The Iseyin community, under the aegis of Iseyin Development Union (I.D.U) has lamented what it called deliberate sabotage of academic activities by some lecturers and staff members of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH)’s College of Agricultural Science and Renewable Natural Resource, Iseyin campus.
The body alleged that a group of lecturers, led by the Dean of Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, have been at the forefront of thwarting efforts of the community to ensure that the College achieve stability and development.
In his speech at a Press Conference held on Monday at the Aseyin’s palace in Iseyin, Iseyin local government, the National President of I.D.U, Alhaji Mubasiru Azeez commended the Governor of Oyo State for relocating the LAUTECH College of Agricultural Science and Renewable Natural Resources to Iseyin as well as approving needed financial and logistic supports for the takeoff of the campus.
The body was particular in condemning the attack on the Iseyin campus by the group of lecturers and staff members who have refused to teach their students in Iseyin since the resumption of academic activities in the campus on October 13, 2025, as lecturers in departments like Crop Production and Soil Science, Crop and Environmental Protection, Agricultural Economics have not shown up to teach till date.
I.D.U further stated that only one lecturer showed up to teach in each of Animal Nutrition and Biotech, Animal Production and Health department, while only four lecturers showed up to teach students in Agricultural Extension and Rural Development.
“The Aseyin of Iseyinland, Oba Sefiu Oyebola Adeyeri 111, Ajirotutu 1, the Iseyin Council of Traditional Chiefs, Community and Religious leaders, Iseyin Elders and the entire people of Iseyin community will never be tired of expressing our heartfelt gratitude to His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde for the uncommon love and kind gesture of his administration has extended to the community, we shall forever be grateful.
“We particularly appreciate the relocation of LAUTECH College of Agricultural Science and Renewable Natural Resources to Iseyin and the approval of the needed resources for its takeoff and development, we are also happy to report the support and collaboration of the community for the successful takeoff and development of the college, we are also grateful to the Governong Council, the Vice-Chancellor and management of the institution for their support.
“We have been monitoring events in the college since its successful takeoff and we have made some observations that are worrisome and seriously making us uncomfortable, we hitherto did not want to allege deliberate sabotage but the lapses cannot be ignored because they are too obvious and tend to put the future of the students and the college in a serious jeopardy unless serious action is taken to reverse the trend.
“We are very worried about the disposition and attitude of a few disgruntled members of academic staff towards the newly-established college which may not be in tandem with the good intention and kind gesture of the Government of His Excellency, Engr. Oluseyi Makinde, our observations are premised on the conviction that the multi-campus system is not new to the management of LAUTECH, they are familiar with the template used in running the College of Health Science in Osogbo during the era of joint ownership of LAUTECH, this is why we feel that the management of the new college in Iseyin should not pose much problem if there is sincerity of purpose.
“Against the forgoing, we shall summarize our observations and concerns as follows: it will be recalled that students took to the street and protested on January 20, 2025, mainly as a result of deliberate teaching inadequacies on the part of some lecturers, more than 50% of students have been forced to go back to Ogbomoso and they are working in the private livestock farms/farmland of their lecturers and supervisors.
“400 level results of students currently in the 500 level are not released deliberately in order to frustrate the system and force the students to cry out, sadly too, the lecturers who are willing to work, prepared a compromised timetable for different courses to hold simultaneously in the same halls, they created this confusion to make the classes rowdy and even incited the students to go on riot in the town on Monday, December 8, 2025.
“They instigated Ogbomoso community against the State government’s good intentions on this campus, instigated parents and students to open protest against the government policy on education development, they instigated the parents and students to sue government and university authority, engage in negative propaganda against Iseyin and Oke-Ogun communities, despite paying levies to the faculty for 2025 farm practicals, no practical work is assigned to students.
“500 level students are made to shuttle between Ogbomoso and Iseyin for their project supervision when all lecturers are expected to have relocated to Iseyin, these lecturers bluntly refused to comply and do not care about the stress put on the finances and safety of students in their care, all in an attempt to frustrate the students and blackmail the State government.
“We humbly plead with Governor Seyi Makinde to please intervene and help restore sanity,” the Union prayed.
The Chairman, National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Oyo State Chapter, Comrade Tiamiyu Taiwo who led a delegation of students of LAUTECH Iseyin campus students to the occasion, sought the immediate attention of the major stakeholders in the LAUTECH Iseyin campus development to commence work towards enforcing the compliance of all concerned lecturers of the campus, so as the stress students have been going through because of the continuous absence of some lecturers will come to an end.
