Nigeria Student Forum

Senate orders closure of LAUTECH

The Senate of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, has in compliance with the directive of the Federal and it's owner States Governments, ordered immediate closure of the Institution.


Senate at its emergency meeting held on Friday, March 20, 2020 deliberated on the on-going University examinations and the state of affairs of the Country as it affects the University, especially the Coronavirus pandemic, and decided that the University be shut down with effect from Monday, March 23, 2020 for a period of one month.


Consequently, it instructed that all examinations that are about to be concluded should end on or before Sunday, March 22, 2020, while others be suspended till further notice.


A statement signed by the Institution's Registrar, Dr. Kayode Ogunleye, in advising all students to go to their respective homes, added that more information will be given on when the University will reopen.