Hammed Shittu in Ilorin
Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has been known as upon to yield to the demand of the folks of Kwara South Senatorial District and web site the proposed Kwara State College of Schooling on the Faculty of Schooling, Oro, within the Irepodun LGA.
The president of a socio-cultural group, Kwara South Consultative Discussion board, Chief Joseph Aderibigbe, made the attraction in Ilorin whereas addressing journalists on the placement of the proposed State College of Schooling.
Aderibigbe mentioned the college’s location within the Faculty of Schooling, Oro, will deal with the shortage of location of the tertiary establishments.
He mentioned the Faculty of Schooling Oro is the oldest establishment in Kwara and has all it takes to accommodate the big Kwara State College of Schooling.
Aderibigbe mentioned, “Faculty of Schooling, Oro is the primary and oldest among the many three faculties of schooling owned by the Kwara State authorities. The school was proposed in 1974 and took off in 1978 because the Faculty of Schooling, Oro- Ilorin, earlier than it lastly moved to Oro in 1981.
“The school was established vide edict No 2 of 1978. That is the actual fact and opposite to the distortion of historical past being peddled in some quarters.”
He added: “It has probably the most steady educational calendar and surroundings. It’s the solely school of schooling amongst its friends in Kwara State that has not gone on strike prior to now six/seven years.
“Other than this, the faculty is the one establishment of its standing with the biggest variety of practical amenities. The school has over 60 buildings and workplaces which function fashionable lecture rooms, theatres and halls which can be conducive and might assist studying and educating actions.”
He famous that the folks of the Kwara South Senatorial District have by no means had a full-fledged tertiary establishment besides the campus of Kwara State College, which was positioned in Osi city in Ekiti Native Authorities Council Space.
Aderibigbe maintained that the placement of the college of schooling would appropriate the injustice that had characterised the placement of tertiary establishments in Kwara.
On the decision for the renaming of the College of Ilorin after the founding father of the Alimi dynasty as being canvassed by the Ilorin Emirate Growth Progressives Union (IEDPU), Aderibigbe mentioned that the decision was unthinkable and uncalled for.
He additionally mentioned the decision by the IEDPU was a transfer to unite Kwara, engender the unfold of growth throughout the state, and a self-serving request that won’t do the extremely prided state of concord any good.
