Indigenes of Kwara South senatorial district, beneath the aegis of the Igbomina Professionals Affiliation (IPA), have made a robust case for siting of the proposed Kwara State College of Schooling within the Igbomina axis of the state.
Talking with journalists in Ilorin on Saturday, the president of the group, Barrister Bayo Atoyebi, pleaded with the state authorities to web site the proposed College in Igbominaland to redress the seen imbalance in improvement initiatives location within the state the place he mentioned that greater than 90 per cent of tertiary training initiatives are concentrated within the Kwara Central zone to the detriment of the opposite two zones within the state.
The IPA, which counseled Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq authorities for developing with the thought of creating a College of Schooling within the state, mentioned that it might shore up the academic wants of the individuals of the state.
“Like each well-meaning Kwaran, we have been extremely elated when information went spherical that the state authorities was planning to ascertain a College of Schooling within the state. We wish to state that the proposed Kwara State College of Schooling must be sited in Igbomina land and never anyplace else,” he mentioned.
He additionally mentioned that the group had submitted a memorandum on the matter to the 11-man panel constituted in November final yr by Governor Abdulrazaq, “however we’re disturbed by the utterances of some teams demanding that the proposed College be situated in Ilorin, the State Capital, the place greater than 90 % of the State authorities and Federal establishments are presently situated”.
Mentioning that Ilorin Emirate is already saturated with authorities establishments of upper studying such because the Kwara State College, Malete, KWASU Instructing Hospital, the College of Ilorin, the College of Ilorin Instructing Hospital, the Kwara State Faculty of Arabic and Islamic Authorized Research (KWCAILS), the Kwara State Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, the Kwara State Soccer Academy, the Kwara State Faculty of Aviation, the Kwara State Faculty of Agriculture, Michael Imoudu Nationwide Institute of Labour Research (MINILS), in addition to the newly established Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Barrister Atoyebi mentioned that for some individuals to be demanding that the proposed College of Schooling ought to nonetheless be situated in Ilorin “might be unjust and is a transparent repudiation of all sense of justice, fairness, and equity”.
In keeping with the IPA President, “the focus of those establishments and different facilities in Ilorin have led to the uneven improvement and big rural-urban migration within the state”.
He, due to this fact, confused that for justice and equity, the Igbomina axis of the states is the most effective place to host the proposed College of Schooling.
Barrister Atoyebi mentioned, “Igbomina land occupies a big portion of the State and contributes a big share of sources to the state, but there is no such thing as a single public college and institution, which might present jobs and developments for our individuals and all the Igbomina land.
“We additionally want to state that Igbomina land has an unlimited land appropriate for instructional establishments just like the proposed College of Schooling”.
Barrister Atoyebi mentioned that the Affiliation believes that “the placement of a authorities college in Igbomina land will enhance authorities programmes and entice companies of their totally different varieties and different developmental initiatives.”
He added that it’s going to additionally improve and promote the federal government’s inclusion of Igbomina individuals in its scheme of improvement.
“Igbomina land additionally affords a serene and peaceable setting required for tutorial work and mental actions.”
He expressed the conviction that “Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, is a good and fair-minded chief who will contemplate our request for justice and equity within the institution of this College”.
“We consider he’ll take heed to us and web site this college in Igbomina land,” he added.