Traditional rulers from the Ogun West Senatorial District, on Thursday morning, besieged the National Assembly for the public hearing on a bill for the upgrade of some tertiary institutions to universities.

Those in attendance included the Olu of Ilaro, Oba Kehinde Gbadewole Olugbenle; Onimeko of Imeko, Oba Benjamin Olanite; Onipokia of Ipokia Yewa, Oba Olusola Olaniyan; Alagbara of Agbara Yewa, Oba Jaiyeola Agunbiade; Eselu of Iselu Yewa, Oba Ebenezer Akinyemi; and the Abepa of Joga Orile Yewa, Oba Adeyemi Adekeye, among others.

The bill is sponsored by the Senator representing Lagos West Senatorial District, Senator Solomon Adeola, an indigene of Yewa, Ogun State.

The proposed institutions are Federal University of Technology Yaba (currently known as Yabatech); Federal University of Technology, Ilaro (Federal Poly Ilaro); and the Nigerian French Language Village as an inter-university centre for French studies.

Gistongist gathered that the Senator representing Ogun West Senatorial District, Tolu Odebiyi is also a co-sponsor of the bill on the upgrade of the Federal Polytechnic to a full-fledged university.

source:https://gistongist.com/monarchs-storm-national-assembly-see-why/

Interesting. Would it work? Yaba tech has been stuck for decades