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Osun community vows to resist planned relocation of institution
Khalid ABRAHAM
Inhabitants of Esa-Oke in Obokun local government have kicked against the purported plan by the government of Ademola Adeleke to move the state College of Technology from the town to another community.
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In a video obtained by Blueprint, Monday, the community vowed to resist the plan of the government with whatever was within their power.
The youth of the town who spoke in the video said the plan to relocate 10 of the 16 departments in the institution to Ibokun, the hometown of the chairman of the governing council, Diran Odeyemi, has been exposed.
“We will barricade the school gate Tuesday with masquerade. Whoever wants to shoot should shoot us and whoever wants to kill us should not hesitate,” they said.
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In a statement, the Commissioner for Education, Dipo Eluwole, stated that the allegation of planning to site a satellite campus of the institution elsewhere is “unfounded and entirely baseless.” He said: “The allegation must have emanated from anti-government individuals who are enemies of peace, tranquility, and progress of the state.
“The ministry enjoins the good people of Esa-Oke community to rest assured that the institution continues to exist within the community as there are no plans to establish any satellite campus by Osun state government.”
Similarly, the chairman governing council, Odeyemi, in a separate statement, stated that the council plans to seek NBTE approval for a proposed Mass Communication program and the new program being proposed will require the setting up of necessary facilities for teaching and practical.
