In April 2023, the indigenes of the town staged a protest
against the planned relocation of the faculty to the Iseyin campus.
The protest was organised by a socio-cultural group in the
town, ‘Egbe Omo Ogbomoso Parapo Agbaaye.’
The chairman of the group, Prince Aderemi Olude, noted that
the protest was not to fight the government but underlined the fact that
Ogbomoso people have nothing against either Governor Makinde or Iseyin people.
He said, “We are not fighting the government. These same
saboteurs are now saying we did not take action in time and that it is already
late, yet they were the ones that refused to facilitate our planned meeting
with the Governor for dialogue on the matter, we went to them several times.”
The President of Ogbomoso Community Youth Foru, Peter
Olaleye, collaborated with Olude, adding that the protest was to engage the
government since they have not been able to meet the state governor, Seyi
Makinde.
“We are not fighting the government of His Excellency, Engr.
Seyi Makinde, as erroneously believed by some of our fathers
“Rather, we are trying to engage the government through this
medium since we aren’t able to meet him.
“It’s only to state our views on a matter that affects our
community, its economy and wellbeing. We will thus be unpatriotic if we fail to
state our view on it. Protest is inherent to democracy.
“Let me state clearly that we are not against the university
being turned into a multi-campus, nor are we opposed to the take-off of Iseyin
campus, never!
“Rather, what we advocate is to start the new faculties
being planned in Iseyin or any other place(s). That will afford the new campus
to grow in accordance with available facilities,” he said.
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