The outgoing governor of Oyo State, Abiila Ajimobi, has said that the state government has not spent a dime on the Technical University, Ibadan.
The Ajimobi administration established the varsity to address challenges in the indicated sector.
He, however, said that although it wholly belongs to Oyo State, it had not expended any money on it.According to him, the institution has, so ar, been a product of goodwill.
The governor said this in Ibadan, on Monday, while hosting some prominent traditional rulers from the state that salutes itself as ‘Pace Setters’.
He noted, “It is the first of its kind in Nigeria, and we are happy that we succeeded in achieving this in our time. Nobody believed we could achieve it, especially during a period the country was grappling with economic challenges.
“Oyo State has had no financial input in the establishment of the university till date. All that you see there were done by lovers of the state, indigenes living abroad, international institutions and the CBN.”
The governor also noted that a rumor that he owned the varsity was false.
He said, “Let me use this opportunity to dispel the rumour going around that I’m the owner of The First Technical University, Ibadan. People are expected to talk, especially when they lack proper information, but if we fail to dispel the rumour, it may stick and become the truth.
“I want to say without any equivocation that I do not own the Technical University, Ibadan. It belongs to Oyo State Government wholly. It is easy for people to come up with such rumour because of the successful establishment of the university.
At the head of the delegation was the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi.
Others include the Eleruwa of Eruwa, Oba Samuel Adegbola; Aseyin of Iseyin, Oba Abdul-Ganiy Salawudeen; Olugbon of Orile-Igbon, Oba Francis Olusola; and Balogun of Ibadanland, Oba Owolabi Olakulehin.
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