Osun govt, PDP differ on College of Education upgrade 

By Deborah Oladejo, Osogbo

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said the announcement of the upgrading of the College of Education, Ilesa to a full-fledged university by the Osun State government was a trick by Governor Gboyega Oyetola to seek re-election.

A member of the party from Iwo, Ibrahim Sarafa in a statement on Friday said Oyetola was only trying to deceive Ijesa people because no upgrade is happening.

“The decision of Oyetola to handover LAUTECH to Oyo State was painful to many Osun people but his excuse was that Osun is not financially capable to fulfill obligations to the school in addition to UNIOSUN.

“Now, Oyetola is bringing up a university and you don’t see already that this is just a deceit to get Ijesa votes and nothing really serious. And again, the news is not telling you everything about the purported university upgrade. No upgrade is happening now, what Oyetola did was contract KPMG to carry out feasibility study on whether upgrading the College to University is sustainable,” Sarafa said.

But reacting to the claim, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Oyetola, Ismail Omipidan, said the PDP has lost touch with reality, forgetting that the governor has, in the last three years, always thought through his administration’s programmes and policies.

Omipidan said: “Before the announcement was made on Thursday, the government had engaged a consultant to work through the upgrade’s sustainability plan to ensure a hitch-free process.

“It is unfortunate that the PDP has decided to play politics with important issues. We know they are looking for something and anything to hang-on for political campaign like they did in 2018, but the people have seen clearly that Governor Oyetola has done well and has nothing to do with deceit.

“Governor Oyetola has in the last three years plus fulfilled every promise he made. And this, too, won’t be different. Ijesa people know Oyetola; they know he is a man of impeccable character, whose word you can always take to the bank and you will return smiling.”

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