The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba AbdulRasheed Akanbi, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to end the marginalisation of the town by siting one of the six newly-approved Federal Colleges of Education in the community.
The traditional ruler made the appeal in a Wednesday statement.
Oba Akanbi said that as the current largest local government in Osun State, and the fifth-largest city in Nigeria at a time, Iwo did not deserve the neglect it has experienced in times past.
He therefore appealed to Buhari to end the marginalisation by siting a Federal College of Education in Iwo.
The statement read in part, “As at 1931, Iwo was the fifth largest town in Nigeria behind Ibadan, Kano, Lagos and Ogbomoso. All the others had reaped the benefits of their sizes with infrastructural facilities.
“Regrettably, despite the fact that Iwo is the most populous local government in Osun State, there is no federal institution in the town; a situation which has robbed the town of expected growth among the four named towns.
“It is disheartening watching those towns which were ranked alongside Iwo becoming mega cities with up-to-date amenities provided by the federal and state governments.
“I am not holding it against President Buhari’s administration of just five years. But I am now calling on him to use his good office to site the proposed Federal College of Education here in my town.
“We have land and all other resources that would be needed to ensure the school takes off at the right time.”
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