The institution had through a statement announced that indigenes of Oyo and Osun states were to pay N200,000 while non-indigenes will pay N250,000 from the 2018/19 session.
The institution it was learnt had made a u-turn by reviewing the new fees downward.
The university through a mail addressed to students on Friday from the office of the Registrar, Jacob Agboola, said the school fees had been reviewed downward.
The statement reads, “This is to inform all students that after an extensive and exhaustive consultations with stakeholders, the Governing Council has magnanimously directed that the tuition fees payable by all students with effect from the 2018/2019 Academic Session be reviewed as follow:
“Indigenes of the Owner-States of Oyo and Osun (100-500-Level ): N140,000.00 per session.
“Non-indigenes (100-500-Level) : N170,000.00 per session.
“Please note that the resumption date for the 2018/2019 Harmattan Semester remains Monday, October 29, 2018”.
ASUU calls on Osun, Oyo govts to save LAUTECH
THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, Port Harcourt Zone, on Monday called on the Osun and Oyo State governments, the joint owners of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, to fund the institution and save it from collapse.
ASUU urged both governments to urgently take full responsibility of funding the university rather than shifting the financial burden of running it to the students.
The Coordinator of ASUU, Port Harcourt zone, Uzo Onyebinama, said the union was still negotiating with the governments of Osun and Oyo to finance the institution.
He said, “Education is a social service and it ought to be treated as such. All hands must be on the deck to compel the Osun and Oyo State governments to do the needful and take full responsibility for the funding of LAUTECH and save the institution.
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso currently on warning strike.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has called on Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State and his Osun State counterpart, Governor Rauf Aregbesola, to tell the public if they want to liquidate the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso or not.
The Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Ibadan Zone, Dr Ade Adejumo, who said this at a briefing held in Osogbo on Monday, said that LAUTECH lecturers were currently on a two- week warning strike to press home their demand for proper funding of the university.
Adejumo said the problem of the university had deteriorated from poor funding to no funding, saying the actions of the two states were aimed at destroying the institution.
LAUTECH threatens to resume strike
Workers at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso (LAUTECH) under the umbrella of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) on Wednesday threatened the Oyo State government and its Osun state counterpart that it will resume its strike action in two weeks time, if the states refuse to fulfill it’s agreement with the union.