A socio-cultural organisation, Ogbomoso Community Foundation, has stated that there would be unprecedented developments in Ogbomoso soonest, just at it called on all stakeholders to seek the prosperity and development of the ancient city all the times.
This revelation was made at the 2019 Annual General Assembly of the organisation which was held last Saturday at the Ogbomoso Recreation Club, Ilorin Road, Ogbomoso.
The leader of the OCF, Major General Oladayo Popoola (retired), enjoined all Ogbomoso indigenes to be patriotic about Ogbomoso and its development agenda.
Major General Popoola, a former military governor in Oyo and Ogun States, disclosed that last Friday, a civic reception for elected and appointed political functionaries from Ogbomoso land was jointly held by Ogbomoso Parapo and OCF and part of the issues deliberated on were: issues of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), establishment of a federal polytechnic, Ogbomoso Industrial Estate, establishment of cashew and mango industries, water and electricity supply in Ogbomoso metropolis, dualisation of Ogbomoso-Osogbo road, urgent completion of Oyo-Ogbomoso section of the Ibadan-Oyo-Ogbomoso-Ilorin Express Road Project.
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The chairman of the community group, Alhaji Kelani Adebisi Sanni, while speaking with newsmen after the Annual General Assembly, pointed out that projects such as medical outreach, sports and economic development would be embarked upon by the organisation and that other measures of unprecedented development plans for Ogbomoso were in place. He explained further that in about two years’ time, the city would have manufacturing industries which would boost the city’s economy and help reduce unemployment which is a major challenge faced by the youth.
“In about two years to come, some manufacturing companies would ‘spring up’ from Ogbomoso and this will ultimately reduce the lingering unemployment that is currently posing problems on our youths.”
Alhaji Sanni pointed out that higher institutions of learning would play a major role in the development drive of Ogbomoso and its environs. According to him, the beleaguered Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso would regain its lost glory as efforts were ongoing to return normalcy to the institution.
Alhaji Sanni, who was re-elected as the chairman of the organisation at the event, explained that LAUTECH began to experience a difficult time when one of the owner-states, Osun, could not fulfil its financial responsibility to the institution. According to him, the OCF has a strategic committee on LAUTECH issue and it is working modalities to find a lasting solution to the institution’s current crises.
Alhaji Sanni said: “There was relative peace at LAUTECH until one of the co-owners could not meet up with its financial commitment to the institution. We are working on how to save LAUTECH, our pride, from the challenges that currently affect it negatively. OCF has a strategic committee, comprising eminent people all over Oyo state, on LAUTECH. This committee will work out modalities that will proffer lasting solutions to the institution’s crises.”
Still talking on higher institutions, the chairman expressed confidence that a federal polytechnic and another private university would be established and that these would commence operation in Ogbomoso soonest.
Quoting him: “There is an approved Federal Polytechnic, Ayede which only awaits the presidential accent and this will improve the economy of the city when it fully begins operation. This federal institution will, no doubt, improve the city’s economy and provide employment opportunities for youth. Apart from that, there will be a private university to be situated in Ogbomoso. This, and many others will go a long way in improving the economic strength and buoyancy of Ogbomoso,” he said.
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