The alumni of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) on Thursday, celebrated the 30th anniversary of the institution.
Graduates and current students of the institution flooded social media platforms with different messages and posts, celebrating the school.
LAUTECH, previously known as Oyo State University of Technology, was established in April 23, 1990.
#LAUTECHAT30 we are doing it bigger next time! Are you ready for us ? @therealnow_ thank you for blessing Lautech with your presence. pic.twitter.com/zxpbYgzYDJ
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(@Nowsoundsfriday) April 23, 2020
Happy 30th Anniversary to my Alma Mater, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology(LAUTECH), Ogbomosho. Proudly Ladokite…. Excellency, Integrity and Service.
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— Hon Ayedero Shina Peller (@ShinaPeller) April 23, 2020
RT if you're a ladokite and let's follow each other..
One love been taking us far..#Lautech #LAUTECHAT30 pic.twitter.com/zZxZbCw88l— Arsenal kingsman (@prettylsb) April 23, 2020
http://twitter.com/thebollutech/status/1253308320254959618?s=20
Ex- Ladokites, remain the only group of corp members who recite their school anthem to intimidate other schools, (probably they don't have an anthem) Intimidation we condone not #LAUTECHAT30 pic.twitter.com/jDj1QqCLoA
— Abiodun Oluwaseun Laurel (@pres_laurel) April 23, 2020
In 1987, Governor Adetunji Olurin, the then Military Governor of Oyo State (now split into two states: Oyo and Osun), received a request from the Governing Council of The Polytechnic, Ibadan to establish a State University.
He set up a committee in 1988, that recommended the creation of the University. By March 13, 1990, Nigeria’s federal military government accepted the State’s request. The edict establishing Oyo State University of Technology was signed on April 23, 1990 by Colonel Oresanya.
The first Vice-Chancellor of the University was Olusegun Ladimeji Oke. During the time, Late Bashorun M.K.O. Abiola became the first Chancellor in January 1991. The University began its first academic session on October 19, 1990 with a total of 436 candidates enrolled in four faculties, namely Agricultural Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Engineering and Management Sciences, and Pure and Applied Sciences. A College of Health Sciences was established a year later.
The name of the University was changed to Ladoke Akintola University of Technology after the separation of Osun State from Oyo State
