Students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic have threatened to descend full Aluta forces on members of the popular Abeokuta Club if they refused to stop making 'inciting' comments over Gov. Dapo Abiodun's plans to restore the 40-year-old polytechnic to status quo by reversing its upgrade to Moshood Abiola University of Science and Technology, as done by his predecessor.
Abeokuta Club, in a statement, had berated Abiodun for his plan to reverse the law that created MAUSTECH and thereby accused him of working against the interest of Egba, which they said did not have a state-owned university.
But the students in a statement accused members of the club of politicising the issues surrounding MAUSTECH and MAPOLY.
According to them, it will be fallacious to say Egba had not enjoyed equity and fairness in the distribution of the dividends of democracy in Ogun State.
The Students Union Government of MAPOLY warned members of the club to desist from playing politics with their future or face being descended on.
"We want to state in clear terms that if the members of Abeokuta Club or any other groups refuse to stop playing politics with our school, academics and life as a whole, we won't hesitate to descend all forces of Aluta on them." they said.
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MAPOLY STUDENTS STAND AGAINST POLITICISATION OF MAPOLY, MAUSTECH EXISTENCE
The attention of the Students' Union of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic has been drawn to a media statement credited to a group of intellectual individuals under the aegis of Abeokuta Club led by Engr. Tokunbo on the planned action by Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun to retain and restore Moshood Abiola Polytechnic to its status quo with full academic activities.
We wish to express our displeasure toward the position of members and leadership of Abeokuta Club , which we strongly believe consists of intellectual individuals, as we consider it as an attempt to politicise the good intention of the state government.
The group, through its statement, lamented that the Egba region has not enjoined equity and fairness in the distribution of dividends of democracy among the three senatorial district of the state. This is nothing but absolute fallacy as the region enjoined a larger percentage of infrastructure development under the immediate past administration which is visible to all and sundry. It is therefore an act of selfishness by this group to claim not to have been treated fair by an administration that is less than three months old.
It should be on record that the committee set up by Governor Abiodun to review the working modalities of the two new institutions requested submission by members of the public which the Students Union of MAPOLY was represented by the President, Comrade Samson Omoniyi and the General Secretary, Comrade Kausarat Olajide, at the sitting held at Mitros Hall, Ibara, Abeokuta.
The plan by the Governor to restore and retain MAPOLY is the best decision and the greatest height of fairness by the Governor who has proven to be just in its approach to issues that affects the generality of the state. We believe that democracy can only be strengthened when all stakeholders are not religious, ethnic and regional bias in their analysis of issues of national development as sentiments will only weaken our democracy.
It should be recalled that the politicisation motives behind the creation and conversion of OgunPoly, MAPOLY and MAUSTECH contributed to the brouhaha that rock the process which adversely affects academic activities of the 40 years old institution and the economic fortune of the region.
It is so saddening that a group that has failed to lend a voice when the creation and conversion of these institutions was in mess now clamour for the retaining of MAUSTECH at the expense of 40 years old MAPOLY. It will amount to foolishness to kill a 40years old king because a prince is born.
Our position as students of the prestigious institution, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, is that MAPOLY MUST STAY with full academic activities.
We have suffered enough from the brouhaha that emanate from the creation and conversion process, we cannot afford to experience such again.
Hence, we want to state in clear terms that if the members of Abeokuta Club or any other groups refuse to stop playing politics with our school, academics and life as a whole, we won't hesitate to descend all forces of ALUTA on them.
Our heritage, MAPOLY must be sustained, strengthened and transformed to maintain its quality standards in the committee of tertiary institutions in Nigeria.
We want to commend Governor Abiodun for his swift response to every issue that affects MAPOLY and the education system in general as we look forward to his intervention on the bad state of road that links the school gate from Iyana-Oloke junction.
With Prince Dapo Abiodun... A new MAPOLY is possible!
God bless MAPOLY !
God bless Ogun state!
Aluta Continua!
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