Facilities At College of Education Lanlate Unbefitting Of Institution Of Learning-Oyo Speaker
Speaker of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Honourable Adebo Ogundoyin, has described the state of facilities at the College of Education, Lanlate as deplorable, unimpressive and unbefitting of an institution of learning.
He said this when he visited the College for an on-the-spot assessment of the situation on ground and as a follow up to his motion on the floor of the House on Tuesday on the need for the state government to upgrade the facilities and provide grant for the College.
The Speaker had, during the legislative sitting, summoned the contractor handling the College and the Library Complex, FIAT International Limited, to appear before the House, accusing it of abandoning the projects.
However, the chairman/CEO of the construction company, Engineer Olabode Akindeji-Oladeji, had immediately debunked the allegation, saying it was rather the management of the College that failed to live up to the judgment agreement on the project.
The Speaker was taken round facilities at the College by the Registrar, Mr Abioye ,on behalf of the Provost, Mr Falade Michael Olukayode, and other management staff of the Institution.
Hon Ogundoyin said the visit was to see the abandoned project, adding: “I decided to have a tour of the College as a follow up to my motion on the floor of the House.
“It is disheartening that such big projects like the School of Education building and the Library Complex that would surely aid learning and enhance the status of the College in terms of accreditation of its courses could be abandoned just like that by the contractor after being paid larger percentage of the contract sum.
“This is really unacceptable and that is why the contractor has been summoned to answer questions on the contract.
“In the motion, I made a passionate appeal to our amiable governor, who is a lover of education, to help provide grant for the College and to also help in improving its infrastructure.
“I want to assure that our administration will leave no stone unturned until the College becomes one of the best in the country when we talk of teachers’ education.
“We will also do everything possible to ensure that all the courses in the College of Education are accredited by the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), just like the Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic, Eruwa.”
The Speaker expressed concern over the near collapse of the only box culvert leading to the College of Education and promised that the road will be fixed soon.
“The volume and the torrent of water passing under the box culvert is high hence there is the need to reconstruct and solidify the culvert.
“No first caller to the College will want to come or bring his or her children to study in the school, if confronted by the damaged culvert and other abandoned projects,” he added.
