The Proprietor of Iseyin College of Science and Health Technology, Mr Sunday Owoseni has described the listing of the college and the Oyo State College of Health Technology, Eleyele, Ibadan as the only two institutions aporoved by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) as a threat to those without the approval in the State.

Owoseni said the College’s students were being incited to protest by some elements working with illegal private colleges of health and nursing in Oyo State.

Owoseni in statement made available to newsmen , said some of those inciting his students were formerly his staff members who could not withstand the call for accountability, discipline and due diligence in the running of the College and had to run to some newly created colleges and plant acrimony in their former students against the authority of Iseyin College of Science and Health Technology.

The educationist related what he called an unwarranted protest by the students over the fear of authenticity of their certificates at the end of their programmes as not needed, adding that simple engagement with the school authorities would have assured them of true pictures of things.

“The protest came from incitement from some individuals that we sacked when their attitude negated the discipline and diligence that our institution stands for, we have accredited course and some courses that we are progressively working on obtaining their accreditation.

“There has never been any time we do not engage our students on developments around the courses that need accreditation, we are working day and night on that, we also engaged them to start early in writing professional courses related to their programme, so they have no reason to go to the street and protest.

“Like I said earlier, we know where this is coming from, our former staff members that were sacked teamed up with a private college that was mentioned among some colleges that were recently accused of not having NBTE approval created the blackmail and contacted some of our students to riot.

“The students they contacted to start this crisis have mentioned their names to the management of our school, we have submitted their names to the security agencies for investigation.”

The Proprietor appreciated the efforts of the Executive Chairman of Iseyin Local Government, Hon Rasaq Fadiran, the Aseyin of Iseyin, Oba Sefiu Olawale Oyebola Adeyeri 111, the traditional council, the security agencies and other stakeholders that waded into the matter for amicable resolution.

He added that the institution is saddled not with pecuniary gain in mind, but for the growth and development of education in Iseyin.