The alumni
association of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, has
called on well-meaning Nigerians to support the #FundLautech initiative put in
place to rescue the troubled institution.
Bayo
Adeyinka, a former president of the institution’s Students’ Union and one of
the facilitators of the initiative, made the appeal while speaking with PREMIUM
TIMES on Saturday.
Mr.
Adeyinka, who explained that the intervention effort has yielded results,
called on alumni of the institution and other Nigerians to support the cause.
He, however,
told PREMIUM TIMES that the MTN Foundation and other companies have showed
interest in the initiative.
Earlier in
the week, the alumni association met with parents of students of the
institution to deliberate on the best means of supporting the troubled
university.
At the
meeting, held in Ogbomoso, some of the stakeholders suggested that the
governors of Oyo and Osun states, the joint-owners of the school, should be met
again.
PREMIUM
TIMES gathered that many of the parents, however, kicked against the idea,
saying none of the governors would honour the letter because letters had
already been sent to them in the past without response.
But it was
later suggested that stakeholders should still consider meeting the two
governors, it was gathered.
While
speaking to our correspondent on Saturday, Mr. Adeyinka explained that the
balance in the account is N1,309,700.00, five days after the launch of the
initiative.
On Tuesday,
two days after the initiative was launched, he had told PREMIUM TIMES that the
balance stood at around N1.2 million naira.
When asked
about the poor reaction to the initiative, which seeks to raise N1 billion in
90 days, he said the team would work harder to canvass more support from
Nigerians.
“Yes, I
think it’s slow,” he said of the intervention effort so far, stating that, “We
need to publicise it and get more people to know about it.
“I just
finished an interview session on a radio station this morning. We are also
trying to get all alumni to key into the initiative.
“MTN
Foundation has requested for a formal proposal. We will send that next week. We
can only try and believe that the goal will be met,” he told PREMIUM TIMES.
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