Dear Sir/Ma,
We, the Concerned Students of the Faculty of Agriculture at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Iseyin Campus, are writing to you out of sheer desperation. Our future is being gambled with, and our cries to the school management have fallen on deaf ears.
Since the establishment of the Iseyin Campus, we have been victims of gross administrative negligence. We are writing to expose the rot in our institution before our academic careers are destroyed permanently.
1. A Faculty of Agriculture Without a Farm
It is ironic and shameful that a Faculty of Agriculture exists without a single livestock or poultry unit. We have not conducted any practicals since our movement to this campus in our 200 Level. We paid for a “Farm Practice Year,” yet we did nothing tangible. We are being trained to be agriculturists in theory only, with zero practical exposure.
2. Infrastructural Decay
The entire campus boasts only two lecture rooms and one administrative building.
There are no offices for lecturers. Consequently, lecturers must travel from Ogbomosho to Iseyin to teach. Due to the lack of office space and laboratories, they often refuse to come, leaving students stranded for weeks without lectures.
3. The “Awaiting Result” (AR) Epidemic
Because there is no administrative structure on our campus, examination scripts are transported back and forth to Ogbomosho. In this process, scripts frequently go missing.
Students are plagued with “Awaiting Results” (AR) status, which eventually turns into an ‘F’ (Failure) through no fault of their own. We have nowhere to lodge complaints in Iseyin without travelling to Ogbomosho.
4. The Plight of the Pioneer Set (Final Year)
The pioneer set is now at 500 Level. Instead of focusing on their graduation, they are being tossed around by school politics. Some departments have ordered final year students to move to the Ogbomosho campus for projects, only to force them back to Iseyin for lectures, lectures that rarely happen because the lecturers have no offices here.
We have written letters. We have held peaceful protests. Nothing has changed.We are asking the media to amplify our voices. We call on the Oyo State Government and the University Management to stop playing politics with our education.
Education is our right, not a privilege.
Signed:
Concerned Students
LAUTECH, Iseyin Campus
