Barely a month after Emmanuel Jakada’s term as chairman of the Federal Polytechnic Ede’s Governing Council came to an end, disputes and agitations over the supposed acquisition of a brand-new Toyota Prado V6 2020 model as an official vehicle seem not to have gone to bed.
WITHIN NIGERIA gathered that some stakeholders within the citadel of learning are expressing concerns over the refusal of the council chair, Jakada to return the said official vehicle bought by the polytechnic.
According to documents sighted by WITHIN NIGERIA, the said official vehicle was bought at the sum of N47.8m which was reportedly paid for by the management of the Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun State.
There are unconfirmed claims that the said vehicle has not been sighted within the Polytechnic community because it was allegedly parked at the residence of the chairman of governing council in Kaduna while the citadel of learning was still responsible for his flight fee and other associated expenses for quarterly meetings.
While the civil service rule via Chapter 16, section 2, sub-section 2 clearly states that no part time member of the board shall be allowed to retain official vehicle for use on permanent basis, there are unconfirmed claims that the 6th council during a meeting presided over by Jakada approved the sale of the said vehicle at the rate of N500,000.
In a similar development, some stakeholders have criticised the purchase of N47.8m for the chairman of governing council, describing it as lack of priorities from the management of the institution.
According to these stakeholders, there are some infrastructural deficits that could be addressed with such whooping sum of money that was used to buy official vehicle for the chairman of governing council.
Some classrooms are in lack of bulbs and functioning wall sockets to aid students’ learning. One of the public toilets in the school is in bad shape, depicting extreme infrastructural decay and requires urgent fixing and maintenance, a rather sad stakeholder said.
Pictures obtained by WITHIN NIGERIA revealed that one of the public toilets situated beside the works department of the institution is in terrible state. Despite the painting and little renovation done by LEO or Rotary clubs, the internal structure of the building is in ruins. Facilities inside this building are nearly ruined, showing extreme signs of neglect.
The walls painted in yellow and blue colors are already faded. The lower part of these walls have shown signs of neglect and decay too. The roof of the entrance leading to the female side of the building has folded up with broken ceilings. Apart from the busy areas, the walls that are not painted have visible cracks. The building is characterized with broken doors, faulty taps, broken and soiled cement floors.
When this reporter contacted the Public Relations Officer of the institution, Sola Lawal via telephone, he told WITHIN NIGERIA that he is busy at the moment and demanded that the reporter should come and see him in his office.