrying guns and machetes” to invade the office of the Acting Dean of Students’ Affairs Dr Sunday Adewale, and that he also ambushed the Dean’s residence the previous night “threatening to kill him.”

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    Four days later, on June 21, the University declared all unregistered groups illegal, a move which was believed to be directed at the political groups in the institution.

    The expulsion was, however, greeted with mixed opinions by the students as the news is coming amid rumors to increase the school fees to as high as N300,000 from the current N150,000, which was also a recent increment from N72,500.

    “They have unjustly rusticated numbers of students’ leaders on the basis of demonstration without vandalization after the last students’ union election,” said Oke Oluwaseun Isaac a former students’ union leader of the university.

    Oyedeji Ahmed, an activist and recent graduate of LAUTECH said, “I am not opposed to sanitizing the institution, neither am I in support of students’ act of lawlessness or indiscipline but a decision at this crucial time is unhealthy.”

  • ‘LAUTECH VC, principal officers not sacked’

    The management of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology ( LAUTECH ), Ogbomoso, on Tuesday dismissed  reports that the  Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Adeniyi Gbadegesin,  and other principal officers of the institution had been sacked.

    A statement signed by the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Lekan Fadeyi, said the reports carried on some social media platforms that the officers were sacked after being indicted were false.

    It said LAUTECH council presided over by the  Chairman and Pro-Chancellor, Prof. Oladapo Afolabi, had at its 132nd meeting on Monday considered  an array of issues aimed at ensuring the progress of the institution.

    The statement said that Gbadegesin had at the meeting sought the permission of the council to proceed on two months leave based  on medical grounds.

    It stated that other principal officers, including the Registrar and Librarian, who were equally qualified for vacation, also indicated that they would like to proceed on their individual annual leave and the requests were granted.

    The statement said the officers, being mindful of the repercussions of any gap, volunteered names of qualified officers who should sit-in for them during the vacation.

    It added that the council had approved the redeployment of the immediate past Bursar, Mr  Adeniyi Olagunju, as well as  the two other deputy bursars.

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  • LAUTECH denies cult clash on campuses

    The Management of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), has said there was no cult clash on any of its campuses on February 24 as reported in our online edition of Friday, February 26, 2016.

    In a statement by its Head, Public and Alumni Relations Unit, Lekan Fadeyi, the university maintained that there has never been a clash on the premises of the University, since inception, being a non-residential institution.

    ” What happened on Wednesday February 24, 2016 was an altercation between two brothers which resulted in a gun shot that led to the death of one Isah Olatilewa who was not a student of the University as he had no matriculation number.

    ” Even when both the alleged killer and his victim were not our student, Management of the institution in order to forestall the ugly occurrence from spreading to our campus which is close to the Adenike area, that is largely populated by our students swung into action, conducting its own investigation, and placed two of its students who were caught with gun, Oyedepo Adewale Abiodun, with matriculation number 104619 and Olagunju Abiodun Ololade with matriculation number 105045 both of Department of Civil Engineering, on indefinite suspicion with immediate effect .

    ” The clash never took place on our campus, and management suspended two of its students because they were found with gun, and were arrested by men of the Oyo State Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS).

    “There was no protest on Campus as both staff and students went about their normal activities on the day in question.,” Fadeyi stated.