The governments of Oyo and Osun States have again disagreed publicly over their shares of the funding of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology , Ogbomoso.
On Saturday, Oyo Governor, Seyi Makinde, said his state was ready with its share of the salaries of the workers of the institution but said his Osun counterpart, Gboyega Oyetola, was delaying the payment by not releasing his own state’s share.In response, theof blackmailing Osun State, saying it has been at the frontline of salary payment and funding of the school.
It stated that in 2017 alone, while Oyo contributed N717, 888, 795.00, Osun contributed N1, 292, 000, 000.00. In 2018, Oyo contributed N443, 865,554.00; Osun contributed N500, 000,000. “Effectively, what this implies is that while Osun had cumulatively spent about N2billion on the institution from January to date, Oyo had only spent a little over N1billion.