Why we are yet to move to our permanent site – Ayede Poly rector
Femi OGUNLANA
The Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ayede, Ogbomoso, Oyo state, Dr. Taofeek Adekunle Abdul-hameed, has given reason why the institution is yet to move to its permanent site at Ayede even though the place is ready for occupation.
The polytechnic, one of the six established by the former administration of President Muhammed Buhari in 2021, is presently using a temporary site at Iresaapa, also in Ogbomoso zone.
Dr Abdul-hameed according to an interview he granted The Punch newspaper lamented that lack of accessible roads to the permanent site from Ogbomoso, Odo-Oba, Ajaawa and Oolo ends, is the major reason they are still 100 percent at the temporary site.
The pioneer rector meanwhile affirmed that the polytechnic is ahead of its contemporaries in terms of students population, programmes offered and facilities on ground pleading with the federal, state and local governments and government agencies to come to their aid in the area of access roads’ construction.
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“Our major concern for now is road network to our permanent site. And that is the best thing anybody can do presently to assist this administration. We have 11 or 12 struct
ures at our permanent site but they are not being put into use,” he stated.
He warned that if the completed buildings are not used in time, the structures may start to depreciate thus passionately appealing for road intervention as a starter.
“And before you know it, after two or three years, time will begin to have adverse impact on the structures. But if someone can assist us to link up our permanent site to Ogbomoso here to Odo-Oba to Ajawa, that would be too fantastic because we are eager to move into the site.”
He also raised concern that the temporary site has become inadequate while assuring of adequate security at the permanent site. “In fact, our current temporary site is getting to a point when it will no longer contain all of us as we need more classrooms, more offices and so forth. And as regards keeping the permanent site secure, the Commissioner of Police and Area Commander have assured us of security.”
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Further answering a question on the issue, “Have you fixed a time to move into the permanent site?” he responded, giving September as the new date to relocate, “Exactly, we had wanted to move into the permanent site in December 2024. But unfortunately, that wasn’t realisable. Although there are some completed projects on the permanent site, the road network is a major issue. And we have been making spirited efforts to ensure the Federal Government comes to our aid. We have also been making contacts with the Oyo State government, the Federal Ministry of Works and the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency (FERMA). We have also made contact with the Chairman of Ogo Oluwa Local Government Area, and just a couple of weeks ago, the Chairman visited the permanent site for inspection. So, the most pressing need for now is the road and even if it’s not tarred but only graded for us, we will move there. All things being equal, we are targeting September this year for the movement into the permanent site, by God’s grace.”
