The management of Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora has reassured concerned students from the Faculty of Management, who experienced delays in their mobilization for the mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), that they will soon be mobilized.

Rector Prof. Akinola Akinlabi explained that the delay in accrediting some programs was due to the COVID-19 lockdown, which prevented the previous management from inviting the supervising body for polytechnics in Nigeria to conduct the accreditation exercise.

“The Rector, Prof. Akinola Akinlabi explained that the delay in the accreditation of some of the programmes was a result of COVID-19, which prevented the past Management from inviting the supervising body over polytechnics in Nigeria from visiting the institution for the accreditation exercise then,” the statement read

According to the Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Opeyemi Olawore, the new management under Prof. Akinlabi has since secured accreditation from the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) for Higher National Diploma programs in the Faculty of Management. Efforts are underway to address the issues caused by the delayed accreditation.

Akinlabi further revealed that students of OYSCATECH had been receiving prompt and regular mobilisation for the NYSC scheme since 2014. He appealed to the affected students to exercise patience, as the management’s efforts in this direction would soon yield positive results.

He vowed to update stakeholders as soon as the management’s efforts yielded positive results, assuring the affected students that their mobilisation for the NYSC scheme was imminent.