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  • Updated: March 11, 2023

Ilesa University Has Come To Stay - Adeleke

Ilesa University Has Come To Stay - Adeleke

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has reiterated his administration’s commitment to ensuring proper establishment of the University of Ilesa.

Adeleke also revealed that he promised to upgrade the College of Education to a university during his electioneering campaign of 2018.

He notee that what the former administration of Adegboyega Oyetola did by rushing the upgrade of the then College of Education at the tail end of his administration can best be described as a political project aimed at deceiving the people of Ijesha land after ignoring the project for three years. 

Governor Adeleke made the declaration on Friday while on an assessment tour of the University.

“I am here to access the actual state of the University of Ilesa and rub minds with our people on moving Ijesha forward.

"The committee that I set up to review the process of the upgrade had submitted its report and my visit is the last stage of action before I will issue a white paper on the next line of action,

"This University has come to stay," he said.

The upgrade of the university has been a source of contention between the Adeleke administration and the outgone administration of Adegboyega Oyetola.

At a point, staff of the College of Education, Ilesa had protested demanding to now what will befall them when the University of Ilesa finally takes off.

The Oyetola administration in upgrading the College of Education, Ilesa sent a bill to the Osun State House of Assembly which became a law approving the establishment of the institution.

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