The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Osun has warned Governor Ademola Adeleke not to turn the Esa-Oke community into a battleground over the purported relocation of several courses at the Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke (OSCOTECH) to other communities.
In the words of the APC chairman Sooko Tajudeen Lawal ; “It is irresponsible of any government to cause schism with its policy among the people of Esa-Oke and Ibokun who have an established life-long tie.
“Our further observation as a party is, why is it that since its inception, the Adeleke administration has been causing cataclysm in all the state-owned institutions of higher learning in the state?
“It is on record that the first institution to have a taste of the bitter pill of the Adeleke-led administration was The State Polytechnic, Iree; Osun State College of Education, Ila-Orangun and the School of Health Technology, Ilesa and still counting.
“Must the rudderless and purposeless Adeleke administration continue to blame the APC for its inability to provide qualitative governance for the people of the state as it was espoused by the chairman of the governing board of the College of Technology, Esa-Oke, in his interview on a radio station yesterday?
“It is observed that if the wives of some of the members and leaders of the PDP in the state have delayed pregnancies, there is every propensity for them to blame the same on the APC.
“Though we are not unaware that a person cannot give what he does not possess, the state PDP should go ahead with their fumbling and wobbling approach to governance to enable history place them where they truly belong,” Tajudeen Lawal stated
Governor Ademola Adeleke dismissed rumors and insinuations that his government had sanctioned a new satellite campus of the state College of Technology, Esa Oke, near Ibokun.
The Spokesperson to the State Governor, Mallam Olawale Rasheed, rejected the report of a new satellite campus at Ibokun as false.
“I am directed to confirm to the good people of Esa Oke that no such approval was given by Mr Governor. The status quo ante remains.
“At no point in time has the Governor approved such a plan. The public should regard the report as the handiwork of mischief makers and failed attempt to disrupt the peace of that growing academic community.
“Mr Governor called on the youth and elders of Esa Oke to maintain peace and avoid incitement to violence,” he said.
