The Ogun State Home of Meeting, on Thursday, handed a decision urging Governor Dapo Abiodun to allocate the mandatory funds for the rehabilitation and operational take-off of the deserted state polytechnic positioned in Ipokia.
The Home harassed that this initiative is essential for finishing the prevailing amenities and securing accreditation for the establishment’s educational programmes from the Nationwide Board for Technical Schooling to facilitate the fast graduation of educational actions.
The lawmakers handed the decision throughout their Thursday sitting.
In an announcement, the Meeting famous, “The passage of the decision titled: H.R. No. 124/OG/2024 – Pressing Name on the State Authorities to Take into account the Speedy Revival and Operational Take-off of the State Polytechnic, Ipokia, adopted an in depth debate by the state lawmakers.”
The movement for the decision was moved by the member representing Ipokia/Idiroko State Constituency, Adebisi Oyedele, seconded by Damilare Bello, and supported by different lawmakers in the course of the session presided over by the Speaker, Oludaisi Elemide.
The assertion added, “Earlier, whereas opening the controversy on the movement, Oyedele recalled that the polytechnic was established by means of a regulation handed by the State Legislature as a part of a strategic academic reform initiative of the state authorities.”
Oyedele harassed the necessity for the federal government to utilise the prevailing infrastructure on-site, together with lecture halls, laboratories, administrative buildings, and pupil hostels, to start educational actions.
He additional advocated for strategic collaboration with worldwide academic our bodies and border-town stakeholders to place the polytechnic as an educational hub, attracting each native and worldwide college students.
He additionally known as for the mixing of neighborhood stakeholders, together with conventional rulers, within the establishment’s revival course of to foster native possession and sustainability.
Different lawmakers, together with Wahab Haruna, Waliu Owode, Adeyanju Adegoke, Damilare Bello, Babatunde Tella, Musefiu Lamidi, and Lukman Adeleye, additionally supported the movement. They highlighted the coordinated efforts of stakeholders in the course of the polytechnic’s planning part and urged the present administration to expedite motion on its revival.
The lawmakers famous that the graduation of educational actions on the establishment would stimulate financial development and supply academic alternatives for youth in border communities.
They recalled that in September 2019, Governor Abiodun established a committee led by Segun Awonusi to evaluate the deserted polytechnic, urging the federal government to set plans in movement for the varsity to start operations promptly.
In response, the Speaker known as on the federal government to speed up the polytechnic’s revival and directed the Home Committee on Legislative Compliance to liaise with related Ministries, Departments, and Companies to supply updates on all ongoing initiatives throughout the state.