The Kwara State Polytechnic World Alumni Association as well as other stakeholders of the public institution have appealed to private owners or developers within the premises of the institution to contact the Department of Geographic Information Sciences ( GIS) of the State to determine the status information of your property. . .
The meeting of stakeholders was called to invade the premises of the polytechnic and was attended by the management of the traditional polytechnic institution, Kwara State Geographic Information Sciences, the Students Union Government (SUG), the representative and announcer from the media, the institution’s alumni association.
According to a statement issued on Thursday at the end of a stakeholder meeting and tour of the institution’s disturbed lands at Oke Aponle, Ara, Gatta, Boyi, Oke Ose, Akuro, Director’s Quarters, proposed Polytechnic Farm etc. ., the people said the land had been acquired. legally and compensation was paid to the original owners.
The declaration, signed by the Chairman of the Declaration Drafting Committee, James Ogunlakin, states that if a landowner’s details are not present in the Kwara State GIS, it means that he does not have properties on the land.
They also called for a peaceful solution to the problem, saying that a peaceful approach to the problem cannot be underestimated.
The statement further states that there is no polytechnic land available for sale between the polytechnic area and the Dangiwa community in Oke Ose area.
“All ongoing private construction work at the Polytechnic will have to stop in the future,” the statement added.
Speaking during the stakeholders meeting on the issue of land degradation, at Kwara State Polytechnic at the Admiral Mohammed Alabi Lawal Auditorium, Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin.
Acting President of Kwara World Polytechnic, Engineer Abu Salami, expressed the opinion of two different definitions of invasion. and the land grab showed that “the groups are setting up tents against us.”
Alma-mata (Kwara State Polytechnic) has moved from encroachment to land grabbing.
“At this time we believe that they are willing to use any means, including threats, terrorism,
They sponsor lawsuits and extortion to steal land that does not belong to them.
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Compensation to the original owners and we are ready to document it.
“The management is ready to file a theft report at this time.” According to the head of the alumni association, the issue is present in all societies worldwide.
Regarding the land, he said, “In this case, the Kwara State Government, which is the legal owner of the school, and the Emirate of Ilorin, who are the traditional indigenous people and through whom the land was originally acquired, do not have any political power. wish to terminate this circumstance. the query.
We are holding this forum in part to serve as a conduit between the Ilorin community and the upper echelons of the Ilorin socio-cultural and socio-political organization, the Union Progressive of Descendants of the Emirates of Ilorin, and the three branches of the Kwara State government, represented by our current Executive Governor.
Initiate the process of taking legal possession of their properties and officially transferring the property to the Kwara State Polytechnic, thereby allowing peace to reign in the polytechnic environment.