Fayemi faults Olusola-Eleka’s claim on renovation of Technical College

The Ekiti State governor, Kayode Fayemi, has debunked claims by the former Deputy Governor, Professor Kolapo Olusola-Eleka that their administration renovated and reconstructed the Government Technical College, Ado-Ekiti.

In a statement released on Sunday by the State Chairman, Board for Technical and Vocational Education (BTVE), Hon Kayode Babade, said the former deputy governor of lying during his appearance on the private radio programme.

Prof. Olusola Eleka had granted a live interview on a privately owned radio station in Ado-Ekiti, saying that their government completed the Government Technical College, Ado-Ekiti up to 99% before leaving office.

Olusola Eleka was the deputy Governor to former governor Ayodele Fayose between 2014 to 2018 under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ekiti State.

He said the plan for the remodeling the school was conceived and planned during the first term of Governor Kayode Fayemi in office.

It was reported that technical education came into being in 1979 from the old Ondo state to see to the development of youths with special skills.

According to Pastor Babade, a long neglect of the school which lingered to the first term in office of Governor Fayemi made him set machinery in motion through the World Bank State Education Programme Investment Project (SEPIP) to renovate the College to meet the world standard.

He described the claim by Prof. Olusola-Eleka that the reconstruction had reached 99% completion before they left office as baseless after owing the contractor over N500 million which the present government is now paying back since government is continuum.

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The BTVE Chairman described the disposition of Governor Fayemi to technical education as second to none, which has helped the board to increase the number of enrolment in the school to over 2000 compared to less 200 in the previous governments.

Pastor Babade inform that the state government in partnership with the World Bank have concluded plan to begin another project to revamp other technical schools in the state.

He assured that facilities at the technical college, Ado-Ekiti would soon be handed over completely to the government and function to its full capacity

“Governor Fayemi uses his influence and contacts to bring in the World Bank on a project called SEPIP, but unfortunately, did not win the election for the second term as the project was about starting.

“Then, he handed over because governance is a continuum, but nothing happened in the school until May 2018.

“Fayose-led administration left a debt of N547 million naira not paid to the contractor, though the contractors have done a substantial job in terms of renovation of buildings when he locked up the buildings.

“The school resumed with just six functional classrooms, but in the course of Governor Fayemi’s government was gradually defraying the debts, the contractor started releasing these facilities and so far, they have released 20 classrooms.

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“The Physics, Chemistry and Biology laboratories have been released, Computer centres, Library, school hall and Principal’s quarters have also been released,” Babade revealed.

He said that the Governor believes in Technical Education, because he knows that the future of our youths is in their ability to use their brain and heads that the white collar job is no longer there.

The Board Chairman informed Ekiti people that the State Government in partnership with the World Bank had also concluded plans to begin another projects to revamp other Technical Colleges in the State.

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