Makinde secures scholarship for LAUTECH students in Isreal 

Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde’ has secured scholarship opportunity for students of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso. 

This was disclosed via his twitter handle monitored by MOUTHPIECE NGR on Tuesday. 

Makinde announced that he had signed an agreement with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem to develop an agribusiness economy.

The agreement also includes a scholarship opportunities for LAUTECH Students as a form of knowledge transfer and exchange.

The statement read in part, “This afternoon, as part of our visit to Israel to meet investors and institutions that have shown interest in Oyo State’s agribusiness policies, we signed an agreement of cooperation with the Hebrew University of Jerusalem to develop an agribusiness knowledge economy.”

“The partnership includes scholarship offers, knowledge transfer and exchange programs between the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Oyo State owned Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH).”

“We also met with Oyo State students at the university.”

“During the course of our stay in Israel, we have visited 2 kibbutzes (farm settlements) – a dairy farm and another farm which produces lettuce and fish, to see agritech deployment in modern agribusinesses.”