The Oyo State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Olasunkanmi Olaleye, has described the protests embarked upon by students of some state-owned tertiary institutions on Tuesday as needless.
Among other things, the aggrieved students protested against the non accreditation of some of their courses.
The commissioner, who reacted to the issues raised by the students, said the state government had addressed accreditation issues affecting the institutions.
According to him, the administration of Governor Makinde had implemented policies and programmes that impacted positively on tertiary education in the state.
He said, “The students are agitating on infrastructural development in the institutions, lack of accreditation of courses and the immediate call-off of JAC-inspired strike action currently going on in their various institutions.
“JAC has no reason to go on strike. There is regular payment of the minimum wage. The 11 months arrears will be paid by the government. All courses at the Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic, Eruwa, have been accredited.
“Also, the capital grant has already been released to the College of Education, Lanlate, while 14 new courses have just been accredited for the First Technical University (Tech-U), Ibadan.
“However, the Council of Oyo State College of Agricultural Technology (OYSCATECH) Igboora only recently wrote to seek government’s support in respect of accreditation.”
