The Oyo and Osun state governments have constituted a seven-man Governing Council for Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH).
They said the council will be headed by a retired Head of Service of the Federation (HoSF), Prof Oladapo Afolabi.
In a statement on Monday in Ibadan, Oyo State capital, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Mr. Olalekan Allli, named Prof Lai Olurode, Prof. (Mrs) Olaide Adedokun, Mr. Abiodun AbdulJelil Owonikoko (SAN), Mr. Isiaka Olagoke, Mr. Tise Adenipekun and Bade Adesina as members of the Governing council.
Alli said Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi and his Osun State counterpart, Rauf Aregbesola, acted on the powers conferred on them by the laws establishing the institution as visitors, met and approved the Governing Council of LAUTECH with Prof Afolabi as chairman and pro-chancellor.
The SSG noted that the tenure of the Governing Council, as mandated by the University Law, shall be four years from the date of its inauguration, unless determined by the visitors.
Alli said the visitors also directed the immediate inauguration of the Governing Council, whose mandate “shall also be guided by the provisions of the relevant laws establishing the university”.
He added that the visitors were confident that with this development, the crisis in the institution would be resolved.
The SSG urged the stakeholders to cooperate with the council in its determination to realise its mandate.